"Export a whole discussion" | how?

Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how? | Solved

by Derek Chirnside -
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Very tortuous route to get there, but I found this is in core Moodle, but you need to have at least one item under "manage Portfolios" enabled,  and this was "File Download".  Plus: enable portfolios in "advanced"

Will re-check the docs later and update them if needed.

-Derek

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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how? | Solved

by John Tutchings -

Thank you Derek!

I have just spent all morning trying to work out why one of my Moodles would not show the export discussion link when the other 2, which are the same version, wouldn't.

I also found that the "File download" also has to be "enabled and visible" not just "enabled and hidden", makes sense I guess.

John

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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how? | Solved

by Ravi Murugesan -
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Thanks Derek! Just what I needed.

The UMass website also says that a whole forum can be exported, not just a discussion (https://www.it.umass.edu/support/moodle/export-a-forum-moodle): "At the top left of the page, click Export whole forum. The Configure exported data page will open."

I don't see any such option, but I can export discussions individually. Maybe there was a whole forum export option in an earlier version of Moodle?
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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how? | Solved

by Derek Chirnside -

This is a mystery to me.  I cannot find this setting yet.

Maybe we should contact UMass?

-Derek

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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how? | Solved

by jehan procaccia -

I also have problem exporting "whole forum"

indeed having export "whole discussion" is quite a long way to do

  1. Check the enableportfolios box in Administration > Site administration > Advanced features
  2. Enable selected portfolio plugins in Administration > Site administration > Plugins > Portfolios > Manage portfolios
2.1 File Download "enable and visible" !

but still , no export whole forum, neither export forum block as mention in

https://moodle2.grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16879

and

https://moodle2.grok.lsu.edu/article.aspx?articleid=16369

or

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/isr/TeachingandTechnology/moodle/documentation/export_forum.pdf

I run a 2.6 and a 2.9 , perhaps these doc are older, but still, I am curious why somthing that worked cannot work anymore.

I suspect a different way to do it, but how ?


Thanks .





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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how?

by Mary Cooch -
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Export forum block is not a standard Moodle block.

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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how?

by Ying Li -

Hi Mary,

Do you know where to get this "Export forum" block? Thanks.

Ying


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Re: "Export a whole discussion" | how?

by Ismail Naidoo -

Hi Mary

If the export forum block isn't a standard Moodle block, do you know how and where to get it?