Creating a Course Cartridge
This chapter describes how to create a course cartridge from content in your course.
Key Concepts
This release introduces an export feature that lets you create a course cartridge using content from a course section. Cartridges created this way have an .imscc extension and are compliant with the 1EdTech's Common Cartridge 1.1 standard.
Content That Can Be Exported
The following types of content can be exported:
Coursework assignments
Forums topics
Free-Form Content
With most types of content that can be exported, the system does not necessarily export every setting that the item might be configured with. The process generally includes only those features that are compatible with Common Cartridge v1.1—but if you want to understand what the differences are, see the sections below for more details on each content type.
You can export online assignments, their point values, their sections, and most of their questions, though not ordering or matching questions.
You cannot export some of the values associated with online assignments, such as their instructions, descriptions, due dates, passwords, and similar settings. Note that with an assignment’s sections, only the section name (not its description and not its type) are saved.
Basic assignments and uploaded assignments cannot be exported.
You can export Forums topics (their names and their descriptions).
You cannot export Forums categories, posts, nor any Forums settings.
You can export free-form content. The content of each Free-Form Content feature instance is treated as a resource.
You can export a resource and the label and URL of a link.
You cannot export the description or activation settings of a resource, nor can you export sets.
Export Content
To export a course’s materials, you use the Context Manager.
Note
If you need to export content for use in a different eLearning course section, you should use the Copy Course Materials feature, not the course export feature, because Copy Course Materials allows more data to be transferred. That is, while the new export feature focuses on data specified by the Common Cartridge v1.1 standard, the Copy Course Materials also copies data that pertains to the many extra features that exist in eLearning and JICS.
Log in as a faculty member or administrator and navigate to the course section whose content you want to export.
Click the Course Manager link.
The Context Manager displays.
Click Course Export.
The system displays the Course Export tab.
This tab includes a few helpful links for getting more information:
Clicking types of content displays a summary of the content that will be exported.
Clicking 1EdTech compatible Course Cartridge displays a page maintained by 1EdTech about the Common Cartridge specification.
Clicking Course Copy feature displays the Copy Course Materials feature.
To start the export, click the link that says Export and download the Course Cartridge.
Depending on which browser you are using, the browser may display a pop-up window that asks whether you want to save or open the file. Choose to save the file.
If you are using Edge, the system generates a pop-up window that lets you rename the cartridge. If appropriate, modify the name suggested by the system and click Save.
The system saves an .imscc file to your local download folder. The .imscc file contains all the exportable content from the course.