File size limits

Unless your course material has advised otherwise, there is a limit on the file size that can be sent to the eTMA system. You may submit a single file of up to 2 Megabytes.

This may be one normal, uncompressed file of up to 2 MB or a collection of files that have been compressed into one zip file, now measuring up to 2 MB in total.

If your eTMA exceeds this limit, your only option is to reduce the size of your assignment.

Multiple files must always be sent as a single compressed (zip) file (see ‘Creating a zip file’).

If you are having difficulties with the file size limit this will normally be due to images contained in the files. You will often be able to reduce these in size substantially by using different image formats. In particular, try to avoid bitmaps (.bmp) since they tend to be very large and they zip (compress) poorly.

You should thoroughly check your eTMAs before you submit them, particularly if you have converted them from one format to another and if they contain graphics.

Checking the eTMA file size

You can check your file size using Windows Explorer.

• Locate your file and look in the ‘Size’ column for the size of the file. Figure SE 9 shows a file that is 1,786 KB.

  

  Figure SE 9 – eTMA file size

   

• If you can’t see the file size, go to View > Choose columns. Tick Size. Click OK.