Handling big files?

Handling big files?

- John Windmueller の投稿
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Hi there.  First, let me start by saying that I just discovered moodle today and so far I'm very impressed with it.  My university uses WebCT, which I'm less-than-thrilled with for a variety of reasons.  The social constructionist interests and perspective are an added bonus since I have the same grounding in my own academic work. smiley.gif 

Three questions: (1) Is there anyone way to get around the 2mb file size limitation--at least from the administrator side of things?  Some of the material I have that I'd like to post as resources are scanned adobe acrobate files which are >2mb.  I suppose I could upload them via ftp and then post the resource as a link to that file, but I'd like to be able to do it straight through moodle if possible. 

(2) In a posting a few months ago you mentioned  adding the ability to put resources (stuf like the course syllabus, etc.) at the top of page from teh weekly or topic format.  Has that been implimented by any chance (can't find how to do it offhand).

(3) When I assign an assignment it seems to default to requiring the student to upload the document... but often I just want a reminder of an  assignment that's due to be handed in (paper form).  Is there a way to not require/ask a student to upload a given assignment?

Many thanks for this wonderful resource!

  - John

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Re: Handling big files?

- Martin Dougiamas の投稿
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1) It's a PHP limit - see php.ini on your server or the file lib/htaccess

2) A month ago 笑顔 and no, not yet.

3) Definitely in 1.0.7 - in fact I already started it last week (ie offline assignments)

Cheers,
Martin
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Re: Handling big files?

- John Windmueller の投稿

Hi Martin,

Thanks for your quick reply.  As a phd candidate myself, I can appreciate the need and challenge of carving out dissertation time. 

I've taken one of the courses I'm teaching and usingWebCT with (MA class in research methods and philosophy of science) and having the students try an alternative class Moodle page I created.  They're not wildly keen on WebCT's interface--which has one of the least intuitive interfaces I've ever seen--and I'll share their feedback on making the transition to Moodle over the next week. 

A few notes on more stuff I've run across...
1. I tried switching to ldap authorization out of curiosity.  Unfortunately, it then prevented me from signing back in (in any form) to go back to email.  I had to make the switch manually in sql database to switch the authorization flag back over to "email"--it made me feel very clever (I'm far from tech savvy and it was my first time mucking about in an sql database)--but still, it should be easier to undo this move. 

2. I like the "No News"/class listing view, but the formatting comes out messy when accessing as a regular user, with  the course listings wrapping over into the right-hand column.  . 

3. Yay! for working on a "hand in to class" option for assignment. 

4. Yay! for working on getting a 'general course material' to appear first on the top of class listings that are organized by week or themes.   

5. Idea: have some options about how the class weeks or topics are listed.  In courses with 30+ meetings per semester the list gets long and probably a bit of a headach to navigate when mid-class. 

6. Idea: I often want students to submit material (papers)not just to me, but to the rest of the class--particularly in grad seminars.  Right now I'm just creating a single topic discussion for this sort of assignment--students then "reply" to the initial message with their papers as attachments for everyone to read--but this is a less-than-elegant solution.  It would be nice if, on the assignment option, all students--not just teachers--would be able to view the papers/material uploaded for that assignment. 

Again, many thanks on the great work,
John

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Re: Handling big files?

- Martin Dougiamas の投稿
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John,

Thanks for your ideas. Can I ask you to use http://bugs.moodle.com for checking and submitting bugs and ideas? Sometimes you'll find they are already filed there, and if not then file a new bug with a complete description.

That way I can keep track of things and some of them will actually get done.

You have no idea how many "it would be nice ifs" I get. 笑顔

Cheers,
Martin
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Re: Handling big files?

- John Windmueller の投稿

Hi Martin,

I'll go through the prior message and take the bugs and suggestions over to the bugs.moodle.com database.  I do have a support question that I'm not at all sure relates to a bug or just my own mistake: Confirmation emails are only sporadically (usually none get sent, but rare exceptions happen) going out to new user when they try to register.  I'm guessing this is a sendmail problem with my host, but I just wanted to see if you could think of a moodle setup problem that could explain the erratic sendmail behavior. 

In the meantime... is there a way for me to "validate" users who email me to say that they never received a confirmation message?  Also, just what is so risky (security wise) about turning off the email confirmation for new users (since I use a one-time password for all my protected courses anyway)? 

Thanks again,
John

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SMTP hosts

- Martin Dougiamas の投稿
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When you leave the "smtphosts" setting blank then Moodle uses PHP mail. This assumes that PHP has been set up correctly - in your case it looks like it hasn't.

If you know of an SMTP server then you could try it instead, by putting the server name in the "smtphosts" setting.
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Email confirmation

- Martin Dougiamas の投稿
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Confirmation ensures that people have entered correct email addresses. Unconfirmed accounts get deleted after a while. If you don't care about this then by all means use the "none" method.


The online help is a bit sparse about this because a fancy new authentication configuration page is in the works:

http://bugs.moodle.com/bug.php?op=show&bugid=160
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Re: Email confirmation

- John Windmueller の投稿

I thought about the smtp option, but I think my web host's smtp (mailbox.conflictresolver.net in my case).requires me to also provide a username and password to send mail.  Isn't that typical?  I didn't see any place to include that username and password information in the script. 

I was conused about one part of your reply: that unconfirmed accounts get deleted after a while.  If I turn email confirmation off (i.e. no confirmation option) then are new accounts still listed as "unconfirmed" and hence deleted after a set period of time?  I wouldn't want folks to have to keep re-entering there registration information just because I dumped the email confirmation.

Again, many thanks!  biggrin.gif
John

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Re: Email confirmation

- Martin Dougiamas の投稿
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Not a problem - if you aren't using confirmation then all accounts are simply confirmed by default. For the accounts created using email authentication then yes, they will remain unconfirmed - you can fix this by editing the "user" table directly in the database and setting the confirmed fields to '1'.

As for SMTP authentication, this will be pretty easy to add in the next release (file a bug for it). Otherwise I suggest talking to your provider about fixing PHP mail or just setting up Moodle on your own computer.
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Re: Email confirmation

- Martin Dougiamas の投稿
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SMTP authentication added in 1.0.6.1
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Re: Email confirmation

- John Windmueller の投稿

Yay!  Thank you, thank you, thank you! 

I made the upgrade today--no problems--and now I can re-enable the email checking and folks who subscribe to forums get to receive notes without waiting hours for my web host's terrible sendmail program to finally get around to it.  The smtp sending is working flawlessly.  Thanks!

John

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Re: Handling big files?

- Andreas Weber の投稿
Hi John,

for the first question I have an answer:
edit the php.ini file on your server (often located in the /etc/ dir) and change the value from 2 to what you want. The variable's name is something like
max_file_size=...

On this place I want add some idears:

-possibility to post the result(s) of a choice anonymous or open directly in a forum

-unzip feature in file area (sorry, now i see the feature... but no tar xvzf ウインク)

-the designer role like in webct

-make the survey translatable and editable to create own surveys

(Martin is too fast for me ウインク)

Best regards,
Andreas
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