Upload a photo, video, or file to a post
In this article: How to add a photo, video, document, or other file to a discussion comment, reply, or new topic in your course. All Plans
When to use this
If your course has discussions, you can share more than just text. Add photos of your work, short videos, PDFs, audio clips, and more for your instructor and classmates to see.
You can add files in three places:
- A comment on a discussion
- A reply to someone's comment
- A new discussion topic you start in the course forum
Add a file to a comment or reply
- Open the discussion. Click Add a comment. To answer one person, click Write a reply under their comment instead.
- Click Add photo, video or file in the toolbar, next to the bold, italic, quote, and link buttons.
- In the Add media window, click Choose file.
- Pick one or more files from your computer or phone.
- Watch your files in the Uploads area under your text. Each one shows its progress.
- Click Post (or Reply if you're answering someone).
If your files are still uploading when you click the button, that's fine. Your comment goes up as soon as they finish.
You can also drag files into the comment box, or paste them in. You can add up to 20 files to one comment.
Adding a photo? You can crop or rotate it before it uploads. For one photo, click Crop or Rotate, then click Upload. For several, click a photo to edit it, then click Upload all images. If you don't need to change anything, just click Upload.
Add a file to a new discussion topic
- Start your new topic and type your text.
- Click in your text where you want the file to go.
- Click the paperclip button, Add photo, video or file. On a phone, you'll see just the paperclip.
- In the Add media window, click Choose file.
- Pick one or more files from your computer or phone.
- Wait for the progress bar to finish. Your file appears where your cursor was.
- Click Submit Discussion.
Your topic and its files are now visible to others in the course.
Other ways to add media
The Add media window gives you more than Choose file:
- Take photo, Record video, or Record audio to capture something right now. See Record video or audio in discussions.
- Drag or paste a file into the window.
- Recently used shows the last 6 files you used. Click one to add it again.
- Browse media library shows all the files you've uploaded before. Tick the ones you want.
If something goes wrong
- "Too large": Each file can be up to 300 MB. Bigger files are marked Too large and won't upload. Try a shorter video or a smaller file.
- Upload failed: Click Retry to try again. If you don't want the file, remove it instead. In a comment, click the X. In a new topic, click Delete.
- Can't post yet: A failed upload has to be retried or removed before you can post. In a new topic, Submit Discussion also waits while files upload or a recording is open, and tells you what it's waiting for.