Import course data: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:45, 6 May 2019

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

With the Boost theme click the gear/cogwheel icon top right of your course and then click "Import:

If you are using a different theme, click Administration > Course Administration, 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 Perform 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

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.
Tip: It may be necessary to check all Activities (Forums, Assignments, etc.) to assure they are now using HTML format. Due to the change in the HTML editor from 1.9 to 2.2, editing of Activities comes up as "Moodle Auto-format" which displays the HTML version of the Description. Once the "Moodle Auto-format" has been changed to "HTML format" the new HTML editor is available by default when editing.

Import course capabilities

Backup for import - allows a user to backup a course ready for importing into another course
Restore from files targeted as import - allows a user to import activities or resources from another course

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-{{Course admin}}Course data may be imported from any other course for which the teacher has editing rights. This will allow teachers to re-use instead of re-creating one or more [[Adding resources and activities|activities and resources]](objects).
+{{Reusing 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]].
-This feature will not import student or teacher data, such as forum posts and discussions. It will only import the structure of such activities.
+Import course data is similar to a backup and restore process and does not include any user data.
-==How to use import course data==
+==How to import activities or resources==
-# Select the Import option from the [[Course administration block]] (see below).
+*With the [[Boost theme]] click the gear/cogwheel icon top right of your course and  then click "Import:
-# 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 (see below).
-# Finally, click ''Continue'' when done to import that data.
-[[Image:Import.jpg|frame|center|Course Administration block]]
+[[File:CourseImportBoost.png]]
+If you are using a different theme, click ''Administration  > Course Administration'', click on the ''Import'' link:
+[[File:Importactivities.png]]
+*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 ''Perform 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==
-[[Image:Course Import Data 1.jpg|frame|center|Here we have not selected chats nor a couple of assignments but everything else]]
+*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.
+* ''Tip:'' It may be necessary to check all Activities (Forums, Assignments, etc.) to assure they are now using HTML format. Due to the change in the HTML editor from 1.9 to 2.2, editing of Activities comes up as "Moodle Auto-format" which displays the HTML version of the Description. Once the "Moodle Auto-format" has been changed to "HTML format" the new HTML editor is available by default when editing.
-:''Tip:'' 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.
-:''Tip:'' Groups can also be imported as a batch from a file.
+==Import course capabilities==
-:''Tip:'' Backups, especially since 1.6, offer other creative ways to bring in course material along with an option for student data. See [[Course_backup]].
+* [[Capabilities/moodle/backup:backuptargetimport|Backup for import]] - allows a user to backup a course ready for importing into another course
+* [[Capabilities/moodle/restore:restoretargetimport|Restore from files targeted as import]] - allows a user to import activities or resources from another course
-===Course questions===
+==See also==
-Question categories and the questions associated with any quiz in that course are automatically included in any course import.  For example, Course One has 4 quizzes that draw their questions from Questions under the Course Default in 4 separate categories
+*[[Course backup]] & [[Course restore]] - for a similar process
-[[Category:Teacher]]
-[[cs:Importovat data]]
+[[fr:Importation de cours]]
-[[fr:Importation]]
 [[de:Kursdaten importieren]]
+[[es:Importar datos de curso]]
+[[ja:コースデータをインポートする]]

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Import course data: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 10:45, 6 May 2019

Contents

How to import activities or resources

Examples and tips

Import course capabilities

See also