Backup/Restore a Moodle course

Right after the end of each semester the Moodle Administrator resets all active courses.

In addition to that, Moodle instructors should keep - at all times - updated copies of their courses in their personal computers. They can keep:

1. A copy of the complete course, with all instructors and students’ material; and/or
2. A copy of the clean course, without students’ data; and/or
3. A copy of specific students’ data.

These backup files are generated as zipped file. After creating a course backup the instructor can open this zipped file and access the content of the course.

Note: If the instructor wants option (1), s/he must backup the course no later than the last official day of the semester. As mentioned above, during the week following the end of the semester, all courses are reset.