To login to Edspora you will need your username and your password. If you do not have these, they can be sent to your email address.
To do this go to the Edspora homepage, click on Log in, then click ‘Forgot Password’. You will then be given the choice of two options. If you know the username you would like to use, please type this in to the username section and it will send you a link to reset your password to the email address that is recorded for that username.
If you do not have your username or password, please type your email address in to the email address section (This must be the email that is on record to your account).
If your email is not recognized, please try another email address that belongs to you as the email you have entered is not the correct email linked to your Edspora account.
Once the correct email address has been entered, this will send an email to the selected email address with all information, including your username and how to reset a new password.
You may find that you need to upload a folder with multiple files to an assignment link for a term project. To do so, you will need to compress your folder and create a .zip archive file. Once you have created your compressed file, open the assignment link in Edspora and use the Add submission button to locate and upload your .zip file. Click on Save changes to submit.
Compress Files on a PC
- View Files. Open Windows Explorer and locate the files that you plan to submit.
- Verify Files Names. Review the names of the files you intend to submit. If any files contain # signs or other symbols, rename them to delete the symbols from the file names.
- Prepare Folder. Create a folder with an appropriate name to hold the desired files and move (or copy) all of the assignment files into the folder.
- Compress Folder. Right-click on the folder and choose Send to… then choose Compressed (zipped) folder.
The zip archive will appear in the same location. It will have the same name as the original folder, but it will be displayed with a zipper icon. If your folder view is set to display file types, the file name will include a “.zip” extension. Check the size of the zipped file to make sure it is less than 50 MB.
Compress Files on a Mac
- View Files. Open Finder and locate the files that you plan to submit.
- Verify Files Names. Review the names of the files you intend to submit. If any files contain # signs or other symbols, rename them to delete the symbols from the file names.
- Add file extensions (if necessary). If the file extension (e.g., .doc for a Word document, .ppt for a PowerPoint presentation, etc.) is missing from any of your file names, rename the file to add the correct file extension. Otherwise, your instructor might not be able to open the file. (To prevent this problem in the future, check the “Append file extension” box in the “Save As” screen in Word, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Prepare Folder. Create a folder with an appropriate name to hold the desired files and move (or copy) all of the assignment files into the folder.
- Compress Folder. Ctrl+click (or right click) on the folder and choose Compress.
The zip archive will appear in the same location. It will have the same name as the folder, but will be displayed with a “.zip” extension and a zipper icon. Check the size of the zipped file to make sure it is less than 50 MB.
To make it easy for you to share your work with other students, your instructor may give you permission to upload files to a folder in your class.
Before you upload your file(s):
- Be sure each file has a unique name—add your last name or initials to the file name.
- If possible, avoid using symbols in your file name—some symbols may cause issues.
Uploading files to a shared folder
- Click on the name of the folder to open it
- Scroll down, if necessary, and click on the Edit button to bring up the File picker.
- Drag and drop a file in the File picker box or click the file icon in the upper left border of the box to browse out and attach your file.
- Add another file, if desired. Click on Save changes to complete the upload process.
Saving your classmates’ files
- Open the folder from the course main page.
- Click on Download folder .
- Save the .zip file to your computer, then extract the files, if you wish.