M30b - Duplicating a read-only Moodle course
The Course rollover tool is generally used to rollover a 2025/26 Moodle course to the next year (2026/27).
If you have courses that require rolling over but haven't run in 2025/26, you will need to manually adjust the settings to ensure you rollover successfully to 2026/27 courses.
Staff can temporarily make a read-only course editable
Moodle course become read only at the end of the academic year. You can make a read only course editable by clicking the Enable editing button in the Lifecycle block on the right of the course. A confirmation pop-up message will appear for you to proceed. By default, the course will automatically revert to Read-Only mode the next day, however you can extend the editable duration. We we strongly recommend setting a new read-only date, to avoid potential data loss within Moodle courses. If you need to extend the editable duration indefinitely, the course should either be placed in a Timeless category, or show no end date set in the course Settings.
How to rollover a previous year's course when it is read-only.
Access the course you want to roll over.
Go to the Lifecycle block and select Enable Editing
Follow the instructions in the main rollover guide.