I've hit my storage quota? What can I do?

Each Canvas course has a storage quota. This does not include student submissions, media files in Canvas Studio, or files stored in Readings.

Each Canvas course has a set storage quota of 500MB. Once this limit is reached, you will not be able to add any more resources to your course.

There are a few easy things you can do to reduce your storage quota.
1. Open Files to get a view of the situation. Open the ‘Files’ page within that Canvas topic and then filter the list by file size to identify those taking the most space.
2. Delete large unneeded files. Removing any large unneeded files will help to reduce your quota. Copies of any files you delete will remain in earlier availabilities.
3. Verify your videos are in Canvas Studio. All videos should be uploaded to Canvas Studio (as opposed to being added as a file on a page, therefore appearing in the file structure as a .mp4 file) See the Canvas Studio guides for more information.
4. Removing large unneeded files. Removing any large unneeded files will help to reduce your quota. Files from previous semesters can be retrieved if they are needed again.
5. Reduce file sizes. Reducing file sizes (mainly by compressing media inside the files) can greatly reduce file sizes.
6. Move resources to Readings or One Drive. Files stored in Readings and OneDrive are not included in your storage quota.
  1. Storing resources in Readings builds a comprehensive collection of learning materials in a single spot
  2. Placing resources in OneDrive means that you can link to them from Canvas.
7. Use Flinders templates. You can download Flinders University PowerPoint and Word templates for use by staff. These include a PowerPoint template already optimised for teaching and are ready for use.
8. Provide PDF documents as opposed to PowerPoint (.pptx) or Word (.docx) files. If you do not have a specific reason for providing the base document files consider swapping out these for PDF versions (Microsoft tools allow you to save as this file type)
Further quota options
If after performing these actions you are still having trouble with your quota, please contact your College eLearning support team. They can look at your topic with you and explore further options.