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Moodle 4.0 Resources for Faculty

Restore into new Moodle Course

1. Open your new course. From the course header, select the More option and select Course Reuse from the dropdown menu.

Moodle 4 Restore Settings

2. On the dropdown menu on the left side of the screen, select Restore.

3. To restore a course backup file select Choose a File. From the File picker select Box.

4. Use your Brandeis credentials to log into Box.  Grant access to Brandeis Box. 

Moodle 4 Restore Settings

5. Select the course backup, and confirm by clicking Select this file.

6. Select Restore.

Moodle 4 Restore Settings from Box

7. On the next page, Confirm, scroll to the bottom of the page, and select Continue.

8. On the next page, Destination, you can choose one of several options for restoring the backup data into your course. The most common option is Restore into this course → Merge the backup course into this course. Click Continue in your desired section.

9. On the next page, Settings, scroll to the bottom and select continue.

a. Optional: The Schema page allows you the opportunity to uncheck and remove any specific items from being imported (if desired).  Click Next.

10.  The next page, Review, gives you one last opportunity to review the content that is being restored into the course.  If you need to make changes select the Previous button at the bottom. Select the button Perform Restore to begin the restore process. 

When the restore is complete, a green banner will appear, confirming that everything was restored properly.  Click Continue to return to the course page into which you restored the data backup. 

 

Moodle 4 Restore Confirmation Setting Options in Moodle