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How to create a course

There are several ways you as admin can create a course. The two most common are:

Create a new, empty course
Upload ("restore") an existing course from a different Moodle site.

Create a new empty course

Log in with your administrator account
From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration
Click the Courses tab
Click Add a new course
Add your course details, using the icon for extra help
Click Save and display
Click Proceed to course content to add your teaching materials.

Upload an existing course

Make sure the course you want to upload (a course "backup") has the file ending .mbz.
Log in with your administrator account
From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click Site administration
Click the Courses tab
Click Restore course
Drag in or upload your .mbz file into the space Import a backup file

7.Click "Restore" and on the next page, scroll down and click Continue

8.In the "Restore as a new course" section, click the button next to "Miscellaneous" OR click the button of the category where you want to upload your course and then press Continue

9.Click the Next button at the bottom of the next two pages

10.Click Restore on the final page. Your course will then display.

Helpful videos

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 ==How to create a course==
-There are several ways to create a course. You, as admin, can create a new, empty course or you can upload ("restore") an existing course from a different Moodle site. (You can also upload a text file with a list of courses you want to create).
+There are several ways you as admin can create a course. The two most common are:
+*Create a new, empty course
+*Upload ("restore") an existing course from a different Moodle site.
 ==Create a new empty course==
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 ==Upload an existing course==
-#Make sure the course you want to upload (a course "backup") has the file ending .'''mbz'''. If not, it will not work.
+#Make sure the course you want to upload (a course "backup") has the file ending .'''mbz'''.
 #Log in with your administrator account
-#From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click "Site administration"
+#From the left panel (the Navigation drawer) click '''Site administration'''
-#Click the "Courses" tab
+#Click the '''Courses''' tab
-#Click "Restore course"
+#Click '''Restore course'''
-#Drag in or upload your .mbz file into the space "Import a backup file"
+#Drag in or upload your .mbz file into the space '''Import a backup file'''
-#Click "Restore" and on the next page, scroll down and click "Continue"
+[[File:BasicAdminRestore.png|Center]]
-#In the "Restore as a new course" section, click the  button next to "Miscellaneous" OR click the button of the category where you want to upload your course and then press "Continue"
-#Click the Next button at the bottom of the next two pages
+.Click "Restore" and on the next page, scroll down and click '''Continue'''
-#Click "Restore" on the final page. Your course will then display.
+.In the "Restore as a new course" section, click the  button next to "Miscellaneous" OR click the button of the category where you want to upload your course and then press '''Continue'''
+[[File:BasicAdminRestore2.png|Center]]
+.Click the '''Next''' button at the bottom of the next two pages
+.Click '''Restore''' on the final page. Your course will then display.
+==Helpful videos==
+(Embedded videos to go here)??

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