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Student Help

This warning occurs when you are trying to upload a file to Moodle that is larger then the limit set by your teacher. E.g. Trying For example, trying to upload some text as an assignment or , contribute something to a forum or participate in any other interactive activity.

The file limit is displayed before you start to upload the file and is highlighted in the image below. Limits can be set anything between 10Kb and 250Mb. If your file exceeds the limit you should consider if will not be able to upload until it is under the limit. You need to consider how it could be reduced as it will take a long time to submit. Your file will not upload until it is under the set limit. If you feel that the file limit is set to low for the requested activity then please contact your teaching staff.

Reducing a file size

File Type

Reduce By:

Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt)

Microsoft Powerpoint has inbuilt compression options: 
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/powerpoint-2010-compress-pictures-to-reduce-size-of-presentation/

Word Document (.doc/.docx)

Convert the document into a pdf file. N.B. This will compress the document into an uneditable format.
If further editing of the document is required then either zip (see others) or compress the images in the document: 
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/word-help/reduce-the-file-size-of-a-picture-HA010355854.aspx

Image File (.bmp/.jpg)

Compress the image using photo manipulation software

Others

Compress the file using 'compressed folder'* or other file compression utilities.
* Compressed folder is part of Windows: 
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/compress-and-uncompress-files-zip-files

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