Working with files: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:47, 17 April 2012

Moodle provides an easy way for a teacher to present materials to their students. These materials may take the form of files such as word-processed documents or slideshow presentations. The materials can be displayed on the page either as individual items or bundled together inside folders. One teacher might for instance wish to share a single research document in pdf format; another might have a folder of sample past examination papers for students to download.
Most types of files can be uploaded and accessed through Moodle but the student needs to have the correct software to be able to open them.
To add files or folders, a teacher needs to have the editing turned on in their course and then select either File or Folder from the Add a resource drop down menu as in the following screenshot:

The screen for uploading and displaying a file (or folder of files) includes an "add" button. Clicking on this button takes you to Moodle's File picker which is the name given to the file storage and access area within Moodle. Find out more about the places you can upload or add files from in the File picker page

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-{{Working with files and folders}}
+{{Managing content}}
-<p class="note">'''Please refer to [[Talk:Working_with_files_and_folders|page comments]] before editing this page.'''</p>
+*Moodle provides an easy way for a teacher to present materials to their students. These materials may take the form of files such as word-processed documents or slideshow presentations. The materials can be displayed on the page either as individual items or bundled together inside folders. One teacher might for instance wish to share a single research document in pdf format; another might have a folder of sample past examination papers for students to download.
+*Most types of files can be uploaded and accessed through Moodle but the student needs to have the correct software to be able to open them.
+*To add files or folders, a teacher needs to have the editing turned on in their course and then select either [[File]] or [[Folder]] from the ''Add a resource'' drop down menu as in the following screenshot:
-For the user who wants to add or find files, the file picker will be the tool they will use.  The file picker comes up within a context (any time you want to work with any kind of file).
+[[File:Workingwithfiles.png]]
-==Overview==
+*The screen for uploading and displaying a file (or folder of files) includes an "add" button. Clicking on this button takes you to Moodle's [[File picker]] which is the name given to the file storage and access area within Moodle. Find out more about the places you can upload or add files from in the [[File picker]] page
-In the image below, we got to the file picker by adding a resource file.  He we have selected the Server file repository at demo.moodle.org and the English Moodle Features Demo course. It shows the file structure for the context of the course because we have logged in as the teacher.
-[[File:File picker demo moodle server files.png|thumb|center|300px|Moodle Feature Demo's Server files]]
+[[File:Filepickeraddbutton.png]]
-The major parts shown are:
-# The repository side
-# The file picker side
-# Upload a file repository link - for this [[Context]]
-# [[Server files]]
-# Folders in System/English/Moodle Features Demo - these contain files
-# [[External repositories]] - Google through Wikipedia
-==Uploading files==
+==See also==
-#Pick your context
+*How to share a single file with students: [[File]]
-#Upload a file, or a zip file containing files and folders
+*How to share a folder of files with students: [[Folder]]
-#Unpack the file if necessary
+*Questions about the file picker: [[File picker FAQ]]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrOKxYRJvGU How teachers upload files in Moodle 2 video]
-: ''Tip:'' First it is useful to determine the context for uploading files. For example, in the file picker window above, we can see that this course has a folder resource called "A directory (folder)".  If you look in the Resource section of Moodle Features Demo, you will see a link called "A directory".  There are also folders with "(file)" in their names and you can find those links in the course as well.  Each course context will create a folder subfolders within the server file structure.
+[[de:Arbeiten mit Dateien und Verzeichnissen]]
+[[fr:Utilisation de fichiers]]
-==Folder structure and paths==

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Working with files: Difference between revisions

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