Article URL: http://www.bc.edu/helpdocs/MYF-upload.shtml

Summary:  To put files from your computer into your MyFiles@bc space, use the Upload function. Learn how to upload files to your MyFiles@bc account using a Web browser.

Note:

• Faculty & staff: By default, your disk space quota in MyFiles@bc is set to 1 gigabyte.
• Students & affiliates: By default, your disk space quota in MyFiles@bc is set to 100 megabytes.
• To request more space for your BC related tasks, call the Help Center at 617-552-HELP or 2-HELP from on-campus.

To upload files:

1. Using your BC username & password, log in to your MyFiles@bc account at:  www.bc.edu/myfiles
   
   
2. Locate the folder where you want to upload files. Learn about navigating folders.
   
   
3. On the toolbar, click the Upload icon   to open the Upload File page (see Figure 1).
   
   
   Figure 1.
   
   
4. If you want to upload more than three files, select the appropriate number of files from the Number of files to upload drop-down list (see Figure 2).
   Note: If you want to upload less than 3 files, you do not have to change the number of files.
   
   
   Figure 2.
   
   
5. If the file already exists and you want to overwrite the file, select Overwrite file if it already exists (see Figure 3).
   Note: If versioning is turned on, the older versions are still available on the versioning page, regardless of whether you check this option or not. Learn more about versioning.
   
   
   Figure 3.
   
   
6. Click Browse to locate the file on your computer that you want to upload to this folder (see Figure 4). Repeat this step for each file you want to upload.
   Macintosh note: You must save your files with an application extension (examples below):
   
   

   Application	File Extension
   MS Word	.doc
   MS Excel	.xls
   MS PowerPoint	.ppt
   Graphic files	.gif or .jpg
   Adobe PDF (portable document files)	.pdf
   Web pages	.html or .htm

   
   
   
   Figure 4.
   
   
7. After you select the file(s) on your computer to upload, click OK to upload your file(s) (see Figure 5).
   
   
   Figure 5.