Course Export Notification

[lukekm]

In addition to method laid out in this article, another option that a Teacher has to Export their course, is to click on the Export Course Content Button from the top of the home page of their course.

However, when they select this option, they are presented with a notification, "You may not reproduce or communicate any of the content on this course, including files exported from this course without the prior written permission of your institution. Check with your institution for specific online user agreement guidelines."

1) Is it possible to modify this notification to align with our institution policies?

2) Why are users presented with this notification when using this method of exporting course content, but are not presented with this notification when using the method pointed out in this article?

3) What is the difference between the two methods?

[Gabriel33]

Interesting, I do not have that button on my Institution's interface, nor on the FFT interface, so I wonder if it's from a specific LTI you may have:

Edited to add that it's also not visible in the first image from How do I use the Modules Index Page? - Canvas LMS Instructor Guide

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi @lukekm ...

Unlike @Gabriel33, I do have this "Export Course Content" button available at the top of my "Modules" page (not the "Home" page).  I haven't really used that button before, so I tried it out.  The export produces a *.zip file, and most of what I found is any and all files from within a course's "Files" page.  Once you unzip the *.zip file, you'll click within a folder or two, where you'll eventually see an "index" (HTML) file.  If you open up that file (it should launch in your browser), you'll see a page which looks similar to your "Modules" screen layout that you're normally familiar with within Canvas.  The links on this "index" page do work, so if you had a page in your course, you could click on the link to that page in your "Index" page, and it should show the content on the related page.  The "index" page looks like an "offline" view of your course.

However, as you've noted, there is a different way (via your course "Settings" screen) to export your course.  That method produces a *.imscc file for you to download.  Once downloaded, you can change the file extension from *.imscc to *.zip.  Once you unzip the *.zip file, you'll find that the folder structure is quite different.  There will be lots of folder and files with long strings of alpha-numeric characters.  (Those are each of your assignments, by the way.)  The "wiki_content" folder will have information about your course "Pages" content pages, for example.

I, too, am not sure where any documentation would be related to the button on the "Modules" page.  I couldn't find anything in my own searching.  😕

I hope this will be of some help to you.

[Gabriel33]

As you mentioned HTML, it reminded me of this: How do I view course content offline as an HTML fi... - Instructure Community - 737

The blue box in that page mentions:

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User Guidelines

When exporting course content, all users are notified that they may not reproduce or communicate any of the content in the course, including exported files, without your institution's prior written permission. Please be aware of your institution's online user agreement guidelines, which may include specific course content requirements for instructors.

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Though not if that message can be edited.

It can be disabled by an admin (which explains why I cannot see it), seen in How do I allow course content to be exported as an... - Instructure Community - 893

[Chris_Hofer]

@Gabriel33 ...

Nice find!  Thanks for providing those links!