Quick instructions

6. Quick guide for teachers

6.4. Copy course (import)

Copy contents from one course to another within TUNI Moodle

When you have created a new blank course area in Sisu, Peppi, or manually in the Other category, you can copy content to the new empty course from another course. You have to be a teacher on both courses - both the course you are copying from and the course you are copying to.

The copy includes course files, tools, and structure, but users or their activities (e.g. discussions and files they have uploaded) are NOT included in the copy.

The first copy should usually be done to an empty course using the Kickstart default course format’s course copy function; see Quick instructions: Course templates (Kickstart format).

  • Go to your empty Moodle course
  • Make sure that a course format other than Kickstart is selected in the course settings. Change it from the Course format menu if necessary.
    Course settings, course format section. Kickstart format marked with big red X. 
  • Select the More tab and then from the menu Course reuse.

Course reuse in the More menu.

  • Select from the menu Import.
    Select Import from the course reuse menu.
  • Find your old course to import content from > Select the course > Continue

Import data from course

  • On the following pages, select which activities you want to copy. NOTE! If there is a Turnitin tool in the area, it must not be copied. Each Turnitin tool must be created separately.
  • Proceed from page to page with the Next buttons and finally press the Perform import button.
  • You find the imported files and activities in the corresponding sections on the new course where they were in the old course.
  • If the new course contains Panopto activities (linked videos) setup a new link between the activity and video by clicking the activity. See also the instruction How to re-use old videos in a new Moodle course