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We are just getting started with Canvas and as the admin I have associated 3 semesters worth of courses to our master blueprint. Now I need to disassociate a whole semester. How can I do that without having to click 2,000 times? Can it be done in the CSV file?
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This can be done by CSV file. I just tested it out. Simply upload a CSV file called courses.csv with all of the relevant data, and under the blueprint_course_id, put dissociate in the column:
course_id,short_name,long_name,status,blueprint_course_id
course1,course1,course1,active,dissociate
course2,course2,course2,active,dissociate
This can be done by CSV file. I just tested it out. Simply upload a CSV file called courses.csv with all of the relevant data, and under the blueprint_course_id, put dissociate in the column:
course_id,short_name,long_name,status,blueprint_course_id
course1,course1,course1,active,dissociate
course2,course2,course2,active,dissociate
Make sure it says active instead of deleted. I was doing some other experimentation, so I had that in there originally. I don't want you to accidentally delete all of your courses.
Thank you! I have been searching everywhere and could not find any information. I appreciate it!
You're welcome! I was experimenting with some enrollments and came across the info accidentally. 🙂
In case anyone is wondering for the future, this is explained in the How do I format CSV text files for uploading SIS data into a Canvas account? in the section for "courses.csv" files. A screenshot is below.
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