DOWNLAD A COURSE

[YASIRARAFAT]

HEELO 

HOW  I WILL DOWNLOAD A COURSE FULL COURSE

THANK YOU

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi there, @YASIRARAFAT ...

Are you an instructor, or are you a student?

[AllyMoller]

a student? 

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[JCBM]

I am an instructor and I have the same question. I was able to download an IMSCC file but have no idea how to open it or use the files in it. Thank you

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi there, @JCBM ...

It might help to hear from you on your reasons for wanting to download your course content.  Are you wanting it for offline viewing?  Are you wanting to import that course content into another Canvas course or a different LMS (Learning Management System) altogether?  If you could provide some more details for us, that might be helpful.  Looking forward to hearing back from you soon!

[JCBM]

I wanted to share the course content with incoming faculty who do not yet have access to Canvas.  in addition, my college likes faculty member to have a copy of the course content in their own hard drives whenever possible. 

thank you for your reply. i was able to download LMSCC file, change file extension to ZIP and view on my machine using Windows 11.

Joyce

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @JCBM ...

Thanks for the reply.  It's not LMSCC but rather IMSCC (lower-case "i" as in "island").  If your course is less than 500 MB in size, those incoming faculty could sign up for a Free For Teacher account.  Then, they could import your file into their own Canvas course within that environment.  That would be much easier than having to unzip the *.imscc file, change the file extension to *.zip, and then unzip it.  Once unzipped, you're going to have to look for the course files and the HTML pages from the course.  It's not at all as elegant as looking at the content within an actual Canvas course.  Here's a document for you to look at regarding the FFT account and a linked comparison between a paid and FFT account: Canvas Free-for-Teacher FAQ (canvaslms.com).

So, in summary, you could export your course:

• How do I export a Canvas course?

Then, give the incoming faculty member, and that person can import the *.imscc file into his/her own course in FFT (again, assuming that the course is less than 500 MB in file size).

• How do I import a Canvas course export package?

I hope this will give you an alternative and better way (in my opinion) to keep a copy of the course available online that you wouldn't need to store offline (such as on a hard drive).