Moodle Course Builder

Transform parsed course CSVs into Moodle-ready bulk upload files.

Quick start

cargo build --release
./target/release/moodle_course_builder \
  --in-path <INPUT_CSV> \
  --out-path <OUTPUT_CSV> \
  --campus <CAMPUS> \
  --start-date <YYYY-MM-DD> \
  --end-date <YYYY-MM-DD> \
  --dept <DEPARTMENT>

Usage

You can also run via Cargo while iterating:

cargo run -- \
  --in-path <INPUT_CSV> \
  --out-path <OUTPUT_CSV> \
  --campus <CAMPUS> \
  --start-date <YYYY-MM-DD> \
  --end-date <YYYY-MM-DD> \
  --dept <DEPARTMENT>

Arguments

Argument	Description	Options / Example
--in-path	Input CSV to transform.	parsed_courses/ucmn/ccs/bscs/bscs_courses.csv
--out-path	Output CSV path.	parsed_courses/ucmn/ccs/bscs/bscs_courses_cleaned.csv
--campus	Campus identifier.	ucmn, uclm, ucb, ucmetc, ucpt
--start-date	Start of academic year.	2025-08-01
--end-date	End of academic year.	2026-06-01
--dept	Department name/code.	ccs

Input CSV requirements

The input CSV must contain these columns:

• Course Code
• Descriptive Title
• Program
• Semester

Output CSV columns

The generated file includes these Moodle fields:

• shortname
• fullname
• category_path
• startdate
• enddate
• visible

Example

cargo run -- \
  --in-path parsed_courses/ucmn/ccs/bscs/bscs_courses.csv \
  --out-path parsed_courses/ucmn/ccs/bscs/bscs_courses_cleaned.csv \
  --campus ucmn \
  --start-date 2025-08-01 \
  --end-date 2026-06-01 \
  --dept ccs

Directory notes

• parsed_courses/ stores CSVs extracted from PDFs.
• pdfs/ holds the source curriculum documents.
• course_mappings/ contains mapping files when needed.