It is recommended to archive or hide courses when they are no longer available rather than deleting them. That's because when you delete a course, you delete all the information associated with the course, including grades, certificates of completion, and its history.
By default, a regular instructor can't archive a course. To archive a course, you need to have Administrator permissions.
To archive a course:
- Go to Site Administration > Courses > Add/edit courses
- Click the course category or use the "Search courses" text box to find the course you want to archive
- Click the eye icon to the right of the course's name to archive it
To archive multiple courses at the same time:
- Creating a new category. You can name it "Archives".
- Click on the eye icon to the right of the category's name to archive it
- Select and move the "about to be archived" courses to the "Archives" category. The courses in the archived / hidden category are automatically archived. You do not need to click on the eye icon next to each course.