Should i upgrade to moodle 2

Always make backups When upgrading your production instance, make sure you have copies of everything, just in case. Full instructions are here: Site backup. Step 3: Replace your Moodle code At this point you can replace the Moodle code on your server with the version you downloaded.

Check plugins Any plugins you have installed will also to be replaced with a version for your new Moodle version. If there is not yet an updated version of the plugin available, it will need to be uninstalled before upgrading your site. Step 4: Perform the upgrade! How did you go? We advise that you test the upgrade first on a COPY of your production site, to make sure it works as you expect.

Consider setting the upgrade key for your site. See Site backup for more specific information. If you have Automatic updates deployment enabled, you will be able to update installed plugins automatically during the upgrade.

Just make sure you check for available updates via the button for it at the Plugins check screen. If you are updating plugins manually, it is a good moment now to check in the Moodle Plugins directory whether there is a 3. If so, download the plugin package. In the next step, you will copy it to the appropriate location in your Moodle code see Installing plugins. If an out-of-date plugin causes your upgrade to fail, you can usually delete the plugin code rather than uninstalling it from within Moodle so that the data associated with it is not deleted.

Before you begin upgrading your site, you should put it into maintenance mode to stop any non-admin users from logging in. Then you should wait for any currently running cron processes to complete before proceeding. After reading this you can upgrade directly to 2. If you are using an earlier version of Moodle, you must upgrade to the latest Moodle 1.

We advise that you test the upgrade first on a COPY of your production site, to make sure it works as you expect. NOTE : The upgrade process will irreversibly modify the contents of your database and your moodledata file storage area. If something goes wrong you cannot go back. It is vital that you take good backups of both moodledata and the database in case you have problems with the upgrade. If you are not sure how see Site backup or ask in the moodle. Any contributed plugins including themes that you have previously installed on your site will also need to be replaced with a version suitable for Moodle 2.