This refers to Moodle 4.3 from August 2024 onwards
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Moodle has a limit on the size of file you can load. This page explains why this is, offers alternatives and tells you how to change it. |
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Moodle has a limit on the size of file you can upload. This page explains why this is and offers solutions on how to overcome this.
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Student HelpThis warning occurs when you are trying to upload a file to Moodle that is larger then the limit set by your teacher. For example, trying to upload some text as an assignment, 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 to between 10Kb and 250Mb. For example the size limit is 20 MB if the Turnitin check has been enabled. If your file exceeds the limit you you will not be able to upload until it is under the limit. You You need to consider how it could the file size can be reduced. If you feel that the file limit is set to too low for the requested activity then , please contact your teaching staff. |
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Staff HelpThis warning occurs when you are trying to upload a file to Moodle that is larger then the limit set in this module. For example when you are uploading a lecture powerpoint PowerPoint or document for a student to use. There are good reasons to consider the size of the files you upload. Larger files take longer to upload, take up more of the Moodle system resources and can be frustrating for students waiting whilst viewing to view them - particularly on tablets or a mobile. Publicly available data suggests wait times between 20 seconds and 1.5 mins for an average 16mb powerpoint file on University Parkmobile phones. All video and audio files - which are often large - should be uploaded by using the "Media resource" NOT uploaded as a file. Uploading in this way - using MediaSpace - gives you up to 2 GB. How to increase the upload file limitAlthough it is preferable to reduce the size of the file you are uploading (and the table below offers some suggestions on how to do this), it is possible for staff to increase the limit.
Staff at UNNC/UNMC should give additional consideration to file sizes when uploading to Moodle as the servers are located in the UK and the additional network considerations between UNUK and UNNC/UMNC can mean that files sometimes take a lot longer to transfer between campuses. An alternative method of making files available inside Moodle is recommended that stores the files on your campus. To provide a better experience for staff and students (in Moodle) the module file size limit has been set to 10Mb. Larger files are normally audio or video which should be stored in Echo360 or MediaSpace: see How to add video and audio to Moodle Where files are larger then 10Mb staff are strongly encouraged to use local file storage ( |
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pptx) |
Word Document (.doc/.docx) |
Microsoft Word has inbuilt options to compress the images in your document. |
Image File (.bmp/.png/.jpg, etc) |
Resize 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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There are some other tools for compressing media files in PowerPoint and compressing files in a Zip folder. |
