Suppose that you have created a file in your Linux account and you need to upload it to Canvas, or just want to create a local copy of your remote file. If you were working on a Linux system locally (not a remote connection), then you should be able to upload it directly from the hard drive. Otherwise here are some possible options to transfer it to your local machine so that you can upload it to Canvas in a browser:

• Use ftp (sftp) to transfer it to your local machine. More details about this can be found in the file How To SFTP.
  
  
• Email it using alpine to any web email account that you have, like the IU email. Then extract the file from the email attachment.
  
  
• Use an X client with your remote connection, such that you can open firefox on your remote computer and upload the file directly. See the file How To X Client for more details. Note that this is likely to be slow if you are off-campus.
  
  
• You can also copy or move the files to your public_html folder, make them readable by everyone, then use a web browser on your local machine to to download them.