What is a Moodle Archive?
LSE Moodle Archive is a read-only copy of LSE Moodle for each academic year.
The purpose of the LSE Moodle Archive is to retain an accessible digital record of each course for students and staff. This is useful for students who have to resit or retake courses and for students and staff who want to review material from previous years. It also keeps the current year’s courses on Moodle clutter free.
Each year, an archive copy will be created and it will be kept for three years.
All records present on LSE Moodle will be included in the archive. This includes, course content (e.g. resources, web links), activities (e.g. forum posts, assignments, quizzes), stored records, grades and feedback. Please note that due to license agreements lecture recordings will only be available in the most current archive and will be removed after one year.
The level of access to the archives reflects the level of access on the day the archive copy was created. For example, if a student was enrolled on a suite of courses when the 2018/19 archive was taken, they will have access to the same courses (read-only) in the 2018/19 archive.
Key Dates
Archive copies of LSE Moodle will be taken towards the end of every academic year just after the main exam period.
2020/21 - the archive 'snapshot' copy will be taken on 21st June 2021
2019/20 - the archive 'snapshot' copy was taken on 19 June 2020 and is available.
2018/19 - the archive 'snapshot' copy was taken on 17 June 2019 and is available.
Editing Process
By default, when the archive is created all courses within it are 'hidden' from students. Moreover, all quizzes and assignments within the courses are also 'hidden'. If students are required to see their grades/feedback (and in case of assignments to download their submissions), the activity needs to be visible.
Course editors will be able to make (the) course(s) visible on the Moodle archive as soon as an archive is released.
Editors who had permission to enrol/unenrol other users at the time the archive snapshot was taken, will be able to do so in the Moodle archive and there will be no need to contact LTI to ask for permission.
Students should contact their departments if they wish to see any course content that has not been made visible.
To make your courses visible in the archive, follow the below steps: Go to LSE Moodle Archives and access the archive you want to edit and from the Administration block, click Edit settings > from the drop-down menu Visible select Show.
To hide and/or reveal any activities and/or resources within the course: Click Turn editing on > Click Edit (use the drop-down menu next to the activity you want to hide/reveal) > Select Hide (or Show depending on your choice).
If you have any queries, please contact eden.digital@lse.ac.uk
Moodle Archive FAQs
The LSE Moodle archive is a read only copy of Moodle. Archives are kept for three years.
If you have a question that is not listed here please contact eden.digital@lse.ac.uk.