Moodle: Export to Course Materials

Class materials are not saved on Moodle forever. As older classes are removed, you may loose access to materials you want to save. To avoid this, use Download Course Content to save materials shared by your teacher and Export to Portfolio to save any coursework you created (assignment submissions, forum posts, etc.) and may want to use in the future for grad school, grant, and job applications.

Why should I do this?

Moodle does not store items long-term! Students lose access to course materials and their coursework:

• If their instructor hides a course after the semester ends
• When old courses are removed from Moodle (see Bryn Mawr's Moodle retention policy)
• When they graduate or leave the college.

Moodle is not designed for file storage. A bibliographic tool like Zotero or nested folders on a file storage drive (e.g., OneDrive or your H:// drive) generally makes it much easier for you to find and re-use files when you are putting together writing samples for a job or grad school application, award, or a reference letter writer. 

Please note that downloading, use, and storage of Moodle content is subject to the College’s Acceptable Use, Copyright, and Data Handling policies. If you have any questions about these policies or how they apply, please contact the Help Desk.

Download Course Content

1. Go to the Course page of the course whose materials you want to download.
2. From the course-level menu, select More > Download Course Content.
3. A dialog box will open asking you to confirm the action. Click Download.
4. A zip file contain all the materials used in your course—excepting those not set up for download or over 250 MB in size—will download to your computer.

If you are worried this zip file will be too big for your computer when uncompressed, upload it to OneDrive.

Export assignment submissions

1. Open the assignment to which you previously submitted.
2. In the Submission Status table, find and select Export to portfolio.
3. A new page, Configure exported data, will open. Choose your preferred available file format (LITS recommends File) and select Next. 
4. Another new page, Summary of your export will open. You be asked to confirm the export and its settings. If everything is as you want, select Continue.
5. Your submissions file will download to the computer you're using.

Export Chat, Forum, or Glossary posts

1. Open on the assignment to which you previously submitted.
2. This will open a table of all submissions made in the Forum. You can scan through to find your posts or select Advanced Search put your name in the This name should match the author field of the subsequent menu. Either way, you will only be able to export one comment at a time.
3. Select Export to portfolio for the comment you want to save.
4. A new page, Configure exported data, will open. Choose your preferred available file format (LITS recommends HTML) and select Next. 
5. Another new page, Summary of your export will open. You be asked to confirm the export and its settings. If everything is as you want, select Continue.
6. Your submissions file will download to the computer you're using.

Questions?

If you have any additional questions or problems, don't hesitate to reach out to the Help Desk!

Phone: 610-526-7440 | Library and Help Desk hours
Email: help@brynmawr.edu | Service catalog
Location: Canaday Library 1st floor