how to complete a course copy in moodle

by Prof. Taryn Lynch DVM 9 min read

Course copy from within a course.

  • Access the course you want to copy.
  • Click the cog icon (Boost theme) or locate the Administration block (Classic theme) and click Copy course.

Course copy from Course and category management screen
  1. From Site administration / Courses / Manage courses and categories, click to select a category.
  2. Find the course you want to copy, and click the duplicate icon to copy the course.
Jun 3, 2021

Full Answer

How do I copy a Moodle course to my site?

Course copy from within a course. Access the course you want to copy. Click the cog icon (Boost theme) or locate the Administration block (Classic theme) and click Copy course.

How do I import data into a Moodle course?

Course copy from within a course. Access the course you want to copy. Click the cog icon (Boost theme) or locate the Administration block (Classic theme) and click Copy course.

How to copy a course from within a course?

Oct 21, 2020 · Step 1 – Export A Course. Find the Moodle course you’d like to copy and turn editing on. Click the cog icon and select the “backup” option in the dropdown menu as shown in the figure below. You can configure what you’d like to include in the course backup file by following the 5 on-screen steps.

How do I edit a course in Moodle?

Oct 29, 2010 · Copying a course without participant data is simple 3 step procedure. 1. You have login your moodle course and select the backup from the administration box. 2. On the next screen, select none for the user data and proceed as you would with regular backup. This would create a zip of the course without any participant data. 3.

About course copy

Administrators, managers and those with the relevant capabilities can quickly copy courses from a course category or within a course.

Course copy from Course and category management screen

From Site administration / Courses / Manage courses and categories, click to select a category.

Course copy settings

As well as setting the course name, category, visibility and dates, you can make the following selections:

Allow teachers to copy courses

To allow a course teacher (or any role other than an admin or manager) to copy courses, the role needs the following capabilities:

Step 1 – Export A Course

Find the Moodle course you’d like to copy and turn editing on. Click the cog icon and select the “backup” option in the dropdown menu as shown in the figure below.

Step 2 – Import A Course

Go to the Moodle site you’d like to have the course copied in to. Import the course mbz file via the course restore page: Site administration > Courses > Restore course

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Prepare Items to Copy

Before you start importing content, we recommend doing a little preparation in the course you are copying from. Note: This step is especially important if the target course already contains any content.

Clean Up Imported Content

Edit due dates for activities To update due dates for activities such as Assignments and Quizzes see Edit Dates for Multiple Activities & Resources in Moodle for information on how to change many due dates at once. Note: The Edit Dates page does not work for Turnitin assignments.

Re: Course copying in progress - STUCK

The following worked for me, hopefully it will help others, specifically those who use Siteground (which no longer uses cPanel).

Re: Course copying in progress - STUCK

Sorry, for someone who has no idea what it means to execute a command, can you explain how to do this on MoodleCloud step by step? Thanks. I'm having so much trouble with Moodle these days

Re: Course copying in progress - STUCK

Hello Sarra. I don't think you can execute commands on MoodleCloud but if you are having trouble with copying a course on MoodleCloud then I suggest you contact them via your MoodleCloud portal.

Where to find course completion report?

A course completion report is available when course completion is enabled.The report can be found via on "Reports" menu item link in the course Administration block and when "Completion tracking" is enabled for the site and course.

What is a course grade?

Course grade: A "student" meets or exceeds a passing grade in the course. Date: After a specified date all "students" are marked as completed in a course. Duration after enrolment: After a specified amount of time after enrolment (e.g., 12 weeks), a "student" is automatically marked as complete in a course.

What does "passing grade" mean in a course?

If "Passing grade" is enabled as a criteria for course completion, a grader should have the option of seeing completion status (i.e., "complete" / "not complete") as a column in the grader report.

What is manual self completion?

Manual self completion: A "student" can mark her/himself complete a course. Manual completion by: An "admin", "teacher", "tutor", etc can mark a student complete for a course. Activity completion: A "student" completes an activity, building on Activity Completion developed for 2.0 by Sam Marshall from OU. Course grade: A "student" meets ...

What is the meaning of "student" in a course?

A "student" the necessary criteria to complete a course. A "student" how s/he is progressing in a course along the necessary criteria. A "teacher" how his/her students are progressing in a course and which students have completed it.

Can you unlock course completion options?

The course settings can be unlocked (via an "Unlock course completion options" button), however a warning message will be displayed stating that unlocking the settings requires deleting all prior course completion data for the course. Once the completion data is deleted, the settings become unlocked (i.e., un-greyed out).

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