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Other Course Functions

To upload a course backup:

You can upload a course backup only after it has been downloaded to your computer. Do not unzip the backup file before uploading it.

  1. From myWebCT, click Course functions. The Course and Backup Listing screen appears.
    Course Functions button
  2. Select the course for which you want to upload a backup. Note: You can upload only one course backup at a time.
    Select course(s) to be backed up
  3. Under Options, click Upload backup. The Upload Backup screen appears.
    Actions: Options menu with arrow pointing to Upload backup button
  4. Next to Filename, click Browse. Your computer's file browser appears.
  5. Locate and select the file you want to upload. The path and filename of your backup appears in the Filename text box.
    Upload Backup screen
  6. Click Upload. The course backup is uploaded.
  7. Click Continue. The Course and Backup Listing screen appears with the course backup uploaded.

Note: The time required to upload a course backup depends on the file size and on the speed of the server.

To delete a course backup:

You can delete more than one course backup at a time.

  1. From myWebCT, click Course functions. The Course and Backup Listing screen appears.
  2. Under the course for each backup you want to delete, select the backup. Note: You can delete more than one backup at a time.
  3. Under Options, click Delete backups. The Delete Backups screen appears.
    Actions: Options menu with arrow pointing to Delete backups
  4. Verify the list of course backups to be deleted.
    Delete Backups screen
  5. Click Delete. A warning message appears.
  6. Click OK. The Course and Backup Listing screen appears and the selected course backups are deleted.

To download a course backup:

We recommend that you download course backups to your computer instead of only keeping the backups on the WebCT server. If server problems occur, you will have backups of your courses. You can download only one course backup at a time.

  1. From myWebCT, click Course functions. The Course and Backup Listing screen appears.
  2. Under the course for the backup you want to download, select the backup. Note: You can download only one backup at a time.
  3. Under Options, click Download backup. Your browser's file download screen appears.
    Actions: Options menu with arrow pointing to Download backup button
  4. Follow the onscreen instructions. When the download is complete, the Course and Backup Listing screen appears and the course backup is downloaded to your computer for safekeeping.
 
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Last Updated: December 6, 2004
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