A walkthrough with a dozen photos of student work and a two-minute video of the opening routine makes a rich report and a very large PDF. Mail servers have limits, and a report over 30 MB would simply bounce. Education Walkthrough handles this for you: when a report is too big to attach, the teacher’s email carries a secure download button instead of the file, and nothing else about the send changes.
How it works
- Report up to 30 MB. The PDF is attached to the email as usual.
- Report over 30 MB. The email contains a Download Attachment button. Clicking it opens a page with the report ready to download. The link is unique to that email.
- Expired link. Download links do not last forever. If a teacher clicks one that has expired, the page says the link has expired and a fresh email with a new link is sent to them automatically.
You do not choose between the two. The size of the finished report decides, and the teacher sees the same message either way.
Keeping reports smaller
- Photos count the most. Three well-chosen photos make the point as well as fifteen.
- Short video clips over long ones. Thirty seconds of a routine is usually enough.
- If you attach the PDF to every email by default, you can turn that off per template and share the report link instead, see How to Attach the Observation PDF to the Teacher Email.
Frequently asked questions
Q: Is the download link secure?
A: Yes. Each link is generated for that specific email, only the recipient has it, and it expires. Anyone without the link cannot reach the report.
Q: The teacher says the button does nothing.
A: Ask them to try the link from a laptop browser rather than a mail preview, and to check that their district does not block downloads from educationwalkthrough.com. If it still fails, resend the report, see How to Resend a Completed Walkthrough Report.
Q: Can I get the big PDF myself?
A: Yes. Open the walkthrough’s details on the Walkthroughs page and click Download. Size limits only apply to email.
Q: Teachers are not getting any emails, large or small.
A: That is a delivery problem rather than a size problem, see What Can I Do If My Teachers Are Not Receiving Any Emails.