Importing a Course in Moodle

This guide provides a straightforward process for importing a course in Moodle, making it easy to transfer content from previous semesters. By following the steps outlined, users can efficiently populate their new courses with relevant materials while also having the option to customize their imports. Additionally, it highlights the availability of course templates, offering a quick start for those looking to enhance their course design. Overall, this guide simplifies the course setup process, saving time and effort for educators.

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23 steps

Moodle

Navigate to the Moodle course you want to import *INTO*. You can use the "Import a course" button, to import a previous semester or a generic departmental course shell that you have access to.

You can select a course from the list that is generated

Best practice is to use the "Search courses" field for a more refined search.

Type or copy and paste the course name in *FULL* that you are importing *FROM*

Click the "Search" button to find the specific course.

Select the checkbox field next to the course short name, of the course you are import *FROM*

Click the "Continue" button once selected to proceed.

The import settings page allows you to select or deselect items to bring over to your new course. Generally, these settings remain as is.

If you click on "Jump to final step" your import will be completed and all of the content from your previous course will get brought over.

Click on the "Next" button to take you to a new screen, should you want to select or deselect specific sections or activities to import.

Here we can see FULL sections (bold font) as well as activities within each of the section.

Click the checkboxes to select or deselect items.

You can deselect an entire section at once by click on the checkbox next to the section title.

Click "Next" when you have finished making your selections.

Review the import settings one final time.

Click "Perform Import" at the bottom of the screen to perform the course import action.

Click "Continue" and your import has been completed.

Your course page has now been populated with the content from a previous or shared Moodle course.

There are also "Course templates" available for you to get started with should you want to build a new course.

There is a "Preview" button of the template to see what the course would look like.

Here is a preview of the INTRO ONLY template.

If you would like to import the template, click on the "Use template" button

Click the "Import" button once more to finish the action