File Attachment Standards

Many courses require students to submit work electronically.

File naming standard: Student’s Full Name, Class Number, and Assignment Name, (For example, JaneDoe-CNEP50-Assign17). Why?

• Because the instructor receives many of the same assignments. If assignments are named the same, it is confusing.
• Files with the same name can cause overwriting (deleting) of existing files. This could result in one student’s assignment being overwritten by another student's work.

File format standard: Word files are saved in DOC format.  Why?

• Almost every word processor can open DOC.
• Avoids problems with version control. An earlier version of Microsoft Word can't open a file that was created with a newer version of Word in DOCX, but DOC format bypasses this problem.
• DOC preserves most formatting attributes, such as bold, italics, fonts, tabs.
• To read DOCX documents many users of MS Office 2003 and before require an additional add on. Furthermore other document writing software that may be MS Office compatible may not be able to read the DOCX format natively and may not have equivalent add on compatibility options.