Manage Course - Reset Course


About Reset Course

The Reset Course feature enables you to delete information from various sections of your course. This feature is particularly useful when you have finished teaching a course and want to clear out old student records and submitted assignments. The following items can be reset:

Item Reset Description
Student Database Removes all students from the course. It also removes all student data such as quiz and assignment submissions, student homepages, and membership in a presentation group. (Note: Quiz statistics are not removed.)
Teaching Assistant Database Removes all TAs from the course.
Student Groups / Presentations Removes all students from presentation groups (group names are kept) and removes any uploaded files.
Page Tracking Records Removes all records.
Discussions Removes all Discussion messages created by students, TAs, and designers, but the topics are kept.
Mail Removes all Mail messages created by students, TAs, and designers, but the folders are kept.
Calendar Removes both public and private entries.
Chat Removes all data in the Chat logs.
Whiteboard Removes all saved images and files.
Student Homepages Removes all homepages created by students and any uploaded files.
Assignment Removes all student submissions. Assignments created by the designer are not removed.
Quiz Removes all student submissions and quiz statistics. Quizzes/Surveys created by the designer are not removed. Questions stored in the Question Database are also not removed.

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Warning: Resetting a tool clears ALL of the information associated with that tool. Unless you have a backup of your course, you cannot retrieve this information.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Manage Course. The Manage Course screen appears.
  2. Click Reset Course. The Course Reset screen appears.
  3. Select each tool that you want to reset.
    • To select all tools, click Select all.
    • To clear all selected tools and start again, click Select None.
  4. Click Reset. A warning message appears.
  5. Click OK. The Course Reset Results screen appears.
  6. Click Continue. The Course Reset screen appears and the selected tools are reset.