Old Module

[DarleneSierra]

Question: I I am an instructor and  I taught a course 2 years ago.  Is it possible to access my old modules that I had set up 2 years ago?

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @DarleneSierra,

The answer to this really depends on the settings your school/institution put in place for Canvas.  In many cases, you'll be able to access your old courses by going to the Courses menu and clicking the All Courses link.  From that page, you can see your available courses and click the title to access them.  if your prior courses is not listed there, then your school/institution likely has a policy in place to either disallow access or remove the old courses entirely.  You'd need to ask your school/institution Canvas admin (usually in the eLearning / IT / Digital Education areas) about possibilities for course access if you don't see it listed.

Hope this helps!

-Chris

[RecycledElectro]

Look under "Courses." It's on the menu on the left. Then look at "All Courses." See if your old courses are in there.

I can offer a bit of advice going forward: Always export your course after the semester ends. Then, you can re-import it into a new course or (if your institution is weird and does not let you create new courses) you can create an account on Instructure.com and import it into a new course there.

You can even import the old course directly into an existing or new course and only import the pieces you want, though Canvas can we weird about that.

Also, always export the grade book after the semester ends. 

[Chris_Hofer]

@RecycledElectro ...

I can offer a bit of advice going forward: Always export your course after the semester ends. Then, you can re-import it into a new course or (if your institution is weird and does not let you create new courses) you can create an account on Instructure.com and import it into a new course there.

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I *think* you might be referring to the Free For Teacher (FFT) version of Canvas?  If so, there are some limitations to be aware of compared to a school that has a paid Canvas environment.  One of those limitations is available course file storage in FFT compared to a paid Canvas environment.  For example, FFT courses have a limit of 500 MB per course...and this cannot be changed.

Canvas Free for Teacher Account Comparison | Instructure

For example, if you are using a paid Canvas environment and have a course that is 750 MB in file size that you export...that course will not fully upload to the FFT course when you import it there because the *.imscc file is too large.  You would first need to trim down the course in the paid environment, export the course again, and then try uploading it to FFT.

I hope this will help to clarify things.  Thanks.