At the end of every semester, it is a good idea to create an archive and/or export of your course both for record-keeping purposes and to reuse materials in the future. There are differences, however, between archiving and exporting a course.

• Archiving a course creates a full record of the course, including student information such as grades and discussion contributions. It is useful for keeping track of student interactions should you need to access them again.
• Exporting a course exports the elements that you choose to export, such as documents and tests. It is useful for reusing the content (documents, links, etc.) of a course.
• Both processes are similar.

Archiving a course…

Archiving is very similar to Exporting. The difference between the two is that with Exporting, you can choose the elements to export. Archiving assumes you want the entire course including student information.

1. Under the Control Panel, in the Course Management window, click on the arrow to the left of Packages and Utilities and then click on Export/Archive Course from the dropdown menu.

2. Click the Archive Button

3. Choose whether to Include Grade Center History by checking or unchecking the box.

4. You can ignore the section about File Attachments.

5. Click Submit

6. The green bar at the top of the page will explain to you that once the archive is ready, you will be notified by e-mail.

An example email notification

7. Once you receive the e-mail, you may then go back to the Export/Archive Course screen to click and download the Archive.zip file.

8. Save the .zip file to your local computer by clicking on the .zip link.
Please note that if you have done the archival process multiple times (or used the Export function), you will see a list of the .zip files in the Export/Archive Course page. We highly recommend that you download them to your local computer and then delete them from the list.

Exporting a course…

1. Under the Control Panel, in the Course Management window, click on the arrow to the left of Packages and Utilities and then click on Export/Archive Course from the dropdown menu.

2. Click the Export Button

3. You can ignore the section about File Attachments

4. Select the materials that you want to include in the Export Package.

5. Click Submit

6. The green bar at the top of the page will explain to you that once the export is ready, you will be notified by e-mail.

An example email notification. NOTE: This may contain warnings about content that has not been successfully exported. Such as Turnitin submission links and DMU Replay Recordings.

7. Once you receive the e-mail, you may then go back to the Export/Archive Course screen to click and download the Export.zip file.

8. Save the .zip file to your local computer by clicking on the .zip link.
Please note that if you have done the exporting process multiple times (or used the Archive function), you will see a list of the .zip files in the Export/Archive Course page. We highly recommend that you download them to your local computer and then delete them from the list.