Have you considered using Course Backup and Restore?
If you don't need to archive or keep old courses then you can just use the Reset function.
Spot on Howard!
Mind Cynthia, may it be the time to unleash the power of Metacourse?
We use meta courses--for combining courses. However, as a college, we have courses set up by semester and then by discipline. So, my problem is trying to find a way to mass-create every semester 70+ subcategories under the semester category.
You may want to have a look at the discussion about Bulk Course Uploading (MDL-13114) available @ http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=180433 and http://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-13114
Thanks, Adi. I voted for the feature in the tracker.
Cynthia
Thanks, but we MUST keep all courses and related data for one year (by law). Also, we don't offer the same courses every semester and each course has a unique section number that changes from semester to semester. What I really need is a way to mass create subcategories.