Re: [Webct-admin] WebCT Bulletins

[Ian G. <ia...@jh...>]

--On Monday, July 28, 2003 12:10:20 PM -0600 Michael Kopach 
<ko...@au...> wrote:

> What I am wondering about is if anyone has come up with a script and/or
>  a method for deleting old bulletins from WebCT?  By 'old' I mean
> something that has been sitting there for over a year. Currently the
> designers have to go into each course and tediously delete one bulletin
> at a time. They hate that job and I can't say I blame them either.
> Besides my server is getting rather full too.

Mike,

What do you mean by "bulletin"?

Are you talking about Discussion postings or Calendar postings.  Both have 
easy course resets that'll wipe out all old postings (Manage Course -> 
Course Functions -> Reset Course)


>  The Reset Course feature enables you to delete information from various
> sections of your course. This feature is particularly useful when you've
> finished teaching a course and want to clear out old student records and
> assignments. You can reset the following items:
>
>     * student database
>     * teaching assistant database
>     * student groups/presentations
>     * pagetracking records
>     * discussions (Note: Discussion topics are not deleted, only the 
messages are deleted.)
      * mail
>     * calendar (both public and private entries)
>     * Chat logs
>     * Whiteboard
>     * student homepages



- Ian
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