Sep 06, 2020
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Issue in: Blackboard Learn (Original Course View)
"I received an error when attempting to submit my assignment"
Error: You cannot attach the following file. It may contain a security threat:.html. Please fix the file and re-attach it OR attach a .zip of the file
This is normally occurs when a file is saved as a Web page and the .html file is submitted to the assignment.
Solution:
Zip the file and resubmit as a .zip file
- Right click on the file from the saved location (i.e. Documents, Downloads, etc.)
- Select 'Send to' > Compressed (zipped) folder
- Submit the new .zip fileConvert the html file to a Word document, PDF, or another supported file type and resubmit.
- Right click on the file from the saved location.
- Open with Word
- File > Save As
- Change the file type to Word Document (*.docx)
- Resubmit the newly saved file