When you are ready to upload files to your course you can use one of these two alternatives.

Using the Upload button

Click Files in the course menu.
Click Upload.
Select one or several files and press open (hold the Ctrl-key or Cmd-key on your keyboard to make multiple selections).

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Using drag and drop

Click Files in the course menu.
Open a file explorer window.
Select the files you want to add to your course (hold the Ctrl-key or Cmd-key on your keyboard to make multiple selections).
Drag and drop them into Canvas' Files view.

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Warning!

If you upload a file to your course room and you have the course menu option Files visible for the students and if they have activated "Notify me right away" for Files in their own notification preferences they will ALWAYS get a notification in their JU mail and/or mobile with a direct link to the Files section in this course.

Move a file into a folder

Select the file(s) you want to move (hold the Ctrl-key or Cmd-key on your keyboard to make multiple selections).
Drag and drop them into the desired folder.

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