Restore/Import a Moodle course

Difference between Backup and Restore:

You saved a backup of your course for future use or just for saving, the process is called Backup;

You import or copy the Moodle course to a different site, the process is called restore or Import, depends on how your organization Moodle sites call it.

How to Import/Restore an Entire Course:

Step 1: In Administration block, click Import. Then Find a course to import data from page will open.

Step 2: The page will list up to 10 courses available for you to copy. If you do not see the course you wish to copy on the list, in the Search field (at the bottom of the list) enter the exact course name (department and number) and click Search.

Step 3: Under Select a Course, select the radio button for the course to copy, then click Continue. The Initial Settings page will open.

Step 4: On the Initial Settings page, under Backup settings, check the types of content to copy (activities and resources, blocks, filters, calendar events, and/or question bank); all will be selected by default.

Step 5: Click Jump to final step. The import progress page will open. Once the import process is complete, a confirmation message appears.

Step 6: Click Continue. You will be returned to the new course.

If you want to Import a Moodle course that you don’t teach:

To copy content from a course you did not teach, you will need the instructor’s permission first.

Following steps after importing a Moodle course:

After completing the Import process, be sure to attend to these important tasks as needed to finish preparing your course for the new term:

Update text in Labels, Section names, etc…
Update your syllabus or other resources.
Edit due dates for activities.
Set up Groups.
Reset Guest access.
Recreate External tool links, and/or the UMass Libraries Course Materials block.

How to Import/Restore Moodle Activities or Resources from One Course to Another

1) Prepare items to copy

Why

The Import tool requires you to import each Section containing an item you want to copy, and will merge those Sections into the Sections already in your target course. Before you select the items to copy, we recommend you duplicate the items and move them into an unused Section at the bottom of the course you are copying from. Importing only the section containing duplicated items will make it easy to find the copied content and will prevent any unwanted content.

How

Step 1: Open the course you will copy item(s) from.

Step 2: Click Turn editing on in Navigation bar.

Step 3: At the bottom of the course page, click the Increase the number of sections button ( ) to create a new Section. You will use this section to hold duplicates of the items you wish to copy.

Step 4: For each item you wish to copy, click Edit, then select Duplicate. Duplicate resources or activities appear immediately below the original.

Step 5: Drag the new Duplicate items into the new section you just added in step 3.

Attention: If the course you are copying from is in use, to avoid confusion for your students, you should hide the Section you created for the duplicate items.

Following steps after importing a Moodle content: