Manually put files to Android emulator SD card

One easy way is to drag and drop. It will copy files to /sdcard/Download. You can copy whole folders or multiple files. Make sure that "Enable Clipboard Sharing" is enabled. (under ...->Settings)

In Android Studio, open the Device Manager: Tools -> Android -> Android Device Monitor

In Eclipse open the Device Manager:

In the device manager you can add files to the SD Card here:

Use the adb tool that comes with the SDK.

adb push myDirectory /sdcard/targetDir

If you only specify /sdcard/ (with the trailing slash) as destination, then the CONTENTS of myDirectory will end up in the root of /sdcard.

If you are using Eclipse you can move files to and from the SD Card through the Android Perspective (it is called DDMS in Eclipse). Just select the Emulator in the left part of the screen and then choose the File Explorer tab. Above the list with your files should be two symbols, one with an arrow pointing at a phone, clicking this will allow you to choose a file to move to phone memory.