Repositories

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Repositories in Moodle enable users to add files to a course and other locations in Moodle. Repositories provide access to specific types of file sources. They can also allow, where appropriate, users to upload files, access previously uploaded files, and to easily bring content into Moodle from external sources, such as Flickr or Google Docs.

See Managing repositories for more on configuring and managing them.

Standard repositories

Repositories are managed in Site administration > Plugins > Repositories > Manage repositories. Standard repositories come with default Moodle. It is also possible to add additional repositories via Moodle plugins.

Repositories enabled by default

Embedded files - Allows linking to files and images available to the user that have been added/embedded in their course activities
Server files - Gives access to files elsewhere on the Moodle site (limited by a user's permissions)
Recent files - Shows the last 50 files you have uploaded, according to the context
Upload a file - Enables the "Upload a file" option in the site File picker to allow users to browse for and upload files
Private files - Enables access to a personal storage area for every user
URL downloader - Allows downloading of files and images from a particular URL
Wikimedia - Let's users search for and insert media (images) from Wikipedia

Additional standard repositories disabled by default

These may be enabled and set to visible or hidden by a site administrator.

Box - bring files in from your Box account
Legacy course files - use the old system from 1.9 of "course files" (pertains to sites upgraded to 1.9)
Dropbox - link to or copy files from Dropbox
EQUELLA - link to files in an EQUELLA installation
File system - access files uploaded to a folder on your server (by, eg FTP)
Flickr - search for and display images from your personal Flickr account
Flickr public - search for and display images publicly available from Flickr
Google Drive - bring files from your Google Drive account
Merlot.org - bring resources in from Merlot.org
Picasa web album - search for and display images from your Picasa account
Amazon S3 - enables users to copy files from Amazon S3 storage instances
OneDrive bring in files from your Microsoft OneDrive
WebDAV -bring in files from external sources using WebDAV protocol
YouTube videos - search for and display YouTube videos

Documentation

Repositories

Contents

Standard repositories

Repositories enabled by default

Additional standard repositories disabled by default

See also