Re-take a course

[LindsayAbraham]

Currently, for a student to re-take a course, the teacher must go through each graded quiz and assignment and either allow an additional attempt, assign it again, or make a copy and re-assign. The problem is that this is tedious and inefficient. It also overwrites the grades in the gradebook, when many teachers would rather have a separate records of separate course attempts. 

Even less ideal are the options of copying an entire course for one additional student, or creating a separate Canvas account (with separate email) for re-taking the course. 

We need a way to enable re-taking of a course that allows students to use the same account, doesn't force teachers to edit each graded assignment, and records the re-taking in a separate row in the gradebook. 

[LindsayAbraham]

I'm imagining a box on the student's information page that I can click that enables a course re-take, where I then enter the name of the course. 

[Stef_retired]

@LindsayAbraham We've moved this idea forward for broader conversation. We note that many schools meet this need by concluding the original course (and sometimes also restricting students' access to it), copying the course, adjusting the due dates via the bulk adjust process, and enrolling the single student in it, thereby preserving the records in the original course without requiring the teacher to edit any of the assignments in the now-concluded course. In addition, many schools require the student to re-enroll in the next offering of the course.

[ProductPanda]

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