Navigate to your course. You can find all of your courses under "My Courses" or in your Profile.

Click the "Include blocks" field or any feature you want to be saved.

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Here you can toggle off/delete anything that you do not want to be saved. Ie. Extra or duplicated sections or tasks.

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Scroll to the bottom again and click "Perform Backup".

The backup progress bar will now be visible and the download will begin. Once it completes, it will show as 100% completed and you will receive an email notifying you and where to access the downloaded file.

The Backup email confirmation and link will look like this.

To manage/download your course backup, you can use that link or Press "Continue" on the page you started the backup in. Then press "Manage course backups".

It will take you to this page, where you can download the file. Click the download arrow to begin the download. You may see a little buffering wheel beside it. Eventually the file downloads to your Download Folder.

Remember, the bigger the course, the longer it will take and the longer it may bog down the system. It is imperative that this be done during non-school hours. Our Online students and staff need to access Moodle during peak school time hours.

Or click on the file and you can Download from here:

Once it is finished downloading, it will present itself a zip file in your Downloads Folder.

Double click on that file and you will see the .mbz file. This is what you want to guard with your life. Save it in your OneDrive, save it to multiple flash or external hard drives - do what you need, but this is yours now. This is the same as keeping your coveted binder with all your answer keys, exams  and assignments when you first started teaching. You do not want to loss all your hard work. 

If you ever need to build a new course or start something back up, you will need this file.

After that file is in a safe place, you still need to delete the file backup in Moodle. Click on Manage Course backups.

To delete the file, click on it and Press "Delete".

Are you sure you want to delete this file????? As painful, as it might feel, click YES. If you saved the file in OneDrive and multiple places, you are fine!

How to Backup a Course in Moodle