# Share and download study materials

> In a school yard, admins put slides, notes and past papers on the shelf under Practice, and every member can download them. PDF, PowerPoint, Word, Excel or text, up to 50 MB each.

Section: Yards · Updated: 2026-10-05
URL: https://commonyard.app/guides/study-materials/

Every school yard has a shelf for files: lecture slides, notes, past papers, reading lists. The yard's owner and admins put them up; members download them.

## Download a file

1. Open your school's yard and tap **PRACTICE** on the bar at the bottom.
2. Tap **Study materials**, near the top of Practice.
3. Files are grouped by course. Tap the one you want.
4. It downloads, and opens in your browser or a reader app.

![The Materials page of a school yard: three files grouped by course, each with its kind, size and date](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/materials.webp "Tap a file to download it.")

The download link works for 15 minutes. If it runs out, tap the file again for a fresh one.

## Put a file up (owners and admins)

1. Open **PRACTICE**, then **Study materials**.
2. Tap **Add a file**.
3. Tap **Choose a file** and pick it from your phone or computer.
4. Give it a **Title**. Add the **Course** and a few words **About it** if you like — the course is how files are grouped on the shelf.
5. Tap **Upload**.

![The Materials page as an admin sees it, with Add a file at the top and a menu beside each file](https://commonyard.app/guides/img/materials-admin.webp "Admins see Add a file, and a menu on each file.")

## Change or remove a file

Tap the three dots beside a file (or press and hold it), then **Edit details** to change its title, course or words, or **Remove** to take it off the shelf. Members can no longer download a file once it's removed.

## Good to know

- Files can be **PDF**, **PowerPoint**, **Word**, **Excel** or **text**, up to **50 MB** each.
- In a private yard, only members can see the shelf.
- Want questions to revise with as well? See [Practise school work](/guides/practice-in-a-school-yard/).