Importing / Exporting Courses

Exporting Courses

Exporting a course is useful as a backup. You may want to export and then import a course if you want to duplicate the course but change a few things, for example offering the 2015 version of a course run in 2014. You may also want to do this if you want to copy or move a course from one microsite to another. See Copying a Course for a MicroSite below.

1. Log into Studio.

2. Select the course you would like to export.

3. Go to Tools > Export.

   

4. Click “Export Course Content”

   

5. You will be prompted to save a .tar.gz file.

   1. It is useful to give this a descriptive, date-stamped name (e.g. 20170203Communication.tar.gz)
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Importing Courses

1. Create a New, EMPTY, course in Studio.

   

2. Once the empty course is created, go to Tools > import.

3. Select “Choose a file to import”.

4. Select the *.tar.gz file that you exported earlier.

Copying a Course for a MicroSite

It may be required to copy a particular course so that it shows up in a micro-sites catalog.

1. Follow the export process above to save your course as a .tar.gz file

2. Follow the import process above to import your course content into a new course shell with the correct organization code.

   1. During the import process, make sure that you give the new course the correct Organization code
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3. Delete the old course by following the Delete a Course section in this training document.