Course and User Operations¶

Why This Module Matters to You¶

This module helps you perform course and user operations tasks in a way that is consistent, evidence-based, and safe for live Moodle users. The focus is on what you need to do, what to check, and how to explain your decisions.

What You Will Be Able to Do¶

Prepare course categories and shells for a new teaching period.
Validate user status, course visibility, and teacher access.
Use course backup, restore, reset, and import options safely.
Document a course readiness review for stakeholders.

Topics You Will Practice¶

Course lifecycle planning.
Course templates and rollover checks.
Bulk user and course operations.
Visibility, dates, completion, and gradebook readiness.
Validation evidence before release.

Hands-On Lab¶

Review a sample course category, identify readiness issues, correct safe items in a practice site, and write a short sign-off note.

Your Evidence of Completion¶

By the end of this module, you should have:

A completed checklist or decision note.
Screenshots or written observations from a non-production Moodle site where available.
A short explanation of the risk, validation method, and next action.

Key Takeaways¶

Intermediate administration is about repeatable workflows, not just knowing where menus are.
Every meaningful change should have an owner, rationale, validation method, and rollback path.
Logs, reports, and stakeholder confirmation should be used together before declaring an issue resolved.