how to create duplicate course in moodle

by Maximilian Ortiz DVM 4 min read

How to Duplicate a Moodle Course

  • Step 1: Dashboard login. Log in to your Moodle dashboard. From the dashboard, go to the Site Administration and to the...
  • Step 2: Select the course to duplicate. Click on the course to duplicate from the ‘Manage categories and courses’. When...
  • Step 3: Backup the course. From ‘View’ the course, click on the ‘Gear icon’ and you get a...

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How do I duplicate a course?

From Site administration / Courses / Manage courses and categories, click to select a category. Find the course you want to copy, and click the duplicate icon to copy the course. Course copy from within a course

How do I copy a course from one Moodle course to another?

Dec 15, 2016 · You just create a csv file with your new course long name, short name, start date etc (follow documentation on that) and then have a template column where you reference the short name of the course that you want to copy. Moodle then copies all the course content to your new courses in the background while you drink coffee. I used to copy manually about 30 …

How do I backup a Moodle course?

From Site administration / Courses / Manage courses and categories, click to select a category. Find the course you want to copy, and click the duplicate icon to copy the course. Course copy from within a course

How do I rename a Moodle course?

Jun 16, 2020 · Then click on ‘Perform backup’. 6. Click ‘Continue’ to download the course. 7. Once done, click on the ‘Download link to duplicate the course. …

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Apr 15, 2020 · Duplicate a course. I am trying to duplicate a course using the back up and then the restore course. But after dropping my back up in the import and click restore I get a "changes you have made may not be saved". A total catch 22. I am the site admin, I am using the latest version of Moodle with the Lambda Theme and am working on Chrome.

How do you duplicate a course in Moodle?

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.

What is course duplication?

Students enrolling in courses with similar or overlapping content may have credit restriction warnings to prevent duplication of credit. In these instances, a student who has successfully completed one course (or multiple courses) may receive reduced or no credit for the other course.

How do I copy a shell in Moodle?

The easiest way to copy your course on Moodle is to use the Import function to copy your course materials from one course site to another. 1. Go to the course site that you want to import into, and click on the Administration gear in the right corner of the page, select Import from the drop down menu.Dec 17, 2021

Can you duplicate a section in Moodle?

Moodle does not provide a tool for duplicating an entire section, but you can use the Mass Actions tool to duplicate all (or selected) items into a new empty section.

Can you retake classes at USC?

Undergraduate Students

Students who enter as freshmen may repeat a maximum of three courses taken during the first two semesters of enrollment at USC in which grades of D+ or below (including UW and IX) were received. Only the subsequent grade, even if lower, will be calculated into the grade point average.

What is freshman forgiveness USC?

What is Freshman Forgiveness? According to the USC Catalogue, a special provision governs the repeat of courses by students who enter USC as a first-time freshmen. You may repeat a maximum of three courses taken during your first two semesters at USC if a grade of D+ or below is earned.

How do I clone a course in LMS?

To clone a course:
  1. Sign in to your TalentLMS account as an Administrator and go to Home > Courses (1).
  2. Locate the course you want to clone, hover your mouse over the three dot icon and click the clone icon (2) under the Operations column.
  3. On the confirmation dialog box that pops up, click Clone (3).

How do I clone a Moodle site?

Let's take the step-by-step guide on how to copy a Moodle course.
  1. Step 1: Dashboard login. Log in to your Moodle dashboard. ...
  2. Step 2: Select the course to duplicate. ...
  3. Step 3: Backup the course. ...
  4. Step 4: Backup settings. ...
  5. Step 5: Review the backup settings. ...
  6. Step 6: Continue to download the course.
Apr 13, 2020

How do you duplicate a quiz in Moodle?

Duplicate a Quiz
  1. To duplicate a quiz Turn Editing On.
  2. Scroll down to the quiz activity and select Edit then Duplicate from the drop down menu.
  3. You can change the name and questions of the Duplicate quiz by selecting Edit then Edit Settings.

Can I duplicate a question in Moodle?

You can duplicate questions within the question bank if you want to create different versions of them.May 20, 2021

How do I merge courses in Moodle?

Go to one of the courses you wish to merge. Click the gear menu, and then click Create merged course shell. In the “Courses to merge” field, enter the name(s) of the other section(s) of the course (e.g., Spring 2017 Calculus II) then select the appropriate course(s) from the list.

How do I import a course into Moodle?

Instructions
  1. Go to the Moodle page for the new course and click the "Course Management" gear icon in the top menu bar.
  2. Click "Import".
  3. On the next screen, you will search for the course you want to import from. ...
  4. Select the course you want and click Continue.
  5. Choose what Moodle components you want to import.

Can administrators copy courses?

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

Can you continue working while a course copy is being made?

Note: With large courses it is helpful to be able to continue working while a course copy is being made. To achieve this, you need to enable asynchronous backups in Site Administration / Courses / Backups / Asynchronous backup/restore .

How to backup a course in Moodle?

Go to the course, then click on Backup. Uncheck "Users" from what to copy. Once Moodle backs up the course, I normally will download it to my computer. Then I do a Restore, and at one point you can give it the Course Category, and a new name. Restoring a course can take a little while, so be patient.

Can you create a template for a course?

You don't create a template - the course itself is the template - that is the wonderful thing about it!

Can you set courseid field?

The other advantage I have found is that you can set the courseid field. For those of us that use LDAP enrolment or external database enrolment, this part is vital as it used to have to be set after the restore process prior.

Can administrators copy courses?

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

Can you continue working while a course copy is being made?

Note: With large courses it is helpful to be able to continue working while a course copy is being made. To achieve this, you need to enable asynchronous backups in Site Administration / Courses / Backups / Asynchronous backup/restore .

Duplicate a course

I am trying to duplicate a course using the back up and then the restore course. But after dropping my back up in the import and click restore I get a "changes you have made may not be saved".

Re: Duplicate a course

Import? Backup the course with a new name that is easy to find/remember. Restore the course with the new name. Two courses cannot have the same unique identifiers. (short name/Course ID).

Re: Duplicate a course

It is just a browser warning because you are leaving a page that you have entered text - it is nothing to do with the course itself.

Re: Duplicate a course

Normally it is a warning but the Moodle does not pick up the back up but delete the file dropped into the upload when moving forward.

Re: Duplicate a course

Are you waiting until the file is uploaded? Have you tried with another theme?

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