[ARCHIVED] Missing syllabus?

[marcyg]

I created an interactive syllabus with Templater, and I know I saved it repeatedly as I was working on it. Today it's gone--has anyone else had this happen? I'm recreating it now, but worry that it will disappear again--I'm going to save the html in an external file just in case.

[Stef_retired]

 @marcyg ‌

I'm sorry that this happened to you, Marcy; it's so frustrating to lose work. Could you elaborate on "Templater"? I'm curious to know what that is and whether you are working with it in Canvas.

[marcyg · Accepted solution]

Hi Stefanie,

Templater is an external tool that provides an outline for standard Webcourses elements like syllabi and calendars. I'm not sure, but it could be something unique to my university--something created by our course design folks. For the syllabus, there is a basic and an interactive template--I use the interactive. All the university's required components are included, with "fill in the blank" areas for the specific course, and standardized elements that are university-wide components. They (University of Central Florida) keep it updated with the latest content, so it saves time.

I'm now taking precautions (which I should have been doing all along) to copy/paste my content into notepad just in case things go missing again. It could have been something stupid like having the old version open in another tab, and that one over-riding when I closed my browser. 

thanks for your response 

Marcy

[Stef_retired]

Thanks for clearing up the mystery, Marcy! Yes, most likely Templater is a tool that is specific to UCF (that term, as well as "Webcourses," are tipoffs ) so their eLearning department is in the best position to provide additional support should you need it.