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Fixing Orphaned Content

Orphaned content can appear when the number of sections in a current course does not match the number of sections from an imported course. To fix this, follow the directions below to change the number of sections in the course.
 

Interactive Tutorial

** Best experienced in Full Screen (click the icon in the top right corner before you begin) **

9 STEPS

1. The first step is to open your course and click to turn on Edit mode

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2. Scroll and click Close all. This will make scrolling to the bottom of the page faster.

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3. Scroll down to the bottom and find the last orphaned section. In this example, it's section 10. Remember this number.

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4. Click Settings

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5. Scroll and click to expand Course format

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6. Scroll down and click the dropdown menu next to Number of sections

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7. Select the number of sections you made note of in the previous step. For this example, choose 10

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8. Scroll down and click Save and display

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9. That's it. You're done.

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