If you want to preserve the student information of a Moodle course so that you may access it in the future, or have a class that is only taught every other year, then you will need to make a backup of your course and save it to your computer.
1. Enter the course you wish to backup and go to the control panel
2. Select the "Backup" link; this will take you to a new page.
3. You can leave all the options on the settings page checked. Scroll to the bottom and click continue.
4. The backup is at the first stage of processing. When it is ready, you will be able to scroll down to the bottom and select continue, which will take you to a new page. This page will tell you that the backup has been completed successfully.
5. Now you are on the second stage of processing the backup. Scroll down to the bottom and click continue again.
6. Here you will see your newly created backup, which is located in your file directory in a folder called backupdata. Click on the name of the backup file - NOTE: there may be multiple backups ensure you are clicking on the one you've just created by checking the date to the right of the name.
7. A new window will open upon clicking the name of the backup. When the download window opens, choose "save to disk", then locate where you want to save the file.
Now your Course has been copied to your computer.