myCSUSM
Backup and Restore Course Content
Why Do This
Use the Backup and Restore process below to copy content from Community
to another LMS.
Use the Import process if you are copying content between two Community containers.
Steps
- Create a backup file of the course container.
- Save the backup file to your computer.
- Restore the backup file into your LMS.
Step 1: Create a backup file of the course container
- Go into the container that has the content you want to copy.
- Click on the gear icon in the upper right to access your Course Administration. Then click the arrow next to Course Reuse. Then click Backup.
- On Backup settings screen, leave the defaults checked and click the Next button in the bottom right.
- This will bring you to the Schema settings page which displays all activities and resources in the course. By default everything
is selected for backup.
- Uncheck any other items or entire topics/modules you do not want included.
- If you are copying just a few items, select None at the top of the list, then check both the topic name (bold text) and the item(s) within that topic you want to backup.
- Scroll to the bottom and click Next in the bottom right.
- This will take you to the Confirmation and Review page. Scroll to the bottom and select Perform backup.
- After “The backup file was successfully created” message displays, click Continue.
Step 2: Save the backup file to your computer
- After clicking Continue, you will be taken to the “Import a backup file” page. Scroll to the Couse backup area.
- The backup file you just created should be the first in the list. Look at the time of the file to verify. Click the Download link for that backup file. Do not click the Restore button.
- Depending on your browser, either a popup window will prompt you to save/open (Firefox) or the file will be automatically downloaded and saved in your Downloads folder (Chrome). If prompted, save the file only - do not try to open the file, as your computer will not be able to read it.
