Creating

.zip File
Instructions for Windows : Slides 2 – 5
Instructions for Apple : Slides 6 – 8
Instructions for Windows
As taught in recitation, your files will be stored in a folder on your
computer as shown below.
Note how my folder
“Examples” contains the
following files:
alf.jpg, example.html, scripts.js
style.css
This is just an example. Your
folder should contain your html
and your image file.

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1) Highlight (select) all the files you want to include in your submission.
This can be easily accomplish by “click and dragging your mouse”, or
single left-clicking on each file while holding the CTRL key on your
keyboard

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2) Right -click on the group you just selected, then hovering over Send to > and
finally click on Compressed (zipped) folder.

• This will result in a new single “.z​ip”​file, which contains all the files you want to
submit.
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3) The file you just created can be renamed, by simply right clicking on
it, and selecting Rename​. This file should then be uploaded to Sakai.

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Instructions for Apple
As taught in recitation, your files will be stored in a folder on your
computer as shown below.
Note how my folder
“Downloads” contains the
following files:
alf.jpg, example.html,
scripts.js, style.css
This is just an example. Your
folder should contain your
html and your image file.

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1) Select all the files you would like to include in your z​ip​archive.
This can be easily achieved by click-and-drag to highlight all the files, or
simply single left-click on each file while holding the CMD (command) key
down.
2) Right click on any of the selected files, then click on “​Compress k
Items” (​k will be replaced by the number of files you selected)

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3) A default Archive.zip file will be created.
The file you just created can be renamed, by simply right clicking on it,
and selecting Rename​. This file should then be uploaded to Sakai.

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