Copy and Restore Past Schoology Courses: Difference between revisions

Summary	Copy and use past Schoology resources
Author	Maintained by Matt Ringh
Help	Get help with this article
Status	Up-to-date for the 2024-2025 school year.

Latest revision as of 09:36, 5 August 2024

Why should I do this?

In many cases, course resources can be re-used from year-to-year, and Schoology has a easy, organized way to do just that. To copy course content from one course into another (ex. for a new school year), you first need to archive it and then restore it. Saving a course to My Resources (archiving it) makes a snapshot of all the assignments, quizzes, discussions, pages, and resources in a particular course and allows you to import that content to other Schoology courses you might be creating.

The general process is as follows:

Setup a new Collection to keep your resources organized
Save your old course materials to My Resources
Edit your course materials from My Resources if needed
Add Material from My Resources into your new Schoology courses

Step 1 - Setup a new Collection to keep your Resources Organized

Click Resources in the top menu and then select Personal from the list.
Click the file cabinet icon to create a new Collection.

Name the collection "2021-2022 Schoology Courses", and click Create.

Step 2 - Save your old Course Materials to Resources

Navigate to your Schoology home page.
Click Courses in the top menu.
Then click My Courses in the top-right corner of the screen.
Click the Archived tab.

You will now see every course you've ever had in Schoology.
Click into the Course you want to save to your resources.
Click the Options button (just to the right of the Add Materials button), and Select Save Course to Resources.

In the first drop-down menu, select the desired collection ("2018-2019 Schoology Courses", for example.)

Step 3 - Editing your Course Materials from Resources

Edit Resources

There is a Gear Icon to the right of every resource. The Gear Icon allows you to Edit, Move, Copy, or Delete a resource.

Edit—This option allows you to change the title of your resource, as well as to add notes that will only appear in your Resources.
Copy to—This option allows you to "copy and paste" the resource into another location in your Resources.
Move to—This option allows you to "cut and paste" the resource into another location in your Resources.
Delete—This option allows you to delete the resource from your Resources. This action cannot be undone.

Step 4 - Adding Material from Resources into your new (2022-2023) Courses

First, navigate to your new course. (Note, 2021-2022 Courses won't be available until end of August 2021.) Then follow these directions to add old course material:

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- | name          = Access, Archive, and Restore my Past Schoology Courses?
+| name = Archive, Archive and Restore Past Schoology Courses
- | summary       = How to save past year's Schoology courses to Resources in order to access those materials for current and future courses.
+| learning =
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+| instruction = x
- | for_students  = N
+| community =
- | for_parents   =
+| summ = Copy and use past Schoology resources
- | cat1          = Classroom Technology and Systems‏‎
+| maintained = MR
- | cat2          =
+| year = 2024-2025
- | maintained    = MR
- | year          = 2022-2023
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+== Why should I do this? ==
+In many cases, course resources can be re-used from year-to-year, and Schoology has a easy, organized way to do just that. To copy course content from one course into another (ex. for a new school year), you first need to archive it and then restore it. Saving a course to '''''My Resources''''' (archiving it) makes a snapshot of all the assignments, quizzes, discussions, pages, and resources in a particular course and allows you to import that content to other Schoology courses you might be creating.
+The general process is as follows:
+# Setup a new '''''Collection''''' to keep your resources organized
+# Save your old course materials to '''''My Resources'''''
+# Edit your course materials from '''''My Resources''''' if needed
+# Add Material from '''''My Resources''''' into your new Schoology courses
 == Step 1 - Setup a new Collection to keep your Resources Organized  ==
-* Click Resources in the top menu and then select Personal from the list.
+* Click '''''Resources''''' in the top menu and then select Personal from the list.
-* Click the file cabinet icon to create a new Collection.
+* Click the '''''file cabinet''''' icon to create a new '''''Collection'''''.
-[[File:Collections in Resources.png|thumbnail]] <br clear="all">
+[[File:Collections in Resources.png|thumbnail|none]]
-* Name the collection "2021-2022 Schoology Courses", and click "Create".
+* Name the collection "2021-2022 Schoology Courses", and click '''''Create'''''.
-[[File:Name and create new.jpg|thumbnail]] <br clear="all">
+[[File:Name and create new.jpg|thumbnail|none]] <br clear="all">
 == Step 2 - Save your old Course Materials to Resources ==
-* Start by navigating to your course home page. Click "Courses" in the top menu. Then click "My Courses" in the top-right corner of the screen. Scroll down a bit and then follow these directions, which are illustrated in the picture to the right.
+*Navigate to your Schoology home page.
-# Deselect/uncheck the box for "Display current sections only".
+*Click '''''Courses''''' in the top menu.
-# Enter your last name in the search field to the right.
+*Then click '''''My Courses''''' in the top-right corner of the screen.
-# Search
+*Click the '''''Archived''''' tab.
+[[File:How_to_search_for_your_courses.jpg|thumbnail|none]]
-[[File:How_to_search_for_your_courses.jpg|thumbnail]] <br clear="all">
 * You will now see every course you've ever had in Schoology.
 * Click into the Course you want to save to your resources.
-* Click the "Options" button (just to the right of the "Add Materials" button), and Select "Save Course to Resources".
+* Click the '''''Options''''' button (just to the right of the '''''Add Materials''''' button), and Select '''''Save Course to Resources'''''.
-[[File:Save to Resources.jpg||thumbnail]] <br clear="all">
+[[File:Save to Resources.jpg|thumbnail|none]]
 * In the first drop-down menu, select the desired collection ("2018-2019 Schoology Courses", for example.)
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 There is a Gear Icon to the right of every resource. The Gear Icon allows you to Edit, Move, Copy, or Delete a resource.
-#Edit—This option allows you to change the title of your resource, as well as to add notes that will only appear in your Resources.
+#'''''Edit'''''—This option allows you to change the title of your resource, as well as to add notes that will only appear in your Resources.
-#Copy to—This option allows you to "copy and paste" the resource into another location in your Resources.
+#'''''Copy to'''''—This option allows you to "copy and paste" the resource into another location in your Resources.
-#Move to—This option allows you to "cut and paste" the resource into another location in your Resources.
+#'''''Move to'''''—This option allows you to "cut and paste" the resource into another location in your Resources.
-#Delete—This option allows you to delete the resource from your Resources. This action cannot be undone.
+#'''''Delete'''''—This option allows you to delete the resource from your Resources. This action cannot be undone.
-== Step 4 - Adding Material from Resources into your new (2021-2022) Courses ==
+== Step 4 - Adding Material from Resources into your new (2022-2023) Courses ==
 First, navigate to your new course. (Note, 2021-2022 Courses won't be available until end of August 2021.) Then follow these directions to add old course material:
-[[File:Adding_from_Resources1.jpg||thumbnail]] <br clear="all">
+[[File:Adding_from_Resources1.jpg|thumbnail|none]]
-[[File:Import.jpg||thumbnail]] <br clear="all">
+[[File:Import.jpg|thumbnail|none]] <br clear="all">