Activity backup

Activity Backup

Backing up individual activities

• It is possible to make a copy or backup of individiual activities in a Moodle course and then re-use these activities in a different Moodle site or in a different course on the same Moodle. (Note that if you wish to re-use activities within the same Moodle it might be simpler to use the import function. See Import course data for information on how to do this.
• To make a backup of an activity, ensure you are logged in with editing rights, as a teacher for example, and click on the activity you wish to backup. The settings block to the side will have a link Backup as with the assignment in the following screenshot:

• In the next screen, check/tick the type of item you wish to backup - in this case, just activities

• Click Next and on the next screen, check the activity you wish to backup - in this case, our assignment:

• Click Next and on the next screen, if you wish, rename the filename (keeping its .mbz extension), check you have included the correct activity and click Perform backup.

Backing up whole courses

• It is also possible to make a copy or backup of a whole course and re-use it elsewhere. See Course backup for information on how to do this.