Uploading files to Moodle 2.0.

How regular teachers can manage files and folders in Moodle 2.0, sharing between each other and courses.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• file handling
• Moodle 2.0
• course files
• private files

[YourMathsTutor]

I’m currently pondering how to describe repositories and uploading files in the "Moodle Course Conversion: Beginner’s Guide" rewrite. In fact I would much prefer the method you caution against and use the My private files area – at least initially – because that’s how our colleagues are used to working. Any file included from your private files area backs up without any problems and, once it is included in a course, the file made available via the “server” repository for other to access.

[UsingMoodle]

@YourMathsTutor hi and good luck with the rewrite! Actually now you come to mention it the video doesn't make it clear at all that I am cautioning against (or rather Moodle is cautioning agains) Legacy course files and not private files, which Martin himself has suggested on the forums as a way around teac hers used to 1.9 coping with 2.0 file handling.

[davidwilliampowell]

@UsingMoodle ~4:45 It's not a lovely yellow suitcase (charming image that it is); it's a manila folder (isn't it?). [Sorry for hanging off your comment; I couldn't find a way to start a new post.]

[YourMathsTutor]

I like coping mechanisms ;-)

Here, a good coping mechanism is about constructing the right mental model so that Moodle teachers can understand how to use the system. That users can upload files to their own private area and select files from there is an easy construction. Then it's a simple step from that to having other shared areas, e.g one tied to a photo sharing site.

For me, talking about "repositories" is a bit like teaching people how to drive by explaining how an engine works :-)