1. Go to Home / Site administration / Courses / Backups / General backup defaults
2. Disable activities from the default backup settings
3. Go to a course with activities
4. Backup the coruse
5. Tick the 'include the activities' setting and continue

EXPECTED RESULT:
At the next stage activities should be able to be chosen to become included in the backup.

ACTUAL RESULT:
The activities are able not able to be backed up and are forced off due to unmet depdendencies.