Moodle:UploadingFilesandFolders

Moodleallowsinstructorstouploadfilesintoitsdatabaseforfutureuse.ThisarticleshowshowtouploadfilestoyourMoodlecoursespace.YoucanaccessthefilesthatareinyourcoursespacebyclickingontheFileslinkundertheAdministrationBlock.Studentsdonothaveaccesstothesefilesuntilyoucreatealinktothesefilesfromthefrontpageofthecourse.Moodleallowsyouuploadonefileatatime.Pleaselookbelowforstepstouploadacompressed.ZIPfilewhichcomesinhandywhenwantingtouploadmultiplefiles.1.LogintoMoodleandselectthecourse.2.ClicktheFileslinkunderAdministration.

3.ClicktheUploadafilebutton.

4.ClicktheBrowsebutton.

5.Selectthefiletoupload,thenclickOpentocontinue.Note:Userscanonlyuploadsingleindividualfilesorcompressed.ZIPfiles.Onceuploaded,Moodleallowsuserstounzipthese.ZIPfilesandturnthemintotheirownseparatefolderthatcanbeusedincontentcreationsuchasDisplayingafilefolderorAddalightboxgallery.

6.ClicktheUploadthisfilebuttontocontinue.

7.Onceuploaded,Moodlewillgiveyouaconfirmationmessageatthetopofthescreenandtheuploadfileorfolderwillappearamongtheotherfilesandfolderswiththedateandtimeofupload.AtthispointthefilehasbeenuploadedandisinMoodle'sdatabase.Steps8‐10arespecificallyinregardsto.ZIPfiles.

8.Usershavetheoptionofunzippinguploaded.ZIPfilesatanypointandtimebyclickingtheUnziplinknexttothe.ZIPfileshownintheimageinstep7.Note:Thishastobedoneinordertousethecompressedfilesincontentcreation.Thecurrentsinglefileuploadlimitis500MB.9.Moodlewillthenunzipthefilesandplacethemintoafolderwiththesamenameasthe.ZIPfile.Oncethisisdone,clickOKtocontinue.

10.Thenewunzippedfolderwillappearamongtheotherfilesinthedatabaseandcanbeusedincontentcreation,especiallyanythingthatinvolvesusinganuploadeddirectorywhichismoreorlessapredefinedfolderwithspecificfilesinit.Note:The.ZIPfilewillstillremaininthedatabaseafterbeingunzipped.Itwillhavetobemanuallydeleted.

FordirectionsonhowtomakeafilethathasalreadybeenuploadedtoyourMoodlecoursespaceavailabletoyourstudents(linktoafile),clickhere.