This Summer, between May and September, we will be migrating 3,000 modules and courses to our new cloud-based Moodle infrastructure. Our approach aligns with our regular end-of-year rollover process, which has been in place for many years.
To ensure a smooth transition for our Moodle sites, we will roll over the courses and modules in batches, allowing for quality assurance checks to be conducted.
An outline of the scheduled migration batches will be provided later in this article.
General principles about the migration process
- This process closely resembles our current end-of-year rollover procedure. All TB1 and year-long modules for the 2025/26 academic year will be rolled over by July 10th, providing ample time for faculty to prepare before September.
- If faculty members need their Moodle modules to be migrated earlier than the timeline listed below, please reach out to cadi-digital@port.ac.uk, and we will prioritise your module migration.
- New courses will start to be created on our cloud Moodle platform beginning June 10th.
- During the exam period, we will minimise active backup processing in Moodle during the day and increase this processing overnight. With summative exams being moved to Wiseflow for Technology, the user load on Moodle will be significantly reduced during exam times.
- Ref/Def and trailing assessments will continue to take place in our existing on-campus Moodle environment to minimise disruption for students.
Important - Continuing Summer Modules
Modules that need to continue throughout the summer (TB3, LDN, MRes, Prof Doc) will remain on our on-campus Moodle environment until “Cut-over Week” between August 18th - 22nd. These modules will then be moved en masse. Cut-over Week has been scheduled to coincide with our regular Moodle upgrade outage window.
Please contact cadi-digital@port.ac.uk if you feel your module has not been captured in the definition of TB3, LDN, MRes, Prof Doc or if you have wider questions.