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I am the instructor, and I have a student repeating my course. But all of his previously submitted work (from 2 years ago) is showing up in my grade book and speedgrader. How can I delete his previous submissions?
Hi @JillStiles -- so your course gets re-used year to year? We actually have new courses every year -- this helps us keep a record of each year. Do you usually remove users each year? Is it possible to end the old course and start a new one fresh? I think this would give you more control of various scenarios.
I don't think there is a way to delete his previous submissions. Every work around I am trying to think of is so complicated and having a new course seems much easier. Ugh, I'm sorry that's probably not the answer you're looking for.
You can import all of the content from one course to the next. This will allow you to keep all the work you have put in, and the ability to adjust dates and tweak assignments. Plus, if your past students can still see content, they will see assignments in the old course as they did when they took it rather than the tweaked versions.
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