Export a Course#
When you have released your course, you can use the course export and import tools in Studio to save a backup copy of the course, and optionally re-import your course for editing. For more information, see Export a Course and Import a Course through Studio.
When you import and export a course, you work with .tar.gz files.
To duplicate an existing course for a new run, course creators can use the course re-run option. See Re-Run a Course.
Caution
Before exporting and importing a course, ensure that links in the course to
other course content use the /jump_to_id/<unit identifier> syntax. If a
link does not use the /jump_to_id/<unit identifier> syntax, the link will
be broken if you export then import the course. For more information, see
Add a Link to a Course Unit.
There are several reasons you might want to export your course. Examples follow.
To save your work.
To edit the XML in your course directly.
To create a backup copy of your course, which you can import if you want to revert the course back to a previous state.
To share with the team members of another course.
To create a copy of your course that you can later import into another course instance and customize.
When you export your course, Studio creates a .tar.gz file that includes
the following course data.
Course content (all Sections, Subsections, and Units)
Course structure
Individual problems
Pages
Course assets
Course settings
The following data is not exported with your course.
User data
Course team data
Discussion data
Certificates
Prerequisite course subsection settings
To export your course, follow these steps.
From the Tools menu, select Export.
Select Export Course Content.
When the export completes you can then access the .tar.gz file on your
computer.
See also
Import a Course (how-to)
Course Outline Terminology in Exported Files (reference)
Working with the .tar.gz File (reference)
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