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For example, if you want your questions to be imported under Question categories for ‘Category: Humanities’ in the Default for Humanities category, make sure on the spreadsheet before exporting to XML file, to specify category “Default for Humanities” or “Default for Humanities / subcategory name”, and on the import page to unselect Get context from file before import.

Moodle Backup Import

If you decide to backup a course, you can get a quick summary of the course in Google Documents through our backup import. To get the backup, go to the admin panel and click “backup” under Settings & backup.

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Proceed with the backup as instructed, choosing whatever sections you want to keep in the backup. The final result will be a file with approximately the format of backup-moodle2-coursename.mbz. In order to reach the XML backup file, you will need to unzip the .mbz file. 7Zip is a free tool that can do this relatively easily (read more here: https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=350148). Once unzipped, you’ll find a file named “moodle_backup.xml”, which we will use for the import.

For the import tool, access (QB)2 and select Import from… > Moodle Backup XML [BETA]. Then import the file as you would a normal import.

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The end result should be a document somewhat like this!

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Caveats

  • The Moodle Backup XML file cuts off some of the longer titles that summarize the course activities.

  • Images and other metadata aren’t parsed entirely correctly, as that’s what remains in the XML file (for example, the “{%: Description}” in the image).

Canvas (QTI XML) Export

Exporting from Sheets to Canvas XML works the same way as exporting from Sheets to Moodle XML.

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