Backing Up Your Course(s) and Gradebook(s)

Overview
Back Up a Course
Download a Gradebook to Excel

Overview

Currently, you are responsible for backing up your Moodle courses and saving copies of the backup files to your computer.

IMPORTANT! If you are using the Moodle gradebook in any of your courses, then you should also keep backup copies of it on your computer. You can do this by downloading your gradebook to Excel. (For more information, see Download Your Gradebook to Excel.)

You should back up a course after making major changes to it, after students submit assignments or complete quizzes, after grades are entered, or any other time that you feel it is appropriate.

Back Up a Course

1. In the Administration block on your course home page, click on Backup.
2. Click on the Continue button at the bottom of the page.
   
   
3. Click on the Continue button at the bottom of the page.
   
   
4. Click on the Continue button at the bottom of the page.
   
   
5. Right-click on the backup file that you just created and select Save Target As.
   
   
6. Save the backup file to the desired location on your computer.
7. Return to your course home page by clicking on its navigation bar link in the upper-left corner of the page.
8. Open the gradebook.
9. On the View Grades tab, click on the Download in Excel format button.
   
   
10. Click on the Save button.
    
    
11. Save the Excel file to the desired location on your computer.