Re-Run a Course#
Note
After the end date for a course has passed, the course moves to the Archived Courses tab on the Studio dashboard. If the course that you want to re-run is not visible on the Courses tab, look for the course on the Archived Courses tab.
To re-run a course, the course team can use the course Import and Export options, or a system administrator can use the Re-Run Course option. Note that the Import and Export method takes less time than the Course Re-Run option because this method does not require action from a system administrator.
Export and Import the Previous Course#
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Courses on openedx.org must use Publisher to re-run courses Pub Creating a Course Run.
To use the import and export options to re-run a course, follow these steps.
In Studio, open the course that you want to re-run.
In Studio, create a new course.
Note
You must have course creation privileges to create a new course. If you do not have course creation privileges, contact a member of the course team who has these privileges, or your organization’s administrator.
In the new course, import the content from the previous course.
After the import operation is complete, review and update the settings and content for the new course.
See also
Use the Course Re-Run Option#
Note
Before you re-run a course, make sure that its settings and content are complete. Additions and changes that you make to the original course after you create the new course have no effect on the new course.
Only global or system administrators have the permissions needed to re-run a course. To re-run a course, contact your system administrator. After your system administrator creates a new course using the re-run feature, you can complete the steps to update the new course.
To re-run a course, users who have the required permissions follow these steps.
Sign in to Studio. Your dashboard lists the courses that you have access to as a course team member.
Move your cursor over each row in the list of courses. The Re-Run Course and View Live options appear for each course.
Locate the course you want to re-run and select Re-Run Course. The Create a re-run of a course page opens with values already supplied in the Course Name, Organization, and Course Number fields.
In the Course Run field, indicate when the new course will be offered.
Together, the course number, the organization, and the course run are used to create the URL for the new course. The combination of these three values must be unique for the new course. In addition, the total number of characters used for the name, organization, number, and run must be 65 or fewer.
Select Create Re-Run. Your My Courses dashboard opens with a status message about the course creation process.
Duplication of the course structure and content takes several minutes. You can work in other parts of Studio or in the LMS, or on other web sites, while the process runs. The new course appears on your My Courses dashboard in Studio when configuration is complete.
See also
Updating a New Course after a Re-Run (how-to)