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{{Moodle 2.0}}Backup and restore has been completely rewritten for Moodle 2.0. | {{Moodle 2.0}}==New features== | ||
Backup and restore has been completely rewritten for Moodle 2.0. | |||
[[Image:Backup of a course section.png|thumb|Backup of a course section]] | [[Image:Backup of a course section.png|thumb|Backup of a course section]] | ||
* The backup process has been made a lot more efficient, making it possible to backup very large courses | * The backup process has been made a lot more efficient, making it possible to backup very large courses | ||
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* Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can create a backup with anonymized user information | * Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can create a backup with anonymized user information | ||
* Teachers can easily select the whole course or specific sections or activities to backup | * Teachers can easily select the whole course or specific sections or activities to backup | ||
==Backup and restore from 1.9 to 2.0== | |||
It is not currently possible to backup a course on a 1.9 site and restore it to a 2.0 site, however the functionality will be available in a forthcoming 2.0.x release. In the meantime, a workaround is to upgrade the 1.9 site to 2.0. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== |
Revision as of 16:28, 23 November 2010
Template:Moodle 2.0==New features== Backup and restore has been completely rewritten for Moodle 2.0.
- The backup process has been made a lot more efficient, making it possible to backup very large courses
- Teachers can choose whether to include activities, blocks or filters in the backup
- Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can choose whether to include users, user role assignments, user files, comments, user completion details, course logs and grade history in the backup
- Users with appropriate permissions, such as administrators, can create a backup with anonymized user information
- Teachers can easily select the whole course or specific sections or activities to backup
Backup and restore from 1.9 to 2.0
It is not currently possible to backup a course on a 1.9 site and restore it to a 2.0 site, however the functionality will be available in a forthcoming 2.0.x release. In the meantime, a workaround is to upgrade the 1.9 site to 2.0.