Want to copy a Moodle course from one site to another? In this tutorial we will show you how to do that. If your Moodle site is using a Boost-based theme you can copy our demo course to your site by following the steps below.

Moodle Demo Course Download:

You need to unzip the course file before importing to your Moodle site.

Step 1 – Export A Course

For a Moodle 4.x site

Go to the Moodle course you’d like to copy. Click the “Course reuse” option in the dropdown menu as shown in the figure below and then select the “Backup” option in the next page.

For a Moodle 3.x site

Go to the Moodle course you’d like to copy. Click the cog icon and select the “Backup” option in the dropdown menu as shown in the figure below.

You can configure what you’d like to include in the course backup file by following the 5 on-screen steps. Because we’re going to copy the course over to a different Moodle site with different users, it’s a good idea to untick the “Include enrolled users” option to avoid any import issues.

Once a course backup file is successfully created, you can download the file (*.mbz) to your computer.

Step 2 – Import A Course

Go to the Moodle site you’d like to have the course copied in to. Import the course mbz file via the course restore page: Site administration > Courses > Restore course

Click the Restore button to start the importing process.

You have the option to either import the course as a new course or import it into an existing course. You also have the option to decide what to include in the import by following the 7 on-screen steps as shown in the figure below.

Click the “Perform Restore” button and the course should be successfully copied over.

In our latest Maker and Edutor theme you have the option to position Moodle blocks before or after your Moodle course content. A course teacher can now add custom HTML blocks to create useful course information blocks or forms to enhance the course design. To get you started, we have created a demo course with some course design ideas. You can find all the code snippets used in the demo course below in this post. You can also import our demo course to your Moodle site and use the demo course as a base to build your own course.

Maker Theme Demo Course Edutor Theme Demo Course

Moodle Demo Course Download:

You need to unzip the course file before importing to your Moodle site. Learn how to import a Moodle course.

Add and position a HTML block

In a Moodle course you can turn editing on and add a HTML block as shown in the figure below.

To configure the HTML block you can click the cog icon and then select the “Configure block” option via the dropdown menu.

To copy and paste our demo code snippets you need to make sure your Moodle’s text editor is on the HTML code mode. You can then set your block’s position by defining its “Region” as shown in the figure below.

Code Snippet – About This Course

You can use this block to give a brief introduction of your course. The “See Course Modules” button is pointing to the course content (#section-0). The “Ask a question” button is pointing to the Contact Tutor block (#inst2927) on the same page. If you have added a Contact Tutor block in your course the link ID won’t be the same as our demo but you can get the ID number via the block configuration page.

<div class="block-theme-widget">
    <div class="theme-media media flex-column flex-md-row">
        <div class="media-body">
            <p>
                Course overview goes here.&nbsp;Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Donec vel tincidunt nisl, vel suscipit orci. Interdum et malesuada fames ac ante ipsum primis in faucibus. Praesent sit amet pulvinar risus.
            </p>
            <div class="media flex-column flex-md-row mt-3 align-items-center">
                <div class="course-tutor-image-holder mr-md-3 mb-3">
                    <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/teachers/tutor-1.png" alt="image" width="60px">
                </div>
                <div class="media-body mb-3">
                    Teacher: Sarah Doe
                </div>
                <!--//media-body-->
            </div>
            <!--//media-->
            <div class="my-3">
                <a class="btn btn-primary mr-2 mb-3" href="#section-0">See Course Modules</a>
                <a class="btn btn-secondary mb-3" href="#inst2927">Ask a question</a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <!--//media-body-->
        <div class="course-image-thumb-holder ml-md-3">
            <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-course-1.jpg" alt="image" width="320px">
        </div>
    </div>
    <!--//media-->
</div>
<!--//block-theme-widget-->

Code Snippet – What You Will Learn

You can use this block to list the course objectives.

<div class="block-theme-widget">
    <p class="mb-4">List your course learning objectives here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer vitae posuere nibh, at posuere enim. Sed vulputate ante congue, euismod odio a, gravida neque. Maecenas volutpat risus dolor.</p>
    <div class="text-center mb-3">
        <ul class="column-list list-unstyled mx-auto d-inline-block">
            <li><i class="column-list-icon fa fa-check mr-2"></i>Course objective lorem ipsum</li>
            <li><i class="column-list-icon fa fa-check mr-2"></i>Course objective lorem ipsum</li>
            <li><i class="column-list-icon fa fa-check mr-2"></i>Course objective lorem ipsum</li>
            <li><i class="column-list-icon fa fa-check mr-2"></i>Course objective lorem ipsum</li>
            <li><i class="column-list-icon fa fa-check mr-2"></i>Course objective lorem ipsum</li>
            <li><i class="column-list-icon fa fa-check mr-2"></i>Course objective lorem ipsum</li>
        </ul>
    </div>

    <a class="btn btn-primary scrollto" href="#maincontent">Start Learning</a>

</div>

Code Snippet – Course Overview

You can use this block to give useful stats. You can change the icons used in the block to any of the 1000+ free Bootstrap SVG icons available.

<div class="block-theme-widget container">
    <div class="row theme-stats">
        <div class="item col-6 col-lg-3 mb-3 mb-lg-0">
            <div class="icon-holder"><svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="bi bi-grid-3x3" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M0 1.5A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 1.5 0h13A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 16 1.5v13a1.5 1.5 0 0 1-1.5 1.5h-13A1.5 1.5 0 0 1 0 14.5v-13zM1.5 1a.5.5 0 0 0-.5.5V5h4V1H1.5zM5 6H1v4h4V6zm1 4V6h4v4H6zm-1 1H1v3.5a.5.5 0 0 0 .5.5H5v-4zm1 0h4v4H6v-4zm5 0v4h3.5a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V11h-4zm0-1h4V6h-4v4zm0-5h4V1.5a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H11v4zm-1 0H6V1h4v4z"></path>
</svg></div>
            <div class="data">8 Modules</div>
        </div>
        <!--//item-->
        <div class="item col-6 col-lg-3 mb-3 mb-lg-0">
            <div class="icon-holder">
                <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="bi bi-camera-reels" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M0 8a2 2 0 0 1 2-2h7.5a2 2 0 0 1 1.983 1.738l3.11-1.382A1 1 0 0 1 16 7.269v7.462a1 1 0 0 1-1.406.913l-3.111-1.382A2 2 0 0 1 9.5 16H2a2 2 0 0 1-2-2V8zm11.5 5.175l3.5 1.556V7.269l-3.5 1.556v4.35zM2 7a1 1 0 0 0-1 1v6a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h7.5a1 1 0 0 0 1-1V8a1 1 0 0 0-1-1H2z"></path>
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M3 5a2 2 0 1 0 0-4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4zm0 1a3 3 0 1 0 0-6 3 3 0 0 0 0 6z"></path>
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M9 5a2 2 0 1 0 0-4 2 2 0 0 0 0 4zm0 1a3 3 0 1 0 0-6 3 3 0 0 0 0 6z"></path>
</svg>
            </div>
            <div class="data">30 Video Lessons</div>
        </div>
        <!--//item-->
        <div class="item col-6 col-lg-3 mb-3 mb-lg-0">
            <div class="icon-holder">
                <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="bi bi-download" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M.5 9.9a.5.5 0 0 1 .5.5v2.5a1 1 0 0 0 1 1h12a1 1 0 0 0 1-1v-2.5a.5.5 0 0 1 1 0v2.5a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H2a2 2 0 0 1-2-2v-2.5a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5z"></path>
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M7.646 11.854a.5.5 0 0 0 .708 0l3-3a.5.5 0 0 0-.708-.708L8.5 10.293V1.5a.5.5 0 0 0-1 0v8.793L5.354 8.146a.5.5 0 1 0-.708.708l3 3z"></path>
</svg>
            </div>
            <div class="data">40 Resources</div>
        </div>
        <!--//item-->
        <div class="item col-6 col-lg-3 mb-3 mb-lg-0">
            <div class="icon-holder">
                <svg width="1em" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 16 16" class="bi bi-hourglass-split" fill="currentColor" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
  <path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M2.5 15a.5.5 0 1 1 0-1h1v-1a4.5 4.5 0 0 1 2.557-4.06c.29-.139.443-.377.443-.59v-.7c0-.213-.154-.451-.443-.59A4.5 4.5 0 0 1 3.5 3V2h-1a.5.5 0 0 1 0-1h11a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1h-1v1a4.5 4.5 0 0 1-2.557 4.06c-.29.139-.443.377-.443.59v.7c0 .213.154.451.443.59A4.5 4.5 0 0 1 12.5 13v1h1a.5.5 0 0 1 0 1h-11zm2-13v1c0 .537.12 1.045.337 1.5h6.326c.216-.455.337-.963.337-1.5V2h-7zm3 6.35c0 .701-.478 1.236-1.011 1.492A3.5 3.5 0 0 0 4.5 13s.866-1.299 3-1.48V8.35zm1 0c0 .701.478 1.236 1.011 1.492A3.5 3.5 0 0 1 11.5 13s-.866-1.299-3-1.48V8.35z"></path>
</svg>
            </div>
            <div class="data">72 Hours</div>
        </div>
        <!--//item-->
    </div>
    <!--//row-->
</div>
<!--//block-theme-widget-->

Code Snippet – Course Modules Overview

You can divide your course content into modules (using Moodle’s Topic format) and then use this block to link to each module with a quick overview.

<div class="block-theme-widget container">
    <div class="theme-cards row">
        <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-4">
            <div class="card card-bg-light">
                <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-module-1.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="image">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <h5 class="card-title">Module One Heading</h5>
                    <p class="card-text">Module 1 intro goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque mi id vulputate rhoncus. </p>

                </div>
                <div class="card-footer">
                    <a href="#section-1" class="btn btn-secondary btn-block rounded">View Module</a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--//card-->
        </div>
        <!--//col-->
        <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-4">
            <div class="card card-bg-light">
                <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-module-2.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="image">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <h5 class="card-title">Module Two Heading</h5>
                    <p class="card-text">Module 2 intro goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque mi id vulputate rhoncus. </p>

                </div>
                <div class="card-footer">
                    <a href="#section-2" class="btn btn-secondary btn-block rounded">View Module</a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--//card-->
        </div>
        <!--//col-->
        <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-4">
            <div class="card card-bg-light">
                <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-module-3.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="image">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <h5 class="card-title">Module Three Heading</h5>
                    <p class="card-text">Module 3 intro goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque mi id vulputate rhoncus. </p>

                </div>
                <div class="card-footer">
                    <a href="#section-3" class="btn btn-secondary btn-block rounded">View Module</a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--//card-->
        </div>
        <!--//col-->
        <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-4">
            <div class="card card-bg-light">
                <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-module-4.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="image">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <h5 class="card-title">Module Four Heading</h5>
                    <p class="card-text">Module 4 intro goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque mi id vulputate rhoncus. </p>

                </div>
                <div class="card-footer">
                    <a href="#section-4" class="btn btn-secondary btn-block rounded">View Module</a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--//card-->
        </div>
        <!--//col-->
        <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-4">
            <div class="card card-bg-light">
                <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-module-5.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="image">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <h5 class="card-title">Module Five Heading</h5>
                    <p class="card-text">Module 5 intro goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque mi id vulputate rhoncus. </p>

                </div>
                <div class="card-footer">
                    <a href="#section-5" class="btn btn-secondary btn-block rounded">View Module</a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--//card-->
        </div>
        <!--//col-->
        <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 mb-4">
            <div class="card card-bg-light">
                <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/slides/maker-module-6.jpg" class="card-img-top" alt="image">
                <div class="card-body">
                    <h5 class="card-title">Module Six Heading</h5>
                    <p class="card-text">Module 6 intro goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Integer pellentesque mi id vulputate rhoncus. </p>

                </div>
                <div class="card-footer">
                    <a href="#section-6" class="btn btn-secondary btn-block rounded">View Module</a>
                </div>
            </div>
            <!--//card-->
        </div>
        <!--//col-->
    </div>
    <!--//block-theme-widget-->
</div>

Code Snippet – About The Tutor

You can use this section to add the course teacher’s bio.

<div class="block-theme-widget container">
    <div class="theme-tutor media flex-column flex-md-row">
        <div class="course-tutor-image-holder mr-md-3 mb-3">
            <img src="https://3rdwavemedia.com/demo-images/teachers/tutor-1.png" alt="image" width="150px">
        </div>
        <div class="media-body">
            <div class="tutor-name">Sarah Doe</div>
            <div class="tutor-meta">Senior Lecture or XYZ University</div>
            <p class="mt-2">Tutor bio goes here. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur pharetra posuere tincidunt. Sed sed dui feugiat, bibendum enim quis, hendrerit velit. Ut sodales lacinia augue pharetra vestibulum. Maecenas volutpat consequat
                dui eget molestie. Vivamus varius dui ante, non pellentesque purus semper faucibus. </p>
            <div class="text-center text-md-left mt-3">
                <ul class="social-list list-unstyled mb-0">
                    <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="#link"><i class="fa-brands fa-linkedin-in"> </i></a></li>
                    <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="#link"><i class="fa-brands fa-x-twitter"> </i></a></li>
                    <li class="list-inline-item"><a href="#link"><i class="fa-solid fa-globe"> </i></a></li>
                </ul>
                <!--//social-list-->
            </div>
        </div>
        <!--//media-body-->
    </div>
    <!--//tutor-block-->
</div>
<!--//block-theme-widget-->

Code Snippet – Contact Tutor

You can add a simple contact form for your learners to ask the course tutor questions without leaving the course. Learn how to set up the contact form here.

<div class="block-theme-widget container">
    <form class="contact-form" action="../local/contact/index.php" method="post">
        <p class="mb-3">Have any questions about the course? Use the form below to ask your tutor.</p>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="sr-only" for="subject">Subject</label>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="subject" name="subject" placeholder="Subject" required="required">
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="sr-only" for="message">Your message</label>
            <textarea class="form-control" id="message" name="message" placeholder="Enter your message" rows="5" required="required"></textarea>
        </div>
        <input type="hidden" id="sesskey" name="sesskey" value="">
        <input type="hidden" id="referrer" name="referrer" value="">
        <input type="hidden" name="recipient" id="recipient" value="teacher">
        <script>
            document.getElementById('sesskey').value = M.cfg.sesskey;
            document.getElementById('referrer').value = document.location.href;
        </script>

        <div class="form-group">
            <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary py-2">

        </div>

    </form>
    <!--//contact-form-->
    <div class="alert alert-info mt-4"><strong>Note:</strong> This contact form only works for logged in users (not guests).</div>
</div>

Each block in a Moodle course has its own unique ID and the link to the block is always #inst[ID]. If you know the ID number then you can provide a link to the particular block inside of the Moodle course. You can follow the simple steps below to get the ID number.

Step 1

Turn editing on and go to the desired block’s configuration page.

Step 2

Go to your browser’s address bar and the number at the end is the ID number of the block.

Following the syntax #inst[ID], the above block’s link is #inst2927

In our previous post we talked about how to add a contact form in a Moodle page. Do you know you can also add a contact form in a Moodle course? This is great for allowing your course students to easily send a quick question to their course teacher or tutor from inside a course. In this post we will show you how to add a Contact Tutor form in a specific Moodle course. There are two ways to do this and we will show you a simple way (with limitations) and an advanced way (requires basic HTML knowledge but gives you more control).

First things first, you need to download Moodle’s contact form plugin and install it by placing the downloaded plugin folders inside your Moodle site directory’s “local” folder.

1) The Simple Method

Pros:

• Quick and easy.
• Anyone can do it.

Cons:

• You need to install Moodle’s plugin FilterCodes.
• Your contact form’s recipient is fixed to be your Moodle site’s support contact.
• After submitting the contact form your user will land on your site’s front page instead of the course page.

Step 1

Install and enable the FilterCodes plugin on your Moodle site.

You can install the plugin by placing the downloaded plugin folder inside of your Moodle directory’s “filters” folder.

After installing you need to go to the filters management page and enable the plugin there: Site administration > Plugins > Filters > Manage filters

Step 2

Go to your desired course and add a HTML block to your course. To add a block to your course you need to turn on editing first then find the “Add a block” option in the Moodle’s nav drawer.

Step 3

After adding the HTML block you can start configuring the block content by clicking the cog icon and selecting the “Configure block” option in the dropdown menu.

To add the contact form you just need to enter code {formquickquestion} into the content input field as shown in the figure below.

Save your changes and you have added a simple contact form to your Moodle course.

Advanced Method

Pros:

• You can define your contact form’s recipient.
• After submitting the contact form you can keep your users on the course page.
• You can customize the form based on your specific needs. For example, you can easily add/remove fields in the contact form.

Cons:

• Basic knowledge of HTML is required.

Step 1

Add a HTML block to your desired course.

Step 2

Enter your custom form HTML code into the block content input field as shown in the figure below.

Below is the form HTML code snippet we used for our demo. You can copy and paste the code to create a simple contact form in your Moodle course. The code below sets the form recipient as teacher and you need to define teacher’s email in step 3.

<div class="block-theme-widget container">
    <form class="contact-form" action="../local/contact/index.php" method="post">
        <p class="mb-3">Have any questions about the course? Use the form below to ask your tutor.</p>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="sr-only" for="subject">Subject</label>
            <input type="text" class="form-control" id="subject" name="subject" placeholder="Subject" required="required">
        </div>

        <div class="form-group">
            <label class="sr-only" for="message">Your message</label>
            <textarea class="form-control" id="message" name="message" placeholder="Enter your message" rows="5" required="required"></textarea>
        </div>
        <input type="hidden" id="sesskey" name="sesskey" value="">
        <input type="hidden" id="referrer" name="referrer" value="">
        <input type="hidden" name="recipient" id="recipient" value="teacher">
        <script>
            document.getElementById('sesskey').value = M.cfg.sesskey;
            document.getElementById('referrer').value = document.location.href;
        </script>

        <div class="form-group">
            <input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Send" class="btn btn-primary py-2">

        </div>

    </form>
    <!--//contact-form-->
</div>

Step 3

Now you should see a simple contact form appearing in your Moodle course but the contact form is not working yet. To make the form work you need to define the recipient’s email address. To do so you need to go to the Contact Form plugin settings page: Site administration > Plugins > Local plugins > Contact Form and set up your recipient as shown in the figure below.

That’s it. You have successfully added a custom contact tutor form in your course.One last thing to point out though is that the contact tutor form you just added only works for logged in users (not guests). If your course allows guests access you will need to add name and email input fields to your custom form so guests can send messages to the course teacher too.