MoodlIA Sync

Copies reviewed course content between different Moodle sites without backup files.

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An educator planning a course with lesson notes and a laptop in a bright learning space — AI that supports the way you already teach

Here for one clear job.

A command-line tool for one-way, no-backup course synchronization across Moodle 4.5 and later sites. Each site may use MoodlIA, Moodle Core services, or both. Nothing is written until a person approves the exact plan.

Open the npm package

What it helps with

Plans read-only, then applies only an approved plan with a matching digest
Chooses MoodlIA or Moodle Core per capability for each site
Supports durable status, cancellation, reconciliation, conflicts, verification, and history

A good fit for

Administrators keeping a master course in step with copies on other sites
Moving a course from a staging Moodle to production
Mixed Moodle versions or sites where only one endpoint has MoodlIA

What you need

Node.js 22.13 or later
Separate limited REST credentials for every Moodle site
Permission to build the better-sqlite3 module when npm asks

How installation and use work.

MoodlIA Sync never uses Moodle backup files and never copies submissions, grades awarded, or logs.

Set it up once

Ask a colleague who uses command-line tools to install MoodlIA Sync.
Describe each Moodle site in a profile file; keep tokens in environment variables.
Use a test course as the target for the first run.

Try one small thing

Create a read-only plan between the two courses.
Review every action, gap, and conflict in the plan.
Approve that exact plan, apply it, and check the target course in Moodle.

Get help to start this tool

CONCRETE STEPS

Install MoodlIA Sync

Use this developer preview between a source course and a target course you are allowed to change.

Install the command
npm may ask you to approve the native SQLite module the first time.
```
npm install -g moodlia-sync
npm approve-scripts better-sqlite3
```
Open MoodlIA Sync on npm

Create a read-only plan

Describe both sites in .moodle-profiles.json, then plan. Nothing is written.

moodlia-sync plan --source-profile school_a --source-course-id 42 --target-profile school_b --target-course-id 81 --plan-file plan.json

Approve and apply
After reviewing plan.json, approve that exact plan and apply it with the digest it printed.
```
moodlia-sync approve plan.json --yes
moodlia-sync apply plan.json --plan-digest sha256:... --allow-write
```
Verify
Check the target by live readback; planning again should report no actions.
```
moodlia-sync verify --plan-id <plan_id>
```

Want help with MoodlIA Sync?

Tell us what you are trying to achieve. We can help you choose, start, configure, or troubleshoot the right MoodlIA project.

Write to contact@moodlia.com