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Download course content

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New feature
in Moodle 4.0!

Download course content

Specific course items, currently content from the File, Folder, Page and Label can be downloaded if enabled site wide and in individual courses.

Note: This feature was made possible with funding from the Moodle Users Association.

Downloading course content

For students

  • If the feature is made available by the administrator and enabled in a course by the teacher, then students and other users with the capability to download course content will see a button top right in the course.
  • Clicking the button will display a pop-up and link to a zipped file.

For teachers

  • If the features is made available by the administrator, then course teachers see an option Enable download course content in the course settings.
  • They can then choose Yes to make content downloadable, or No if they prefer not to.

For administrators

  • Download course content can be made available from Site administration >Courses > Download course content.
  • Here, the admin can also specify the maximum size of files which may be downloaded.
  • Optionally, from Site administration > Courses >Course default settings, the admin can make the feature enabled by default in courses.

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