Import resources/activities from one Moodle site to another

If you would like to reuse resources or activities from another course you’ve taught or are teaching, you can use the IMPORT function in the Administration block.

Important notes
1. Both the source and destination courses need to sit on the same server.
2. Section headers are not properly imported. Workaround this is to substitute labels for descriptive text or graphics as labels are counted as resources.
3. User data won’t be imported. For example, when importing a forum from a past course, no forum posts will come through. If the import function doesn’t meet your needs, contact your local support people to use the backup/restore process instead.

Steps for using Import
1. Go to the course website you’d like to import to (i.e., New course site)
2. Click ‘Import’ in the Administration menu
3. Select the course you’d like to import from. You have three options here. You can choose from the courses you’ve taught (Click ‘Use this course’) or search it by typing the course title (Click ‘Search courses’).
4. Click ‘Continue’ (Uncheck the materials you don’t want to transfer)import)
5. Click ‘Continue’ until the process is over
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More info here: http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-8848