How to Archive a Course

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When you Archive a course you are creating a copy of your course complete with all student records and interactions.  This is a good way to create a complete record of your course for your records.

To create an Archive you need to log on to Blackboard, enter your course and click on Control Panel in the lower left of the screen.

Locate the Course Options area and click on the Archive Course link.

To create your archive, click on Submit in the Archive Course screen.

Once the course has been archived you have a couple of options.  The first is to download your archive.  To keep record of your class you will need to download your archive.  Click on the first link to start the download process.

The File Download dialog box opens, click on the Save button.

In the Save As dialog box you need to select a location for the file to be save.  Once you have selected your location, click on the Save button.

When the download is complete your can either open the file or close the dialog box

The second option in the Archive Course screen is to view the log file.

The log file will show you what was downloaded and the time it took to download each item.

Click ok to return to the Control Panel screen.

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