Moodle Course Backup & Restore

Owned by
Tiffany Stone
Feb 05, 2018
1 min read

Backup and Restores allow the user to move content from one course to another. Below are steps to complete the task by yourself or 

Step-by-step guide

Backup

(video tutorial: http://screencast.com/t/0Ni9HNAx)

  1. Go to course in new Moodle (moodle.sage.edu)
  2. Take note of how many blocks are in the course (you will need this information later during the restore process)
  3. On the left, under Settings, click backup
  4. Click Next until you reach Perform Backup
  5. Click Perform backup
  6. Click Continue

  7. You are done with this part

Restore

(video tutorial: http://screencast.com/t/xip8sdYVUlsh)

  1. Go to new course in new Moodle (moodle.sage.edu)
  2. On the left, under Settings, click restore
  3. Scroll down to User Private Backup area and click Restore next to your course (it should be the first one on the list)
  4. Continue
  5. Scroll down to Restore into this course > Merge the backup course into this course > Continue
  6. Click Next until you reach Perform Restore
  7. Click Perform restore
  8. Click Continue
  9. Your course is now restored

Request

To Request a Backup & Restore be done for you, please fill out the web form HERE.

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