One other significant difference is that I am not switching web hosts. So what I have done is created a second moodledata file named in accordance with the upgrade (i.e. Moodle1_9_19) while keeping my original (onlineclasses) as is.
Can I do this and follow the "New Server" information with my new folder and the "old server" information for my original folder? Would it work for me to do all my upgrades this way and then change the final upgrade folder (Moodle2_4_1) to "onlineclasses." I will have a backup copy of the original "onlineclasses" locally on my computer and in my root directory.
I still have a few students working and I do not know how long it will take me to do this especially since I am new at upgrading (and nervous). My thought was to keep the original ("onlineclasses") untouched until the end so as to cause as little down time as possible.
Thanks