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Uploading Learning Materials

In Moodle, teaching materials can be integrated in the form of files. In this way, the learning materials of the course can be downloaded by the students.

Uploading Files to Moodle

To be able to upload files to a Moodle course, you will need editing rights in that course. You can find information on the distribution of roles and rights on Moodle in our FAQ article Roles and rights .

To begin with, set your course room to edit mode by clicking on the Edit mode slider at the top right of the course.

Activating edit mode
Activating edit mode

Uploading Files via Drag & Drop

Files can be uploaded to Moodle using drag & drop. It is also possible to upload several files at the same time.

If your Moodle course is in edit mode (see screenshot “Activate edit mode”), you can simply drag the desired file into the corresponding course section by holding down the left mouse button. As soon as you release the left mouse button, the file will be inserted at the selected location in the course (see screenshot “Upload a file via drag & drop”).

Uploading a file via Drag & Drop
Uploading a file via Drag & Drop

The inserted file can be edited in edit mode. For instance, you can change the file name and add an optional description text to be displayed on the course page. You can also customise the display of the file in the course if the file type allows it.

Note: PDF files can alternatively be embedded using the Ttext editor, see Embedding PDF Files .

The Folder activity in Moodle makes it possible to store multiple files together in one place in the course.

To create such a file directory, open the activity selection by clicking on the Add an activity or resource button, then choose the Folder option from the list of activities. You can upload files by using the Moodle File Browser (check Moodle Docs for more details) or by simply dragging and dropping them into the directory. The Moodle File Browser also gives you access to integrated repositories .

Folders can also be labeled with a folder name and a meaningful description (refer figure “Creating a File Directory”).

Creating a file directory (“folder”)
Creating a file directory (“folder”)

Note: another practical function offered by the file directory is the option to download the entire directory content as a zip archive. To do this, you need to activate the option show download folder button in the directory settings (see screenshot “creating a file directory”).

Important:

If you want to make particularly large files available in Moodle, we recommend using the media portal (you can use the video plattform Panopto for videos). Further information can be found in our FAQ article Files larger than 50MB: Media portal . Please contact to get access to the media portal.