Moving Your Course to a New Server

Note: The instructions below begin at your existing course home page, in the Designer Options view (login to http://webct.ccri.edu). Bolded words indicate places to click. Also, the red arrow will tell you where to click.

Back Up the Course
Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1 In the Control Panel go to Manage Course > Backup Course

Step 2 From the drop down menu below Backup Course select Create backup > Go

Step 3 Enter a short description of your course (i.e. Semester/year) in the text box, click Create > Continue

To Download the File to your PC

At the Course Backup Utility Screen...
Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1 Choose the Radio Button next to the Backup file you wish to download

Step 2 From the drop down menu below Backup File Functions, choose Download > Go

Step 3 Choose Save As, choose the PC directory or disk to receive the file and name it. Note: Write down the location and filename of the backup file.

Transferring Your Course to A New Server

To transfer a course to a new server requires 3 steps:

Open your browser to the new server account (http://webct.ccri.edu)
Log in to MyWebCT and click on your course link
Upload the course backup file
Restore the course

To Upload the File to your course account

Once downloaded to disk, a backup course file can then be transferred or uploaded to the server, and then restored. Note: when you do a restore you automatically overwrite everything in that course space.

Note: The time required to upload a course backup depends on the file size as well as on the speed of the Internet connection of both the server and your computer.

Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1 In the Control Panel go to Manage Course > Backup Course

Step 2 From the drop down menu below Backup Course select Upload backup > Go

Step 3 Click Browse on the Upload Backup File screen.

Step 4 Select the backup file you want to upload (refer to your notes on where you stored the file and what you named it) and click on the Open button. The Upload Backup File screen reappears with the filename in the box. Click Upload.

To Restore the Course

Once you’ve uploaded the file into your course account, you need to restore the file to load the contents into the directory. At the Course Backup Utility Screen...

Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1 Choose the Radio Button next to the Backup file you wish to restore

Step 2 From the drop down menu below Backup File Functions, choose Restore > Go