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Moodle Course Access

Summary

Moodle courses are generally available for a period of 48 months after the semester or quarter term begins. Access terms for Students and Teachers described below.

Students:

Students that are enrolled in a section in myCU are added to the Moodle course with the role of Student. 

How long you can see your courses?

  • Once the semester starts, you can usually see the course and its materials for up to 48 months (4 years).

What this means for you?

  • We will do our best to keep your courses available. But we cannot promise that all course materials, activities, or your own submissions will always be there after the course ends.

Why a course might go away sooner?

  • Sometimes a course or parts of a course may be turned off or removed before the 48 months are up. This can happen when:
      • The teacher or administrator decides to turn off the whole course or certain activities.
      • Files or videos stop working because of software updates, contract terms, software changes or other technical reasons. Examples of when this may occur: Moodle version updates result in issues such ascause quiz questions and other items to stop working; Lecture capture recordings expirebecome no longer available after two years per terms of Clarkson's third party service provider.
      • Support for materials or tools used in a course past the term end date is not provided.

Teachers:

Teachers listed for a section in myCU will be added to the Moodle course once it is created. A teacher must request a course to be created through their Faculty Center. 

After the terms ends, you may choose to turn off course access, in whole or in part. Please communicate your plans to your students.  

Courses older than 48 months are purged from Moodle and permanently deleted.  Course content can not be retrieved after this time. Note: Follow these instructions to create a back up copy of course content for longer term storage.

For Student and Teacher departures from Clarkson, Moodle course access will terminate according to Clarkson's Account Deactivation Policy.

Seek Further Assistance


For additional assistance please contact, Clarkson OIT Help Desk;

Online: Get Help
Email: helpdesk@clarkson.edu
Call: 315-268-HELP (x4357)





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