Course backup and restore
- 2. COURSE BACKUP • A course can be saved with some or all of its contents by using the course backup. • Typically, the site administrator will set a schedule of backups for the whole site. • An instructor with editing privileges can create a backup or download an existing backup for safe keeping, or for use on another Moodle course or site.
- 3. BACKING UP A COURSE Go to administration > course administration > backup • Select activities, blocks, filters and other content you want and click the next button. • Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators and managers, can choose whether to include users, anonymize user information, or include user role assignments, user files, comments, user completion details, course logs and grade history in the backup.
- 4. BACKING UP A COURSE
- 5. COURSE RESTORE • A course backup file may be restored from within any existing course for which you have permission. During the restore process, you will be given the option to restore as a new course or into an existing course. • If you are restoring a course with user data, then be careful when setting the course start date as all data will display within the same timeframe but from the new start date. • If your new course has fewer sections than the course you are restoring, the extra sections will appear as orphaned activities. These are only seen when editing is turned on and the last week or topic is classified as orphaned activities. Increase the number of sections in the new course to make them visible.
- 6. RESTORING A COURSE • Go to administration > course administration > restore (if you have an empty course to restore into.) • Upload the backup file or choose a file in the course backup area or user private backup area and click restore • Confirm - check that everything is as required then click the continue button • Destination - choose whether the course should be restored as a new course or into an existing course then click the continue button • Settings - select activities, blocks, filters and possibly other items as required then click the next button • Schema - select/deselect specific items and amend the course name, short name and start date if necessary then click the next button • Review - check that everything is as required, using the previous button if necessary, then click the 'perform restore' button • Complete - click the continue button