> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://support.lena.africa/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# End a course and start the next one

> Duplicate a course for next term, end it when the term is over, and find it again under Past courses.

End a course when the term is over. Its grades are released to students, nothing in it can be changed any more, and
it moves to **Past**. Teaching it again? Duplicate it first, so next term starts with your materials and work already
in place. The course's **Owner** and **Teachers** can do both.

## Duplicate a course

You can duplicate a published course or one that has ended. A draft can't be duplicated.

**1. Choose Duplicate**

Open the course, choose **⋮** (More actions), then **Duplicate Course**. On the **Courses** page, the row's **⋮**
menu has **Duplicate** too.

**2. Pick what comes along**

Tick what to copy: **Course Outline**, **Study materials**, **Class schedules**, **Assignments**, **Quizzes** and
**Exam**. Nothing is ticked at first.

**3. Duplicate it**

Choose **Duplicate**. The copy opens, and a message says what came along.

The copy is a new draft, and you're its owner. It has its own entry code, and no students or co-teachers. Copied
assignments, quizzes and exams are drafts with no dates. Before you publish the copy, add a rule for
[who can join](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/publish-a-course.md), and set new dates on the work.

## End a course

**1. Choose End Course**

Open the course, choose **⋮** (More actions), then **End Course**. The end-course page opens.

**2. Clear what Needs you**

Anything under **Needs you** stops the course ending:

* **Students taking an exam or quiz.** They need to finish first. Choose **Check again** once they have.
* **Grades in review.** Lena Agent graded these and you haven't checked them yet. Open the row to see each grade.
  Choose a student's name to check their work, or **Confirm** to accept a grade as it is. **Review all** accepts
  every one without opening them, and **Review high** accepts only the ones Lena is most sure of.

**3. Read What happens**

**What happens** lists what ending will do to this course. For example, it tells you how many grades will be
released, who gets 0 for handing nothing in, and which drafts will be deleted. It also warns you about work nobody
has graded. Those students end up with no grade for it.

**4. End it**

Choose **End course**, type the course's name to confirm, and choose **End course** again.

> [!WARNING]
>
> Ending a course can't be undone. There's no way to reopen it. Grade any submissions you want counted before you end
> it.

## Past courses

Ended courses are on the **Courses** page under **Past**. You can't edit a past course or add work to it, it has no
entry code, and no one can reply to its discussions or announcements. Students can still read everything in it.

You can still:

* **Export grades.** On the **Assessments** tab, choose **⋮**, then **Export gradebook**. See
  [gradebook and engagement](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/gradebook-and-insights.md).
* **Duplicate it** for next term.
* **Delete it**, if you're the owner. Choose **⋮**, then **Delete Course**. This removes the course and everything in
  it for good.

## Courses open for over a year

If a course has been running for more than a year, its page says "This course has been open for over a year. When
it's done, end it." Choose **end it** to go to the end-course page, or close the notice.

## Troubleshooting

> [accordion] Lena won’t let me end the course
>
> Something under **Needs you** is still open. If students are taking an exam or a quiz, wait until they finish, then
> choose **Check again**. If grades are in review, confirm them. Then end the course.

> [accordion] I can’t find Duplicate Course
>
> The course is still a draft. Publish it first, or create a new course.

> [accordion] I can’t find End Course
>
> Only a published course can be ended, by its owner or a teacher on it.

## Next

> [card] [Create a course](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/create-a-course.md)
>
> Start next term's course from scratch.

> [card] [Gradebook and engagement](https://support.lena.africa/teachers/gradebook-and-insights.md)
>
> Export the final grades.


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