Courses that you have taught in the past 5 terms remain in your list of courses under "My Courses".

Courses older than 5 terms are removed from your Moodle account but saved as a Moodle backup file in our OFFLINE archives. The saved backup is comprehensive and includes everything within the course (hidden and visible activities, assignments, quizzes and quiz attempts, grades, enrollments, uploaded files, activities, layout preferences, events, and even course access logs — the works!).

If you want access to a course in the archives, complete our online form or email the following information to atc@lanecc.edu:

• course name and CRN (if known)
• year and term
• instructor last name

By default, student work and grades are not included. Once restored, the course will become available to you in your Moodle Dashboard.

Archive Policy

The college is legally required to comply with Oregon State Archive regulations for Grade Records (166-450-0120) and Distance Education/Learning Records (166-450-0030), which mandate maintaining digital archives for a minimum of five years. This duration is limited to five years because our LMS is not designated as an official repository for student records, such as official grades or enrollment records. Instead, materials like assignment grades, quizzes, or drafts are classified as Administrative Records.

Despite this, Academic Technology recognizes the significant value of the data contained within courses and has adopted a conservative procedure of retaining course archives for a period of 10 years. After 10 years, course archives will reach their "End of Life" and be irreversibly removed (no recovery possible) from all locations without instructor notification. 

For more information on public records and retention, please see Oregon State's Record Retention Schedules for Community Colleges.