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

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{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]]
-==Accessing the File Picker==
+*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
-From Moodle 2.0 onwards, access to the File Picker can be found in many places.  For example in the the Add A Resource menu most options will use it, the [[HTML editor]](add a picture or a link), or by updating any existing file.
-==Orientation within the File Picker==
+[[File:Filepickeraddbutton.png]]
-In the image below, we have selected the Server Files repository at demo.moodle.org and the English Moodle Features Demo course. Because we have logged in as the teacher, this displays the file structure for the context of the course.
-[[File:File picker demo moodle server files.png|thumb|center|300px|Moodle Feature Demo's Server files]]
+==See also==
-The major parts shown are:
+*How to share a single file with students: [[File]]
-# The repository column
+*How to share a folder of files with students: [[Folder]]
-# The file picker column
+*Questions about the file picker: [[File picker FAQ]]
-# Upload a file repository link - for this [[Context]]
+*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrOKxYRJvGU How teachers upload files in Moodle 2 video]
-# [[Server files]] - those files you have permission to access
-#[[Working with files and folders#Folder structure and paths|Folders]] in System/English/Moodle Features Demo - these contain files
-# [[Repositories]] - for example, Dropbox, Google, Flickr, Wikimedia
-==Uploading a file==
+[[de:Arbeiten mit Dateien und Verzeichnissen]]
+[[fr:Utilisation de fichiers]]
-The following instructions go through the steps of uploading and displaying a single file.
-#Go to the course area and section from where you want the file to be available.
-#Turn Editing On
-#Select the Add A Resource menu
-#Select File; this loads the File Picker
-#From the left column, select Upload A File
-#Select the Browse Button; this loads your computer's file management system, allowing you to select the file you need.
-#Select the file you need; this returns you to the File Picker.
-#Change the remaining settings as appropriate:
-##If you want to change the name of the file, enter the new name in the Save As field
-##If you want to indicate the author of the file, enter their name in the Author field
-##If you want to apply different copyright licence, select it from the Choose License menu
-#Then click the Upload This File button; this returns you to the Adding A New File To... screen
-#We'll look at the other settings elsewhere; for now, scroll down and click Save And Return To Course
-#A link to your file should appear in place.
-''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.
-==Folder structure and paths==
-<includenly>Once a repository has been selected with a click, File picker will show a breadcrumb path with links at the top and any folders or files under it.
-In the example below, we were in Moodle Features Demo and as a teacher wanted to add a file resource.  We started in the [[Context]] of the course.  We then drilled down by clicking on the folders until we got to the folder that contained images we used in a [[Lesson]] context.
-[[File:File Picker demo moodle legacy files.png|thumb|400px|center|Using the Server files repository, we drilled down]]
-If we click on the "English" link in the breadcrumb path, we will see the folders for each course(context) in the English category (context) of courses (this is the first screenshot on this page). <includeonly>

Documentation

Working with files: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 16:47, 17 April 2012

See also