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Module migration - backup module

376  Chenhui Li Mon, Jul 8, 2024  Module management 0

Video guide for module backup

 

Overview:

This guide will show you how to back up the module content during module migration.

 

What to know:

Module migration consists of two straightforward steps:

  1. Module Backup (A copy step from the previous courses.)
  2. Module Restore  (A paste step to the AY24-25 Core system for you to utilize past year's contents.)

This guide shows you the procedures of module backup .

  • Only the Module Leader role can perform the backup and restore action.
  • Question bank and Content bank are not backed up through this process. You may download and import them individually. ( Download and import guides )
  • Due to the Core system archive in the summer
    • Implement backup before 25th Aug, 2024 , please find the AY23-24 course content ;
    • Implement backup after 25th Aug, 2024 , please find the AY23-24 course content ;

 

Table of Contents

 

Step 1: Open the AY23-24 courses

Address of the Archive Systems: https://core-archive.xjtlu.edu.cn/
You can also find the link on the Dashboard of the current Core system.

 

 

Step 2: Choose ‘Backup’
  1. On the course level menu, click More > Course reuse
  2. In the dropdown menu, choose 'Backup'.

Step 3: Adjust the Backup settings

Adjust the Backup settings and click ‘Next’.

 

Step 4: Choose the resources that you want to backup

‘ Module handbook and other important resources ’,  ‘ Announcements ’,  ‘ General question and answer forum ’ and ‘ BigBlueButton virtual classroom ’ are the default activities and already established in your modules in the LM Core system. You don't need to backup and restore the default activities.

 

  1. Untick ‘ Module handbook and other important resources ’, ‘Announcements ’, 'Attendance ', ‘ General question and answer forum ’ and ‘ BigBlueButton virtual classroom ’.
  2. Untick the activities and files you don’t want to backup and click ‘Next’

Step 5: Scroll the page down and click Perform backup

Step 6: Click ‘Continue’

The following warning message can be ignored.

Step 7: Download the backup file

The module restore will take place within LM Core system, which is distinct from the current archive system. For a seamless restoration, it is crucial to download the backup file of the course onto your local device. Please do NOT use the restore button here.

 

Next steps:
Now that you have finished backup the module, you may be interested in the following related articles:

Module migration - restore module

How to download and migrate the question bank from modules in AY23/24 to new module areas in AY24/25

How to download and migrate H5P Content Bank from modules in AY23/24 to new module areas in AY24/25

 

 
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