D2L purge of summer 2010 courses begins Oct. 1
Summer 2010 (ISRS YRTR 20111) Desire2Learn courses will be purged starting October 1, 2012.
Instructional Technology Services can provide assistance to faculty who would like to export D2L course materials and grade books. Please contact support@mnstate.edu with any questions you may have.
Refer to the following instructions to backup your data:
Export the Gradebook data to an Excel spreadsheet
Backup your course
As a best practice, it is advisable to export gradebooks and any other pertinent course materials or course data at the end of each semester.
*Courses that are not assigned to an ISRS YRTR semester (developmental courses, ongoing courses, misc courses) will not be purged.
PURGE SCHEDULE:
October 1, 2012 purging will begin on Summer 2010 D2L courses (ISRS YRTR 20111)
February 1, 2013 purging will begin on Fall 2010 D2L courses (ISRS YRTR 20113)
July 1, 2013 purging will begin on Spring 2011 D2L courses (ISRS YRTR 20115)
This purge schedule is based on the recommendation of the IMS Advisory Council to retain two years of courses. These are the approximate purge dates.