Downloading Files from Canvas to the Virtual Lab

Some courses will require you to use specific files in the Virtual Lab. You will need to download these files into the Lab or transfer them to the Lab in order to use them with specific Lab applications (i.e. Tableau).
  1. First, log into the virtual lab.
    Image of Horizon login page

  2. Open a web browser within the Virtual Lab. In this tutorial, we will use Mozilla Firefox, but the Lab also has Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge available.
    Image of Virtual Lab machine with arrows pointing to Firefox and Chrome icons

  3. Log into Canvas in the browser you have just opened in the Lab. You can copy/paste this link: https://uws.instructure.com/
    Be sure to choose your home campus from the dropdown menu.
    Image of browser with uws.instructure.com in address bar

  4. Navigate to your course and the file you would like to use in the Virtual Lab. Click the option to download it.
    Downloading the File

  5. The file will appear in the Virtual Lab "Downloads" folder. You can access it by opening the Virtual Lab File Viewer (#1 in the below image) and then clicking the "Downloads" folder (#2 in the below image).image of downloads folder with downloaded file

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Doc ID:
122119
Owned by:
Christy S. in Wisconsin Online Collaboratives
Created:
2022-10-26
Updated:
2026-02-20
Sites:
Wisconsin Online Collaboratives