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Kitte117
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Why can't I seem to view assignments/exams from my previous course, and is there a way to at least download them to view on my own?

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SusanNiemeyer
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Hi Kitte117,

The decision to close up past courses is one made by your institution, not by Canvas. Generally, schools consider courses to be linked to a semester or a quarter. As a student, you have access to that course material during that fixed time period.

I always advise my students to save their own work on a Google Doc or a Microsoft Word file. I can imagine how frustrating it would be to write a paper and then lose access to it. If a student asks me to send a copy of their own work after the semester has ended, I will do that.

However, professors have different attitudes about sharing the materials they have created. Just yesterday, I turned down a request from a student to send her all of my course materials from last semester.

Good luck!

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