Creation of a course shell

Creation of a Course Shell

I began by downloading a free version of Blackboard LMS. I have used much earlier versions of Blackboard, and I was familiar with the brand, so I decided to give this one a try.
First, I chose to upload existing course content as directed in the quest from the zip file provided. Then, I chose the course name and decided that I wanted students to be instructor enrolled.
It was very frustrating because it kept saying "Import: DCTools is Complete, with errors. To access the detailed log, click here"'

These are the errors that I received.

Log Details (5)

• Nov 8, 2014 3:57:11 PM - Debug
  no IMS manifest file
• Nov 8, 2014 3:57:11 PM - Fatal
  A fatal error has occurred. The reason for the error is:
  The provided file could not be identified as a supported package format and therefore can not be processed.
  For more information, consult the detailed log.
• Nov 8, 2014 3:57:11 PM - Debug
  blackboard.apps.cx.papi.PackageException: The provided file could not be identified as a supported package format and therefore can not be processed.
  at blackboard.apps.cx.papi.PackageSupportFactory.getReaderInstance(PackageSupportFactory.java:83)
  at blackboard.apps.cx.papi.CxPackage.prepImport(CxPackage.java:1118)
  at blackboard.apps.cx.papi.CxPackage.<init>(CxPackage.java:135)
  at blackboard.apps.cx.Importer.execute(Importer.java:351)
  at blackboard.apps.cx.Cx.invoke(Cx.java:371)
  at blackboard.apps.cx.CxQueuedOperation.execute(CxQueuedOperation.java:89)
  at blackboard.platform.queue.QueuedTaskManager.processTask(QueuedTaskManager.java:395)
  at blackboard.platform.queue.QueuedTaskManager.access$500(QueuedTaskManager.java:79)
  at blackboard.platform.queue.QueuedTaskManager$WorkerThread.run(QueuedTaskManager.java:798)
• Nov 8, 2014 3:57:11 PM - Status
  The operation import did not complete.
• Nov 8, 2014 3:57:11 PM - Information
  The operation took 2.59 seconds to complete.

I'm going to try another platform I guess... 

Created Shell course using Canvas. I uploaded the material and I can see the files from the course content. However, admittedly I am still unsure as to what I'm supposed to do with them.