Now that we have two Moodle servers – the Main Moodle Server and the Moodle Archive Server – there are two different ways of copying Moodle content from a past course to a current course:
- The Import Course process that allows you to bring content from one course currently on the Main Moodle Server to another course on the same server; and
- The Backup and Restore process that allows you to bring course materials from the Archive Server to the Main Moodle Server.
The Backup and Restore process is more complicated than the Import Course process. It includes one step where you need to have two windows open on your computer at the same time, in order to drag the backup file from the place where you saved it on your hard drive the to the place where Moodle wants you to upload the backup file. The video below demonstrates that part of the process: