Getting around file size limitations for Canvas and Storyline

Aug 31, 2021

Hi all - I'm a new Instructional Designer working in a university setting with Canvas as our LMS. I'm noting that our subscription to Canvas has a very limited file storage size. This would eliminate the potential for using Storyline really. I'm wondering if others have found a workaround to this (e.g., is it possible to store the files elsewhere and link to them from the LMS?). 

Thanks!
Jackie

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Maria Costa-Stienstra

Hi, Jaclyn, and welcome to E-Learning Heroes! ✨

Congratulations on your new position!

I'm looking forward to the suggestions our community members will give you for working with low storage and specifically in Canvas, but I wanted to share a tip and an article:

When you publish from Storyline, you can adjust the quality of media, which will affect the size of your published package:

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While this article discusses low-bandwidth, I believe you will find some helpful suggestions for working with file sizes: