Leaving the University? How to take your Isidore materials with you

This is a self-service page for staff and instructors who wish to take their Isidore content with them to another University. Once you separate from the University, your account will be disabled, and you’ll lose access to Isidore. Isidore content is backed up frequently and securely, and will be retained (at minimum) for the time period in which students are allowed to appeal a grade.

For questions and information regarding separation from the University, please contact the Office of Human Resources or consult the Human Resources policies available in Porches.

The steps below will walk you through manually saving your Isidore content to your computer. The process varies depending on which tool(s) you’re using.

Syllabus

Downloading Attachment Files

1. Navigate to the Syllabus tool in one of your Isidore sites.
2. If you have multiple syllabus sections, expand the syllabus sections.
3. Once the section(s) are expanded, click on the link to open the file.
4. Once the file is open in Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, etc., download or save the file to your computer.
5. Repeat these steps for each attachment you wish to save.

Downloading Text

1. Navigate to the Syllabus tool in one of your Isidore sites.
2. If you have multiple syllabus sections, expand the syllabus sections.
3. One the section(s) are expanded, use the “Print View” button with the printer icon to display the text.
4. Click on the “Send to Printer” link to select “Microsoft Print to PDF” (or another PDF creator or printer) as the destination. This will allow you to save the syllabus text as a PDF file to your computer.

Assignments

Downloading Assignment Details

1. Navigate to the Assignments tool in one of your Isidore course sites.
2. Click on the “Edit” link beneath an assignment.
3. Highlight the text of the title, copying it, and pasting it into a Word or Google Doc.
4. Follow the same process with the assignment instructions, open and due dates, and other information you need to retain.
5. If there’s a file attached to the assignment, click on the attachment link.
   • Depending on what type of attachment it is, it may automatically download to your "Downloads" folder or it may open in another application (like Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, etc.), and you can save the file to your computer.
6. Repeat these steps for each assignment you wish to save.

Downloading Submissions and Grade Information

Due to the sensitive nature and data security of grades, we cannot advise individuals to download student submissions and grading data.

Tests & Quizzes

Downloading Assessment Details

1. Navigate to the Tests & Quizzes tool in one of your Isidore course sites.
2. Click on the “Actions” button next to the draft version of an assessment and select “Print”.
3. To ensure you have all of the data, we recommend selecting the “Show Answer Key” and “Show Answer Key with Feedback” options.
4. Click on “Apply Settings”.
5. Click on “Download PDF”.
6. A PDF version of the assessment will open in Adobe Reader so you can save the file to your computer.
7. Repeat these steps for each assessment you wish to save.

Downloading Submissions and Grade Information

Due to the sensitive nature and data security of grades, we cannot advise individuals to download student submissions and grading data.

Resources

In order to download the folder structure and files from Resources, you need to have a local account that is not behind 2-Factor Authentication. To request a local (guest) account for Isidore, please contact the Center for Online Learning via onlinelearning@udayton.edu.

Once you have received your Isidore guest account, you can follow the instructions for using WebDAV to copy your files and folders from Isidore to your computer.

If you do not wish to request a local Isidore guest account, please contact the Center for Online Learning via onlinelearning@udayton.edu and they will assist you with downloading your content from the Resources tool.

Lessons

1. Navigate to the Lessons tool in one of your Isidore course sites.
2. Navigate to the page or subpage you’re wanting to save.
3. Click on the printer icon near the top-right corner of the page.
4. This will open the content in a new window without the Isidore banner and tool menu.
5. Use the Ctrl + P keyboard command to print and select “Microsoft Print to PDF” (or another PDF Creator or printer) as the destination. #This will allow you to save a PDF to your computer, containing the content of the Lessons pages.
6. Repeat these steps for each page or subpage you want to save.

If you have files linked in Lessons, you’ll want to follow the instructions in the “Resources” section above, in order to save a copy of the files to your computer.

Gradebook

Due to the sensitive nature and data security of grades, we cannot advise individuals to download student submissions and grading data.

Forums

Saving Forum Details

1. Navigate to the Forums tool in one of your Isidore course sites.
2. Click on the “Forum Settings” link next to a forum.
3. Highlight the text of the Forum Title, copy it, and paste it into a Word or Google Doc.
4. You may also follow the same process for copying the Short Description, Long Description, and other settings you would like to save.
5. Repeat these steps for each forum you wish to save.

Saving Topic Details

1. While in the Forums tool of one of your Isidore courses, click on the “Topic Settings” link next to a topic.
2. Highlight the text of the Topic Title, copy it, and paste it into a Word or Google Doc.
3. You may also follow the same process for copying the Short Description, Long Description, and other settings you would like to save.
4. Repeat these steps for each topic you wish to save.

Saving Attachments

If there are file attachments associated with the forums and topics, you can retrieve them from the main Forums page.

1. While in the Forums tool of one of your Isidore courses, click on the “View Full Description and Attachment(s) links next to a forum or topic.
2. The file attachment links will be displayed when the section expands.
3. Click on the attachments links.
   • Depending on what type of attachment it is, it may automatically download to your "Downloads" folder or it may open in another application (like Microsoft Word, Adobe Reader, etc.), and you can save the file to your computer.
4. Repeat these steps for each attachment you wish to save.

Rubrics

1. Navigate to the Rubrics tool in one of your Isidore course sites.
2. Next to the rubric you wish to save, click on the PDF icon (export) in the "Actions" column.
3. A copy of the rubric will be downloaded to your computer, usually in the "Downloads" folder.
4. Repeat these steps for each rubric you wish to save.

Going to another institution that uses Sakai?

If you're going to another institution that uses Sakai as their Learning Management System, there is a Site Archive feature we can use to download your course site for import into another Sakai system. We cannot guarantee that the site archive will be able to be imported to another institution's Learning Management System, due to the custom tools and features developed in Isidore. If you would like to learn more about the site archive option, please email onlinelearning@udayton.edu.

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