Course restore
Restoring a course in Moodle first of all depends on your account permissions.
Teacher permissions in course restore
If you are an editing teacher of a course, you are able to restore a backup file either into one of your existing courses, or into a new course that will need to be created for you by an administrator or course creator.
Course creator permissions in course restore
If you are a course creator on the Moodle site, you are able to restore a backup file either into one of the existing courses, or into a new course, which you can dynamically create during the restoration process.
Administrator permissions in course restore
If you are an administrator on the Moodle site, you have far more flexibility in your ability to restore courses, being able to restore a backup file either into one of the existing courses, or into a new course that you can dynamically create during the restoration process.
Restoring a course
The following are the steps for restoring a course:
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