Enrol Sync: Course creation file
This file allows asking the "course deletion tool" to remove massively courses in Moodle.
A report file is generated after execution of the test in the special sync file cabinet at the following location:
sync/reports
This file can be retrieved using the embedded file manager.
File format
Course bulk creation allows creating several course in a single operation. This tool is highly inspired from the bulk course creation standard feature with some minor enhancements.
Expected file is a CSV file containing one course definition per row. All course attributes can be setup in the file. Missing attributes will receive default value from hard values or from "course default settings". First row must specify the column names.
A special new column 'template' can specifiy a course shortname where a restorable backup is available to serve as course model. In this case, the values of the course attributes will override the initial setup stored into the backup.
| Column name | Value |
|---|---|
| category | [Forward]Slash-Delimited Category "Path" String (new categories are created as necessary) OR Integer Database Category ID |
| cost | String(10) |
| enrolperiod | Integer/Seconds |
| enrollable | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| enrolstartdate | String Date Literal |
| enrolenddate | String Date Literal |
| expirynotify | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| expirythreshold | Integer Value Between 10-30 |
| format | String('social','topics','weeks') |
| fullname | String(254) |
| groupmode | 0=NOGROUPS,1=SEPARATEGROUPS,2=VISIBLEGROUPS |
| groupmodeforce | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| guest | 0=NO,1=YES,2=WITHKEY |
| idnumber | String(100) |
| lang | String(10) |
| maxbytes | Integer(Site Max) |
| metacourse | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| newsitems | Integer(10) |
| notifystudents | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| numsections | Integer(52) |
| password | String(50) |
| shortname | String(15) |
| showgrades* | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| showreports | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
| sortorder | Integer |
| startdate | String Date Literal |
| student | String(100) |
| students | String(100) |
| summary | Text |
| teacher | String(100) |
| teachers | String(100) |
| teacher[1,2,...]_account | Search String that returns only one User Account (as used in <a href="user.php" target="_blank">Administration » Edit user accounts</a> OR Integer Database User ID |
| teacher[1,2,...]_role | String(40) |
| template | String |
| theme | String(50) |
| timecreated | String Date Literal |
| timemodified | String Date Literal |
| topic0 [main heading], topic1 ... topic52 [topic/week headings] | Text |
| visible | 0=FALSE,1=TRUE |
Quotes separating several information in a field should be encoded as ,.
Boolean switches should always be expressed as 0/1 for true/false meaning.
File Sample
fullname, shortname, category, summary, teacher, teachers, student, students, startdate, visible, groupmode, password, teacher1_account, teacher1_role
Course 1, import01, /COURS/Unit1, Imported course, Lecturer, Lecturers, Drunkard, Drunkards, 1-Apr-09, 1, 0, , ,
Course 2, import02, /COURS/Unit1, Imported with passord, Lecturer, Lecturers, Drunkard, Drunkards, 1-Apr-09, 1, 0, mdp, ,
