Add Files to your Course

Course Management, Lecturer Guides
November 18, 2023

You can easily add files like teaching plan, lecture slides, and readings to your course so that students can access them. There are 2 ways to add files to your course:

“Drag and drop” method
From the “Add an activity or resource” > choose “File”

Tip: If you compress multiple files on your computer to a ZIP file, Moodle will allow you to automatically create a folder resource containing the files when uploaded.

Steps :

"Drag and drop" method

Drag and drop the file you want to upload from your desktop directly to where you want it on your Moodle course. You can upload multiple files at a time by selecting two or more files from your computer and dragging them onto Moodle the same way you would a single file.

To add a media such as an image or mp3 use the same process outlined above for a file. When you drop the media file into a Moodle section, you will see a prompt asking if you want to add a media resource to the page or create a file resource. Leave "Add media to course page" selected and click Upload.

Steps :

From the "Add an activity or resource" method

Alternatively, with the editing turned on in a course, click 'Add an activity or resource' under the specific Section/Topic. Choose 'File' or 'Folder' from the activity chooser.

Give it a name and, if required, a description, checking the box if you want the description displayed on the course page. Save the file.

FAQs

I'm getting an error message that the file I want to upload is too big - what can I do?

This site has a maximum file size that you are allowed to upload. Videos, podcasts, large graphics, and some advanced PowerPoints can have large file sizes that may exceed the maximum allowed size which is 100 MB. There are alternate ways to store these files if you want them in your course. An example would be to store a large file in a cloud storage service like Dropbox, Google Drive, or Office 365 OneDrive and share a link to the file in the course instead of uploading it directly. For videos, you can use a dedicated video streaming site such as YouTube or Vimeo.

Why can't my students open a file I uploaded?

There are some compatibility issues between older versions of MS Office and the most recent versions. When in doubt, save your Word document/PowerPoint as a PDF file. PDFs are viewable on almost every device.

What types of files can I upload?

All common file types are usually supported (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDF, Pages, Keynote, ZIP, .mp3, .jpeg, .png, etc). If you need to upload an unsupported file type (if you teach a software course such as PhotoShop, for instance) you can compress the file into a ZIP archive before uploading.

Add Files to your Course

Steps :

"Drag and drop" method

Drag and drop the file you want to upload from your desktop directly to where you want it on your Moodle course. You can upload multiple files at a time by selecting two or more files from your computer and dragging them onto Moodle the same way you would a single file.

Steps :

From the "Add an activity or resource" method

Alternatively, with the editing turned on in a course, click 'Add an activity or resource' under the specific Section/Topic. Choose 'File' or 'Folder' from the activity chooser.

Give it a name and, if required, a description, checking the box if you want the description displayed on the course page. Save the file.

FAQs

I'm getting an error message that the file I want to upload is too big - what can I do?

Why can't my students open a file I uploaded?

What types of files can I upload?