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How to transfer material from a Moodle classroom in a two year past academic course to the new academic course

/ by Erika Constantino

The following explains how to transfer the content of a classroom from the course 2022-23 to a classroom in the 2024-25 course. The same procedure could be used for any classroom in any available academic course, such as 2023-24 – although in the case for the 2023-24 course we strongly recommend the activation with material copy.

First of all it’s necessary to have an empty Moodle classroom in the 2024-2025 academic course. Please follow these instructions.

 

In order to transfer the material:

  • Login into Virtual Campus (https://cv.uab.cat).
  • Click on Previous academic year (22-23).

Link to view the 2022-23 classrooms

 

  • Clic on the specific Moodle classroom.

 

  • Access to the drop-down menu of the wheel (located in the upper right corner) and click on Backup.
    Backup link

 

  • Click on the Jump to final step button, located at the end of the page. Depending on the material volume, the process can be slow.

 

  • Click on the Continue button.

 

Download into your computer the .mbz file, clicking on Download link.

 

  • Now you have to access to the destination moodle classroom in the 2024-2025 academic course, from Campus, by clicking on New academic year (24-25). If it’s lost, access https://cv.uab.cat.
    Link to view the classrooms for the 2024-25 course

 

  • Click on the destination classroom.

 

  • From the main page of the course clik the More link and look for the option Course reuse. Click to access it.
    Link to reuse the course

 

  • On the left side, click Import to see all the available options. Select the Restore option.

Link to restore a copy of the classroom

  • Upload the previously generated .mbz file, clicking on the Choose a file button, on drag and drop the file on the box.
    Form to restore a copy

 

  • Click on the Restaure. If the backup (.mbz file) is bigger than 300Mb, contact with CAS (cas@uab.cat).
  • A long page will be loaded. Go to the end of the page and click on the Continue button.
  • Then click on Continue button from the Restore into this course section. Don’t change the default option Merge the backup course into this course.

Option for merging the backup course into the course

 

  • In the next step (Settings), click on the Next button and don’t change any option.
  • In the next step (Schema), click on the Next button and don’t change any option.
  • In the next step (Review), click on the Perform restore button (placed at the end of the page).
  • In the next step (Proceso), click on the Continue button. Ignore the warning message that appears in red. Depending on the material volume, can be a slow process. A progress bar will appear.
    Continue

 

  • Click on the Continue button to finish the process.

Restore ok

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