How to Save Your Coursework - The complete procedure to help you download everything

You are here because you want to download files from the resources to which you’ll lose access 2 weeks after your degree has been conferred and your account permissions change.

Follow these steps to complete a course compile and the extra steps to save almost everything so you can save it at home and reference it indefinitely.  

Real Life can get in the way, so please do not leave this to the last moment in case something comes up and you are unable to complete all the tasks by the deadline.

If you are doing this at the end of your program, please allow 10-30 minutes per course.

How to get everything:

1. Create a folder for the course you are about to download.  We suggest using the title of the course for the folder name
   (You will move all your course files into that one folder so they are kept together)  If you create the folder in the Download directory on your computer it will save some time later on as you move files into this folder.  If you can, we also suggest you clean out the download directory before you start to make it easier to find the newest files you will be downloading.

2. When the course is over Run the course compile.  (Detailed instructions here)  This gives you the text from the various course pages

3. Move the Course Compile file into the new course folder

4. On the Welcome Page (main page of your course) scroll down, and click on the Course Outline Link

5. Click on the Sprocket at the top of the page and select Print Book
   

6. In the window that pops up click on Print Book again

7. Change the printer to "Save as PDF"

8. Click Save

9. Return again to the Welcome Page (main page of your course).

10. Now you are going to scroll down and click on any PDF (), Spreadsheets (), Documents (), Presentations ()  and any other files you might see as you scroll down.  These files will go into the downloads directory.  Move each of these files into the new folder your created for your course.

11. Once that is done, scroll back to the top of the page and click on Assignments on the right hand side of the page under Activities

12. Click on each assignment that shows you "submitted for grading"

13. On the assignment page, select the document you submitted to download it. Move it into your course folder.

14. Lower down on the same assignment page, click on the Feedback document from the instructor.  Move it into your course folder.

15. Return again to the Welcome Page (main page of your course)

16. Time to save your Zoom recordings. Zoom recordings are usually stored for a certain period of time (e.g., 120 days). If the recordings are still available you'll likely find them in each course's Zoom activity or your instructor may have manually shared them with you.

17. Scroll down and click on the link Readings for the Course

18. This can be quite tedious, but you will not have access to these documents once your account is closed.  Click on each link to a document that you found interesting and if possible you want to save the document as a PDF. 

19. Final step and THE most tedious - You must download the forum posts you want to keep.  On the right hand side of the course page, under activities, click Forums

20. You will need to go through each forum to find nugget of truth you want keep. 

21. You are done!