Compressed Zip Folder

Q. 

How do I create a zip folder? Can I combine several files into a folder to put in Tlearn? How do I unzip a compressed folder? What is a compressed folder?

A. 

Folders that are compressed using the Compressed (zipped) Folders feature use less drive space and can be transferred to other computers more quickly. You can work with a compressed folder and the files or programs it contains just as you would an uncompressed folder. You can identified a compressed folder by the zipper on the folder icon. Zipped folders can compress files, programs, or other folders by dragging them to it.

The Moodle system will not allow us to drag and drop or add folders into our courses so we compress those folders to be inserted into our courses. Read on to learn how to create a zipped folder on a Mac and a PC.


 PC Instructions
1. Locate and select the files to be compressed. To select either Click and draw a box around the files or Shift + Click to select the files individually. (The image is of selected files and folder. Unselected files/folders will not have a transparent box)

 

2. Once selected right click on one top of one of the files or folder and click Send to and then click Compressed (zipped) folder.

3. Depending on the amount and size of your files you may not see a progress bar. If you don't have a lot of files your compression will only take seconds and a progress bar will not display.

4. The compressed folder can be identified with the zipper icon. The PC will name the Zipped folder by the name of the largest file or folder. You can now add this zipped folder to Tlearn.

MAC Instructions

1. Locate and select the files to be compressed. To select either Click and draw a box around the files or Command + Click to select the files individually. (The image is of selected files and folder. Unselected files/folders will not have a transparent box)

2.  Once selected right click on top of one of the files or folder and click Compress # Item. 

3. Depending on the amount and size of your files you may not see a progress bar. 

4.Your compressed folder has been created and can be identified with a zipper icon. Mac names zipped folder as Archive. You can now add this Zipped folder to Tlearn.