Course upload settings
- 21 Jun 2022
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Course upload settings
- Updated on 21 Jun 2022
- 1 minute to read
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When uploading one or more courses to your site, the settings below will appear after you click the Preview button.
Import options
To prevent unexpected behaviour, you have to specify what you want the tool to be able to do.
| Setting | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Upload mode | This allows you to specify if courses can be created and/or updated. | - |
Update mode | If you allow courses to be updated, you also have to tell the tool what to update the courses with. | - |
Allow deletes | Whether the delete field is accepted or not. | - |
Allow renames | Whether the rename field is accepted or not. | - |
Allow resets | Whether the reset field is accepted or not. | - |
Course process
This allows you to specify actions to be taken for every course uploaded.
| Setting | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
Shortname template | If you are creating courses without a shortname, you can use this field to automatically generate a shortname. This field accepts two placeholders: %i for the ID number, %f for the summary. | - |
Restore file | A backup file (.mbz) to import in the course after create/update. This means the full path to your course, for example /home/yourtotara/public_html/totara27/transfert/backup.mbz. If you are unsure of this, look at include_path in Quick-access menu > Server > PHP info. | - |
Restore from course | The shortname of a course to import content from after create/update. | - |
Reset after upload | Whether to reset the course after creating/updating it. | - |
Default course values
These are values that can be set in the web interface for all the fields that are not specified in the CSV file. Note that they are always used when creating a course, but only when specified during the update.
Increasing speed
When importing the content of a backup file, or another course, you are advised to enable the setting keeptempdirectoriesonbackup. This will considerably speed up the process of the upload if you are importing multiple times from the same source.
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