M71 - Sharing Cart

What is it?

The Sharing Cart is a block for duplicating course items into a personal library and an easy way to move those Moodle resources and activities between multiple courses. With just four clicks, the Sharing Cart copies and moves a single course item from one course to another. It copies without user data—similar to the “Import” function on Moodle.  In addition, items can be collected and saved on the Sharing Cart, serving as a library of frequently used course items available for duplication. The Sharing Cart is viewable only by course administrators and tutors.

Why use it?

• Move a resource or activity quickly and easily between two Moodle courses.
• Move a section of content quickly and easily between two Moodle courses.
• Save content in a personal library to copy onto multiple courses as required.

Who can use it?

Course administrators and tutors.

Before I start...

• Please note that the Sharing Cart is a block that needs to be added to a Moodle course for content to be copied to or from that course. Once added, it will show to all course administrators and tutors on the course. 
• Each staff members has their own unique Sharing Cart.
• Students do not see the Sharing Cart block.
• User data is not copied over when copying content e.g. Forum posts, database entries, wiki entries etc.
• If the Sharing Cart is used to share a Quiz activity, the entire Question bank will be copied between courses if any questions have been categorised into course categories. This issue is expected to be resolved in Moodle 4. If you are trying to copy over Moodle Quizzes between courses please speak to IT services. If all questions are categorised at the quiz level then it is possible to copy over just the questions in the quiz and no additional questions from the course question bank. 

How do I set one up?

Adding the Sharing Cart block

1. Turn editing on.
2. Add the Sharing Cart block from the "Add a Block" menu at the lower right of the screen.

After adding the Sharing Cart block, you will notice the block stays "on" the next time you enter that course. When you go to another course, add the Sharing Cart block to that new course. Then you can use the Sharing Cart block to move content between courses. 

Copying to the Sharing Cart

When the Sharing Cart block is enabled, you will notice a small "Copy to Sharing Cart" icon which appears after each section, resource or activity in a Moodle course.

1. Click on Sharing Cart icon to send a copy of that resource/activity into the Sharing Cart. User data will be removed, only the activity itself will be copied.
2. Click confirm. The content will then appear in the Sharing Cart block. Depending on the size of the content copied there can be some delay. 

Copying from the Sharing Cart

1. Click the "Copy to course" icon in Sharing Cart next to the content you want to copy.
2. Click the drop box icon where you want to place the content you are copying.

Once the page loads, the content should appear in the area you selected. You can then move it and edit as normal.

Making folders inside the Sharing Cart

If you copy a section of content, it will appear in a folder automatically.

You can also organise copied content into folders to help identify it and to bulk copy it to courses. To create a folder:

1. Click the "move" arrow icon next to a content item in the Sharing Cart block.
2. You can then either
   1. select an existing folder from the drop down menu, or
   2. click the pencil icon, enter a name for your folder and hit enter to create a new folder. 

Option A: Selecting an existing folder from the drop down menu:

Option B: Create a new folder by clicking the pencil icon:

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