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Currently, when I upload SCORM packages, I see text telling me that the maximum file size is 8MB. However, I have several SCORM packages I need to upload but which are at least double that size! How do I upload SCORM packages which are greater than 8MB? Do I increase the file size limit? If so, how do I do it? Or is there some other way of doing this? Thanks.

Hi!

The maximum size of files to upload is not handled in ILIAS but in the php.ini of your server. 8MB is the default value of PHP. But if you want to publish SCORM modules or videos, this size is far to small. To change it, open the php.ini file of your installation. You can see where it is stored if you enter Administration of ILIAS and select the tab "Server Data". Scroll down an you find the PHP info page included. At the beginning of this long page there is a row called



If you go there and open the file php.ini you have to look for



Change it to a higher value, e.g. 64M - or even higher depending of your SCORM files - , save it and restart your Apache web server to activate the changes.

From now on, you will be able to upload files until the size defined in upload_max_filesize.

If you change php.ini, you should also increase the value for



which defines the maximum size of a post action. I use the same value for post_max_size and upload_max_filesize.

Since ILIAS 4 there is also another way to upload big SCORM packages, see http://www.ilias.de/docu/goto_docu_wiki ... pload.html. But to be honest, I haven't used it yet.

Best regards,

Matthias

Matthias,



Actually I cant find this feature so I had to increase my values to 250 Mb. Are you're sure it's implementet in 4.0?

Hi Jesper,

I have had a look at the feature and here is a short description how to use it:

To use this feature you need to have write access to the server directories and be Administrator in ILIAS. At the time being it is not possible to use this feature without being system administrator!

1. Create a specific directory where you upload your SCORM package(s) by using SFTP, SCP or FTP. I recommend to make it a sub-directory of your data directory outside the webspace (for security reasons), e.g. /srv/www/ilias/data/scorm-import. Your Apache user needs to have access to this directory (similar to data).
2. Enter ILIAS as system administrator (e.g. root) and go to "Adminstration > Learning Resources".
3. On the tab "Edit Settings" (= entrance page) you find a form called Upload directory.
4. Enter the path of your upload directory (see 1) and save the settings.
5. Now, if you create a new SCORM module in the ILIAS repository, in a course or group, you do not need to select a file from your computer but you can choose an existing one from the upload directory.

That's it. I tested it and it works fine.

- Matthias

Thanks Matthias

I remember we discussed the feature so I looked for it with out luck.

Did you find it? It's definitely there on my installations under Administration>Learning Resources.

Just tested it and seems to work perfectly, I quite like the file list drop down option when importing.

Yes I found it after Matthias directions

I remember we discussed the issue a long time ago in Hamburg and somebody said it was implemented. When I needed the functionality some weeks ago I ended up increasing my upload-values but this was just because I didn't know where to look for the feature.

So A-OK

Good to hear it, personally on our in-house server, the max file size is plenty. But this is most definitely a useful feature for hosted and remote servers where it can sometimes be a pain to change the server's settings.