How do I find my course?
After you log in to D2L (lms.cofc.edu) using your Campus Connect credentials, your courses will be listed in the My Courses widget. For more information on viewing your courses, visit our detailed guide on searching for your course in D2L (KB article hyperlinked here).
Why can’t I find an older course of mine?
Per College of Charleston’s Records Retention Schedule, Information Services/Center for Teaching and Learning retains online instructor materials for a minimum of ________ years from the end of the course. Materials may be available after that _______-year period, but instructors should not depend on such availability.
Please note that the records and retention policy was updated during __________________ academic year. Prior to the update, instructor materials were only retained for a _____-year period. This means that courses in D2L prior to the __________ academic year have been deleted from the system and are no longer retrievable.
The College always sends out an email to faculty to give advance notice before older course sites are purged from D2L. As a best practice, we recommend that you export your older course sites, especially if they are courses you don’t teach frequently. When you export your course site, D2L packages everything in a .zip file, which you can then download and save on your computer. Exporting the course will save all course elements, but not student data or information. When you need it again, you can re-upload the course to D2L (and possibly other learning management systems.) View our Export a Course Site in D2L (link video) guide for step-by-step instructions.
If your course has been deleted and you didn’t export a copy of it, the TLT will be happy to help you reconstruct it. Contact tlt@cofc.edu to request assistance.
How do I activate my course?
View information about when courses are activated in OAKS here (link).
How do I copy my course?
Instead of having to re-create your course each term, you can copy a previous iteration of your course. Once copied, you’ll need to update the dates in a course, upload your new syllabus, and make any other modifications. View the instructions for copying your course (link a tutorial here).