File transfer for schools, teachers and students

What schools send and receive

How to share a lecture recording with a class

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   Step 1

   Export the recording

   From your meeting or screen-recording tool, export an MP4 (H.264). It plays in every browser and stays reasonably small.

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   Step 2

   Upload to Transfr

   Go to transfr.me and add the file, with slides or handouts in the same transfer if useful.

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   Step 3

   Choose Link

   Set a readable custom link such as transfr.me/bio-week5, and an expiry that matches the course (up to 7 days free, 60 on Pro).

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   Post it where students look

   Paste the link in your learning platform, class chat or email. Any number of students can open it; leave the download limit on unlimited.

How to collect assignments from students

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   Step 1

   Create a file request

   On Transfr, switch to Receive and create a request named after the assignment, for example “Year 10 History essay”. Students don’t need an account; you only give your name and email.

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   Set the rules

   Choose a deadline (1 to 60 days, or no expiry), a maximum number of submissions, and a password if the link might circulate.

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   Step 3

   Share the link or the QR code

   Project the QR code in class, or post the link in your platform. Students upload from a phone, a Chromebook or a home computer, up to 100 GB each.

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   Step 4

   Download the submissions

   You get an email when files arrive. Submitted files are kept for 7 days, so download them to your school storage regularly.

Ask students to name files “Surname Firstname - Assignment” before uploading; it saves sorting afterwards. More on requests in receive large files.

Sending photos and videos to parents

Trip photos and performance videos are personal data about children, so share them with care. Add a password and give it to parents through your usual school channel, keep the expiry short, and avoid posting the link publicly. For extra protection, turn on end-to-end encryption: files are encrypted in your browser and the key, carried in the link, is never stored on our servers. Files are stored in Western Europe by default. Check your school’s policy on photos and consent first. See secure file transfer and GDPR-compliant transfer.

Student projects: film, music, design and data

• Film students hand in edits and rushes that easily reach tens of gigabytes. See send large video files.
• Music students send WAV stems and sessions in full quality. See send music files.
• Design and architecture students send layered PSDs, CAD and 3D models with their folders. See send CAD and 3D files.
• Researchers share datasets and recordings with supervisors and co-authors, up to 100 GB per transfer free.

Feedback on student work

Comments work in both directions. When you send a marked-up draft back as a PDF, or when a student shares a video project for review, turn on comments: you can pin a note to a page of the PDF, an area of an image or a moment in the video (“the cut at 1:42 is abrupt”). The student sees each note in context instead of a long list in an email. Keep the link private with a password if the work includes classmates’ faces or names.

Sharing between colleagues and schools

Teachers swap exam papers, recorded observations and training material with colleagues in other schools whose email systems may block large attachments. A transfer link travels through any filter because the email itself is tiny. For exam material, set a download limit and a password, and use the shortest expiry that works. With a free account, you can see in your dashboard whether each transfer was downloaded. See also send a large PDF.

Does it work on school devices?

Transfr is a website, not an app, so it works on Chromebooks, Windows and Mac computers, iPads and phones without installing anything, which matters on managed school devices where installs are blocked. The interface is available in 18 languages, useful for international schools and for families who read another language at home. Uploads retry automatically if the school Wi-Fi drops.

Free or Pro for a school or department?

Try it with your next class: post one link for the week’s recording and one file request for the homework, then check how many students managed both without help. Neither needs an account, which keeps the next lesson free of password questions.