Moodle Exporter

Chamilo to Moodle Exporter

The Chamilo 1.11 to Moodle (3 & 4) Exporter allows you to easily transfer activities and resources from Chamilo to Moodle. It’s designed to make the migration process between the two platforms smooth, keeping all important information intact.

Features

Export Assignments

• Transfer all assignments with their settings, due dates, and grades into Moodle’s assign module.
• Everything is converted into a Moodle-compatible XML format, preserving instructions and notes.

Export Quizzes

• Convert Chamilo quizzes, including questions and answers, so they fit into Moodle’s quiz module.
• Supports various question types like multiple-choice and short answers.

Question Type Mappings:

• Multiple Choice (Chamilo: UNIQUE_ANSWER): Mapped to Moodle's Multiple Choice type, where users select a single correct answer.
• Multiple Answers (Chamilo: MULTIPLE_ANSWER): Converted to Moodle's Multiple Choice with multiple correct answers, allowing users to select more than one correct option.
• Fill in the Blanks (Chamilo: FILL_IN_BLANKS): Mapped to Moodle's Matching type, where users match answers to fill in blanks.
• Free Answer (Chamilo: FREE_ANSWER): Mapped to Moodle's Short Answer type, where users provide a text response that is compared to the expected answer.

Export Forums

• Move forums with all discussions and replies into Moodle’s forum module, maintaining structure and content.

Export Glossaries

• Transfer glossary terms and definitions to appear correctly in Moodle’s glossary module.

Export Resources

• Move documents and other learning materials, keeping file organization and metadata intact in Moodle.

Export Pages and URLs

• Export informational pages and external links, ensuring all study materials are available in Moodle.

Export Feedback

In Chamilo, surveys are used to collect responses from users, and Moodle Feedback serves a similar purpose. The export process converts Chamilo survey data into Moodle Feedback format.

Question Type Mappings:

• Yes/No Questions (Chamilo: yesno): Mapped to Moodle's Multiple Choice with predefined Yes/No options.
• Multiple Choice Questions (Chamilo: multiplechoice): Mapped to Moodle's Multiple Choice type, where each option becomes a choice.
• Multiple Response Questions (Chamilo: multipleresponse): Mapped to Moodle's Multiple Choice with multiple selections allowed.
• Dropdown (Chamilo: dropdown): Mapped to Moodle's Multiple Choice presented as a dropdown.
• Open Questions (Chamilo: open): Mapped to Moodle's Textarea, allowing users to type long responses.
• Page Breaks (Chamilo: pagebreak): Mapped directly to Moodle's Page Breaks, dividing the survey into sections.

Grade and User Data not exported

• Exporting grading information, grade history, and user roles is NOT AVAILABLE at the moment. No teacher or learner information is transferred. Only admin details entered in the export form are set as the owner of the content.

How It Works

The exporter generates structured XML files that Moodle can directly read. The files are organized into folders, making it easy to import and ensuring all activities and resources are fully transferred and organized in Moodle.

With this exporter, you can migrate your courses from Chamilo to Moodle loosing only reduced amounts of information, minimizing the time needed for manual adjustments after the migration.