{"id":2096,"date":"2021-07-30T14:03:55","date_gmt":"2021-07-30T13:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=2096"},"modified":"2023-06-28T16:16:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T15:16:51","slug":"how-to-increase-the-size-of-files-that-can-be-uploaded-to-a-moodle-assignment","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/how-to-increase-the-size-of-files-that-can-be-uploaded-to-a-moodle-assignment\/","title":{"rendered":"How to increase the size of files that can be uploaded to a Moodle Assignment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How to increase the size of files that can be uploaded to a Moodle Assignment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you can lift the maximum upload size in an assignment, you must extend it in the course settings:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open Moodle Course and go to settings in the secondary menu<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"365\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/dev-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings.png 799w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings-768x351.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings-50x23.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings-60x27.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Secondary-menu_Settings-100x46.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\">\n<li>Go to section: Files &amp; Uploads and change Maximum upload size to 1Gb (Site upload limit \u2013 1Gb)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save and Display<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/dev-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of 'Edit Course Settings', 'Files and uploads' highlighted with the maximum site upload limit (1GB).\" class=\"wp-image-5976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1.png 810w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1-50x37.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1-60x44.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Files-Uploads-1-100x74.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 810px) 100vw, 810px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now when you set up your Moodle Assignment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to section: Submission Types<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In Maximum submission size, choose 1GB (Activity upload limit \u2013 1GB)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Input other settings then \u2018Save and return to course\u2019<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"802\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/dev-support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype.png\" alt=\"Screenshot of 'Submission types' within assessemnt, 'Maximum submission size' highlighted with the maximum site upload limit (1GB).\" class=\"wp-image-5977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype.png 802w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype-50x18.png 50w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype-60x22.png 60w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/Submissiontype-100x37.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 802px) 100vw, 802px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you need to allow students to upload submissions bigger than the default 150mb this article will show you how you can do it on a course by course basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[27],"ht-kb-tag":[108,180,127],"class_list":["post-2096","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-moodle","ht_kb_tag-assignment","ht_kb_tag-file-size","ht_kb_tag-upload"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2096"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5979,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/2096\/revisions\/5979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=2096"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=2096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}