Backup and Restore from Moodle 2.4 to Moodle 2.7
Step 1: Backup your course in Moodle 2.4
Log in to Moodle 2.4
http://online.lbcc.edu
Click on My Courses and select the course you want to back up.
For example, we will be doing a backup and restore of Teach Online Seminar (TOS) course.
Click on the course to open it.
Now, scroll down and select Backup under Settings menu.
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The Backup screen opens up.
1. Initial settings
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Deselect “Include enrolled users”, “Include blocks” and “Include filters” boxes under Backup settings and
click Next
2. Schema settings
If you are copying the whole course, don’t make any changes on this screen, just scroll all the way down
and select Next
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Note: If you don’t want certain activities to back up, now you can deselect them from the list. When
finished, click Next at the bottom of the page.
3. Confirmation and review
The next screen is a screenshot of backup settings and items included in your backup.
Click Perform backup to continue.
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Once the backup file was successfully created, click Continue button.
Now look for your file and click Download link. The file will be copied to your desktop.
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Step 2: Restore the course in Moodle 2.7
Now log in to Moodle 2.7
http://lms.lbcc.edu
Look for NAVIGATION on the left-hand side.
Click on My Courses and select the blank course you want to restore your course to.
In Course Overview select the blank course you will restore the content into.
For example: Teach Online Seminar (TOS).
Click to select it.
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Once your blank course opens, click on Restore under Administration menu.
Now drag and drop your backup file and click Restore.
Note: If you don’t see the blue arrow, you will need to click on Choose a file… button and select the file
you want to restore.
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Once you add your file it will be listed on the screen. See image below.
Now click Restore button to continue.
Restore Process
1. Confirm
Don’t make any changes on this page. Just scroll down and click Continue button.
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2. Destination
Scroll down to Restore into this course and select Merge the backup course into this course.
Click Continue.
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3. Settings
Scroll all the way down until you see Next and click on it.
4. Schema
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Scroll all the way down until you see Next and click on it.
5. Review
Scroll all the way down until you see Perform restore and click on it.
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Wait until the process will finish. This might take anywhere from one minute to a few minutes
depending on how much content you have in your course.
When your process is complete, you will see the screen below. Click Continue to access your newly
restored course.
Restored course
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