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Backup restore

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Moodle has a course backup and restore process. Each successive version of Moodle has offered more options in this process. Many Moodle site administrators turn on an automated backup function, which does a full course backup on a schedule. The on demand backup and restore functions can be found in the administrative block of a course.

An administrator or user with appropriate permissions can use the backup restore functions to create, transfer or restore parts of an existing course or a whole course.

Backup

File:Backup icon link.JPGSelecting backup icon, will give the user with the correct privileges 3 screens.

  • Screen 1 provides options to select which activities and resources should be backed up. This screen also includes an option to include student data for each of these activities and resources. The bottom of screen 1 asks how to handled meta courses, users, log files, user files and course files. The continue button starts the backup process.

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  • Screen 2 suggests a name for the backup file, which can be edited, informs the user what is actually going to be backed up. For example, the number of users and course files and which modules.
  • Screen 3 reports if it was successful and has a continue button.

Restore

Restore icon link.JPGSelecting the restore icon, will give show a list of files which can be restored in the backup directory. Select the file by clicking on restore link.

  • Screen 1 confirms the file you selected to restore and asks if you want to continue or cancel
  • Screen 2 shows what is available in the file you have selected to restore
  • Screen 3 gives many options for restoring.
    • Restore to option: new course, copy over a course or add to a course.
    • Individual activity options: check off those parts of the course to be restored
      • Inclues option to restore student data for each part
    • Restore course files option - these are image or resource files
  • Screen 4 - Restore this course now button
  • Screen 5 - Reports on what was successfully restored

Administrators and Course Creators options in 1.6 are:

  • Restore to an existing course either adding to the course (keeping existing data) or deleting all existing data; or
  • The creation of a new course using the data in the backup file being restored.

Editing Teachers options in 1.6 are:

  • Restore to an existing course either adding to the course (keeping existing data) or deleting all existing data.

Role mappings

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The procedure of restoring a 1.6 or older course to a 1.7 site requires additional role mapping information to be entered (on Screen 3). Since Moodle 1.7 has a dynamic roles system, it is possible to map the old roles (i.e. editing teachers, non-editing teachers and students) onto any new roles. By default, Moodle 1.7 looks for legacy roles to map intelligently, for example students in 1.6 are mapped onto the 1.7 legacy student role.

When restoring a 1.7 course to a 1.7 site, Moodle compares the role shortname string and pre-selects the same for you. As a result, if you are restoring within the same site, you don't have to worry about selecting what roles to map onto.

Role options are determined by what you can assign in the current context (course or site). For example, if you have the teacher role in a 1.7 course, you will not be able to map students onto admins in the restored course. There is also an option to create new roles to map onto.

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