Congrats on reaching such a big milestone!

Just because you're retiring doesn't mean you still can't access your Canvas content: it will just be in a slightly different manner, outside of SWC.

Exporting Course Content

Faculty are able to export their Canvas courses out of SWC's instance of Canvas (www.swccd.instructure.com) into another separate instance of Canvas in the future. It's simply like moving house: pack content up from one place and move it to another. In this case, the destination is kind of like a storage site, not affiliated with a specific school. Before this can be done, the SWC Canvas content needs to be packaged up and converted to a zip file, which can then be saved to a computer, USB, and/or non-SWC cloud space for safekeeping. Faculty will not be able to use these zip files or access the Canvas content save in each file unless they take the step to import the content into a Canvas instance.

Canvas Free for Teachers

Canvas operates a generic, no-cost Canvas Free for Teachers instance. Think of this instance of Canvas like Switzerland: it's neutral and not tied to a school. Faculty should always have access to the content they bring there, regardless if they are actively teaching for an institution. One you create the export zip files for each Canvas course or shell you wish to preserve, you'll then import that content into the Canvas Free for Teachers account so the content can be utilized in Canvas. You can leave as is or make updates and even create news sandboxes, if you wish.

Directions

To preserve your SWC Canvas content for the future, even when you might not longer have access to MySWC and the SWC instance of Canvas, you just need to follow 3 easy steps: Here's what to do:

How do I export a Canvas course?
- make sure to download a save a copy of the zip file generated for each SWC course to your computer, a USB, or a non-SWC cloud space; you'll need this file for Step 3
Create Canvas Free for Teacher account.
How do I import a Canvas course export package?