Using Backup and Restore to Copy and Move a Quiz from One Course to Another

Margarita Berezyanskaya

Last Update 1 個月前

Note: For activities other than Quiz, it’s best not to copy the Question Bank. For moving H5Ps, refer to How to Copy and Move an H5P from One Course to Another. For all other activity and resource types, refer to the file Using Backup and Restore to Copy and Move an Activity from One Course to Another.

1. To make it easier to find the new quiz in the target course, move it to the General section of your source course home page.


2. On the course home page, click on the Quiz you want to move.


3. On the activity page, click on the Actions menu



4. Click on Backup



The Backup Activity page appears. 

5. De-select Include content bank content.



6. Click on the Next button.



7. On the 2. Schema Settings page, click on the Next button.



8. On the 3. Confirmation and Review page, click Perform Backup.



9. Click the Continue button on the 5. Complete page.



10. On the Restore Activity page, locate the backup file of the activity you backed up. The time and date can help if you do not recognize the file name. Click the Restore button next to the file.



11. Scroll down to the bottom of the Confirm page and click the Continue button.



12. On the Destination page, select the course that the activity is to be restored to in the Restore into an existing course section.


Note: Only courses for which a teacher has course editing privileges are available.



13. Click the Continue button.


14. Click the Next button on the Settings page.



15. Click the Next button on the Schema settings page.


16. Click the Perform restore button at the bottom of the Review page.



17. Click the Continue button on the Complete page.



The target course home page appears. A copy of the activity has been added to the course. If you moved the original up into the General section of your source course, the new quiz is located at the bottom of the General section. If you did not, it is located at the bottom of the Topic it came from (by number). For example, if it came from the third topic in your source course, it will be at the bottom of the third topic in the destination course. Click Turn Editing on to move it to a preferred location in the course.