Moodle has a backup feature that stores all (or selected parts) of a course to a compressed file that can be saved for future use or copied to a different Moodle site. This can be useful if an instructor is moving to a different institution or would like to have a backup of the course for safekeeping.
To generate the backup, log into Moodle, go to the course. and click on the Gear Icon (top right of page) → Backup. The backup process will guide you through what information and which activities you want to backup.
You can select whether to back up student information or not in the second step labeled 2. Scheme settings. There will be two columns of checkboxes corresponding to each item in the Moodle course. The left column selects whether that item will be included in the backup. The right checkbox indicates whether student information for that activity will be included. If you want to archive any student assignment submissions, forum posts, etc., leave all the right side checkboxes selected. If you do not need any student information, deselect all the boxes with the control at the top of the right column.
When the process completes, you will see a list of the backup files generated for this course and can download the file(s). If you want to download a file at a later time, clicking on Gear Icon (top right of page) → Restore will show a list of all the backup files for the course.
Transferring a Moodle course from WAB to another institution
It may be possible to export a course from WAB's Moodle site and import it to another institution's Moodle site. Download the .mbz Moodle backup file as specified above and use the Moodle Restore feature to import it to the other Moodle site. Depending on the versions of Moodle used, it may not be possible to transfer all the information.
Individuals who have Teacher or Course Designer roles in a course can download all instructional files posted in the course. The Download Instructor Files tool is provided as a quick method to capture content added by an instructor to a course.
Note: This tool downloads only files added by individuals with Teacher or Course Designer roles.
This includes files posted as Moodle Resources (such as Files, the files contained within Folders, images embedded in Labels, etc.), and files attached to or embedded in Moodle Activities (such as Activity descriptions, Quiz questions, Questionnaires, or Wikis), as long as they were added to the course by a Teacher or a Course Designer.
This tool does NOT download files submitted by students.
, top right), the Course Management panel will open.How to do it:
Maintain Source (original) formatting - this is the fastest method
Go to the original page
Select all text
Copy (CMD C)
Inside OneNote paste the text (CMD V)
Match formatting
Go to the original page
Select all text
Copy (CMD C)
Inside OneNote paste using "Match Formatting"
Keep Text Only
Go to the original page
Select all text
Copy (CMD C)
Inside OneNote paste using "Keep Text Only"
Add the links and reformat the text headings and other formats
Best Practice:
Make sure you have consistent text type (Arial / Calibri etc) and size in all your pages.
You can change the text type and size after you've copied and pasted from the original.
If there are images you may need to resize them
It is better to add the links to texts than have them showing as the full link.
How to do it:
Find the original file and either download it to your computer or put it in a sharepoint file, or in your MYP collaborative files in your channel
Select "Insert File"
Find the file and select "open"
You'll be prompted to choose between
Best Practice:
Upload to OneDrive and insert link
This will mean that the document is embedded but file is uploaded into OneDrive
Note: the files are on someone's LOCAL OneDrive, so if that is deleted, so are the files.
If changes are made in the file that is uploaded, then it will also be reflected in the student's distributed handouts