[galaxy-user] importing data to a local instance of Galaxy

Hello all-- We have set up a local version of Galaxy on our own server. On the same computer, we have a couple ~27 GB fastq files we want to use in Galaxy, but we have not figured out how to import them. Since they are on the same HDD, we imagine that there is a way to simply copy them into a folder or something. Is there a simple way to import these files? We have been unable to locate anything in the documentation that directly addresses this issue. Thanks a lot for your time! Josh Gross