Import course data: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:13, 5 January 2012

Course activities and resources may be imported from any other course that the teacher has editing permissions in. This will allow teachers to re-use instead of re-creating one or more activities or resources.

Import course data is similar to a backup and restore process and does not include any user data.

How to import activities or resources

In Course Administration>Settings, click on the Import link:

Select the course you wish to import from and click Continue.
You will be presented with the "backup settings" page. Use the check boxes for import activities, blocks and or filters as types of items which will show on the next screen.

Select the elements you want to include in the import in the Schema settings step.

Review and click Preform import or click the cancel or previous buttons. The confirmation page will place green check marks and red marks next to the backup settings and include item list for you to review.

You should see the "Import complete. Click continue to return to the course." message, or an error message indicating that the import process did not take place.

Examples and tips

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Importing a quiz from course A to course B, will also add the questions to the question bank so you can use them in new quizzes.

Tip: Groups can also be imported as a batch from a file.

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-{{Course admin}}Course data may be imported from any other course for which the teacher has editing rights.
+{{Reusing activities}}
-However, using the Import Course Data feature, will not import user data, such as forum posts and discussions;  it will only import the structure of such activities.
+Course activities and resources may be imported from any other course that the teacher has editing permissions in. This will allow teachers to re-use instead of re-creating one or more [[Activities|activities]] or [[Resources|resources]].
-# Select the Import option from the Administration side-block.
+Import course data is similar to a backup and restore process and does not include any user data.
-# Next, select the course you wish to import from and click the ''Use this course'' button.
-# You will be presented with a check box list from which you can select the type of activities or resources you wish to import.
-# Finally, click ''Continue'' when done to import that data.
-NB: Selecting forums, for example, will import all forums from that course in Moodle 1.6. Since Moodle 1.7, you can import individual items within a module type.
+==How to import activities or resources==
-Groups can also be imported as a batch from a file.
+*In ''Course Administration>Settings'', click on the ''Import'' link:
-Backups, especially since 1.6, offer other creative ways to bring in course material from other courses. See [[Course_backup]] or the backup link on the index.
+[[File:Importactivities.png]]
-[[Image:Import.jpg]]
+*Select the course you wish to import from and click  ''Continue''.
+*You will be presented with the "backup settings" page. Use the check boxes for import activities, blocks and or filters as types of items which will show on the next screen.
-[[Category:Teacher]]
+[[File:Importsettings.png]]
+*Select the elements you want to include in the import in the Schema settings step.
+[[File:Includeforimport.png]]
+*Review and click ''Preform import'' or click the cancel or previous buttons. The confirmation page will place green check marks and red marks next to the backup settings and include item list for you to review.
+[[File:Includeforimportconfirm.png]]
+*You should see the "Import complete. Click continue to return to the course." message, or an error message indicating that the import process did not take place.
+==Examples and tips==
+[
+*Importing a quiz from course A to course B, will also add the questions to the question bank so you can use them in new quizzes.
+*''Tip:'' Groups can also be imported as a batch from a file.
+==See also==
+[[Course backup]] & [[Course restore]] - for a similar process
+[[cs:Importovat data]]
 [[fr:Importation]]
+[[de:Kursdaten importieren]]

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Import course data: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 22:13, 5 January 2012

How to import activities or resources

Examples and tips

See also