Using Backup and Restore to Copy and Move an Activity from One Course to Another
Margarita Berezyanskaya
Last Update 2 months ago
Note: This file explains moving activities other than Quiz or H5P. For Quiz, it's necessary to copy the Question Bank - refer to Using Backup and Restore to Copy and Move a Quiz from One Course to Another. For H5P, do not copy the Content Bank. Refer to How to Copy and Move an H5P from One Course to Another.
1. To make it easier to find the new activity 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 activity or resource 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 the Include question bank and Include content bank options.
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 1. Confirm page and click the Continue button.
12. On the 2. 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 3. Settings page.
15. Click the Next button on the 4. Schema settings page.
16. Click the Perform restore button at the bottom of the 5. Review page.
17. Click the Continue button on the 7. Complete page.
