Copy and Restore Past Schoology Courses
How to save past year's Schoology courses to Resources in order to access those materials for current and future courses. | |
Intended for Employees and Students | |
Categorized under Classroom Technology and Systems | |
Maintained by Matt Ringh | |
Up-to-date for the 2022-2023 school year. |
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 "2020-2021 Schoology Courses", and click "Create".
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.
- Deselect/uncheck the box for "Display current sections only".
- Enter your last name in the search field to the right.
- Search
- 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 (2021-2022) 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: