Go to your Moodle site (you do not need to turn on editing):
- From the Administration block
- go to Course administration
- click on Backup
- Opens to page: 1. Initial Settings
- under Backup settings, click the blue Next button
(You shouldn’t have to do anything at this page other than click Next - leave the boxes that have been checked “as is” and don’t check any unselected boxes.)
- Opens to page: 2. Schema settings
Under Include:
- The boxes for every item and user data are checked (selected) by default
- Leave all User data boxes checked - student data is automatically removed during this process (unless you posted the student’s work, then that will need to be removed manually)
- TIP REMINDER: Leave all content selected to ensure you don’t miss any items - you can always delete/hide content at the Canvas site.
- To deselect an entire section (and all its items), click on the checkbox next to the section’s name (e.g. “Week 1”)
- To deselect items, click an item’s checkbox
When finished, click the blue Next button.
Opens to page: 3. Confirmation and review
- Skip the Filename and Backup settings sections at top
- Under the Included items section: double-check that the content you would like to be included in the backup file is indicated with a green checkmark.
When finished, click the blue Perform backup button.
Allow some time for processing (process time will vary depending on amount of content).
After backup has been performed, the next page you should see is 5. Complete,
showing the message: The backup file was successfully created.
Click Continue.
