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Moodle Course Life Cycle

Summary

This article describes the policy related to course availability to students and the length of time courses are stored on Moodle. 

Course Availability to Students:

Moodle course availability is turned off to students starting 14 days after final grades are posted at the end of the term.

Example - Fall semester:

    • December 18: Final grades available.
    • January 1: Courses no longer available.

(Exception: Student - With Incomplete: Students who have an incomplete status and/or need access to a course of a previous semester. Contact the HelpDesk)

Course Storage for Faculty:

OIT stores the previous 5 full semesters of courses in Moodle. Anything older than 5 semesters or 2.5 years is purged from Moodle and permanently deleted.  Course content can not be retrieved.

Note: Follow these instructions to create a back up copy of course content for longer term storage.

Seek Further Assistance
For additional assistance please contact, Clarkson OIT Help Desk:
Email: helpdesk@clarkson.edu
Call: 315-268-HELP (x4357)





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