how to delete a course ubuntu webwork

by Alberta Langworth PhD 5 min read

In the Courses page, locate the course you want to delete. You can use the search field or the Sort & Filter menu. Delete Course Click the More Actions icon and then click the Delete link.

Full Answer

Can I delete a course from my account?

We do not recommend deleting courses, especially if the course contains content and student data because you may need to access that information a later date. If you only want to remove the course from Courses & Groups in the Global Navigation, you can change the course end date, or if you have permission, conclude your course instead.

How do I delete a course from the global navigation?

If you only want to remove the course from Courses & Groups in the Global Navigation, you can change the course end date, or if you have permission, conclude your course instead. Before you delete your course, make sure you have a record of your Course ID number. Administrators can restore deleted courses if they know the Course ID number.

How do I restore a deleted course?

Administrators can restore deleted courses if they know the Course ID number. You can locate your Course ID number at the end of your course URL (i.e. canvas.instructure.com/courses/XXXXXX). Deleting a course is a course permission for manually created courses only.

Open Author Menu

In the Global Navigation menu, click the Author menu option; then select Courses.

Locate Course

In the Courses page, locate the course you want to delete. You can use the search field [1] or the Sort & Filter menu [2].

What happens if you delete a course?

Once you delete a course, the course will be completely removed from your institution's account and will not be viewable by you, prior students, or the account administrator.

Can you delete a course from Global Navigation?

If you only want to remove the course from Courses & Groups in the Global Navigation, you can change the course end date, or if you have permission, conclude your course instead. Before you delete your course, make sure you have a record of your Course ID number.

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The Command-Line Utilities

  • The command-line utilities, addcourse, deletecourse, and wwdb, provide access to administrative functions. To use them, you must have write access to the courses directory and any course directories you wish to modify. You must also set the WEBWORK_ROOT environment variable and you may add the WeBWorK bin directory to your path. See the installatio...
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The Web Interface

  • The web interface provides a user-friendly way to adminstrate courses. It also allows people who do not have accounts on the WeBWorK server to administrate. Because all actions are performed by the web server, there is no concern about permissions problemsas there is with the command-line utilities.
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Other Administrative Functions

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    The sql_singledatabase layout, new in WeBWorK 2.1, stores course data for multiple courses in a single SQL database. This makes for more efficient database access and avoids exhausing SQL connection handles. The command-line utility sql2sql_single can convert existing courses from t…
  • Adding indexing to an existing course
    SQL servers have the ability to maintain indices, to speed access to data. Courses created with the sql_single database layout have indices set up automatically, but if you convert a course from the sql to the sql_singlelayout, you have to add indexing yourself. The wwaddindexing utility add…
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