Frequently Asked Questions

How to backup a course in Moodle

Courses or parts of courses can be backed up to restore into new courses, imported into existing courses, or kept as master copy for future use. Backup a course by following the steps below.

In the Administration block, under Course administration, select "Backup."


Select what to include/exclude under "Backup settings," then click "Next."

Initial Settings

To backup a course without all of the posts and completed Activities remove the check mark under Included enrolled users.


Select Schema settings, then scroll down and click "Next."

Schema settings

1. In this area select which Topics, Activities and Resources to back up. (All items will be selected by default.)

2. In this area select if user data will be included in the Topics, Activities and Resources to back up. (All items will be selected by default.)


Review Backup settings and confirm options, then scroll down and click "Perform Backup."

Confirmation and review


Select "Continue" when The backup file was successfully created message appears.

Successful creation of backup file

Depending on the size of the course it may take a few seconds.


Choose whether to Download or Restore the backed up course.

Download or Restore area

1. Save the backup file on the local computer, by clicking on "Download."

2. To restore this course click on "Restore."


 Last updated Mon, Jun 8 2015 8:00pm

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