Backing Up a Moodle Course

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To back up your course, first log into Moodle and select a course.

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Moodle course home for **“NAUT 420: Advanced Nautical Nonsense.”** Top tabs show **Course, Settings, Participants, Grades, Reports, More, Open LMS**; the **Welcome** section lists **Course Overview**, **Instructor Introduction**, and **New subsection**, with left navigation visible.

Click "More".

Moodle course home for “NAUT 420: Advanced Nautical Nonsense” with the top More tab highlighted.

Click "Import".

Moodle course home with the More menu expanded; Import option highlighted in the dropdown.

Click "Backup".

Moodle page titled Import showing links Import / Backup / Restore; Import link highlighted.

The next page lists the available backup options. If you wish to include the course logs, grade history, and PLD logs, be sure to check the corresponding boxes. It is recommended that the Anonymize user information and IMS Common Cartridge 1.1 boxes be left unchecked.

Moodle Backup – Initial settings with many “Include …” options checked and Include PLD data on; Next button highlighted.

Selecting "Jump to final step" will immediately begin creating the backup file. Selecting this will not cause any issues, but there may be some settings you wish to change in the next steps that selecting "Jump to final step" will skip.

The next page loads a list of all course content and allows you to include or exclude both the content and user data for each item. Generally, these boxes should all be left checked. After deselecting any undesired content or data, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select "Next".

Moodle Backup – Schema settings showing selected items (e.g., SpongeBob Kahoot, Padlet, Attendance, Assignment); Next button highlighted.

On the next page, the **Filename** option allows you to change the filename of the backup you are creating from the default. While the default filename does contain information about which course is being backed up and when the backup occurred, it can be edited to provide the information in a more straightforward manner. This page also allows you to review what information is being included in the backup.

Your filename must include the .mbz extension at the end or you will receive an error.

After reviewing this information, select "Perform backup" to start the process.

Moodle Backup – Confirmation & review page with Personalized Learning Designer Settings shown; Perform backup button highlighted.

You will be notified when the backup finishes. Select "Continue".

Moodle Backup – Complete page with a green success banner, Continue button highlighted.

This backup is now stored on the Moodle server. To download a copy to store on your computer, select the **Download** link in the Course backup area on this page.

Moodle Course backup area listing a newly created .mbz file; pink highlight on the Download link.

If you need any assistance, please feel free to contact the Center for Learning and Teaching by emailing [clt@occc.edu](mailto:clt@occc.edu) or by calling 405-682-7838!