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Canvas for Instructors - Uploading Files to Canvas
Instructors can upload individual or multiple files to their Canvas courses.
Do the following to upload files to your Canvas course.
- In your Canvas course, click Files to open your course's Files area.
- Click the Upload button.
- Select a file to upload, and click Open. Your file(s) are uploaded to your course's Files area.
Note that you can select multiple files by holding down your CTRL or CMD key while selecting files.

Important: Students cannot directly access your Files area. To make the files you have uploaded available to your students, do one of the following:
Note that you can organize files into folders you create.