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Correct answer ThadMav

For what it's worth:

I'm set up as an administrator, and it seems the staff on here who advised you that you couldn't delete a course only applies to those without admin status. I managed to delete courses without any trouble via the process detailed below.

  1. Hover your mouse on the course and click "Retire" when the option comes up. This will automatically switch you over to the Retired tab, which displays all of the retired courses.
  2. While on that same tab, hover your mouse over the course again. This time, you will be presented with the option to delete.
  3. Click delete, and verify that you do indeed wish to delete the selected course. And you're done.

This process did not remove the modules from the module library, however. I'm still looking for a way to delete the modules. Another staff person told someone else in the forums that they couldn't delete the modules once created and published, but after reading this post, I'm not sure I should believe them.

Hope that helps.

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brianh44379936
Participant
February 23, 2016

Please count me among those who would prefer an ability to delete a course.  There are innumerable reasons why an administrator might wish to have this ability.  Give us the tool and allow us to determine whether or not it will have a negative effect on our learners.

    ThadMav
    ThadMavCorrect answer
    Participant
    February 29, 2016

    For what it's worth:

    I'm set up as an administrator, and it seems the staff on here who advised you that you couldn't delete a course only applies to those without admin status. I managed to delete courses without any trouble via the process detailed below.

    1. Hover your mouse on the course and click "Retire" when the option comes up. This will automatically switch you over to the Retired tab, which displays all of the retired courses.
    2. While on that same tab, hover your mouse over the course again. This time, you will be presented with the option to delete.
    3. Click delete, and verify that you do indeed wish to delete the selected course. And you're done.

    This process did not remove the modules from the module library, however. I'm still looking for a way to delete the modules. Another staff person told someone else in the forums that they couldn't delete the modules once created and published, but after reading this post, I'm not sure I should believe them.

    Hope that helps.

      S
      Adobe Employee
      Sharad Vatsa
      Adobe Employee
      February 29, 2016

      Hi,


      Yes, it is now possible to delete courses, learning programs and certifications at draft and retired stages. This functionality has been added in Prime as part of the update released on 28th February '16.

      For a complete list of new features and enhancements to the existing features, please refer the below link:
                        http://primehelp.adobe.com/questions/whats-new-in-captivate-prime/

      Regards,
      Sharad

      B
      Bancsource Account
      Participant
      February 11, 2016

      To follow up with the initial question, how is a course moved from retired state to a draft state where it can be deleted?  Not sure I'm tracking.  Thanks.

      James

      Allen_Partridge
      Adobe Employee
      Allen_Partridge
      Adobe Employee
      February 19, 2016

      James,

      You duplicate a course (whether retired or not) to 're-enter' draft state. The course once published, is 'Retired' which is a way of removing it from visibility to learners in order to preserve any student record data associated with that course.

      --Allen

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        Bancsource Account
        Participant
        February 19, 2016

        Thanks, I will give that a shot.  Is there a method to also delete excess modules and modules that have more than one occurrence?

        R
        Community Manager
        royaljacobCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        August 31, 2015

        Hi Dimitri,

        You can refer to Captivate Prime Help content here on the procedures: How can I delete courses? | Adobe Captivate Prime Help

        Please refer to detailed content at Adobe Captivate Prime Help for any Help. You can also use search on the landing page and make use of FAQ,

        Thanks & regards,

        Jacob.

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        DHMerrittAuthor
        Inspiring
        August 31, 2015

        Thank you Jacob for the speedy response. I read the documentation i.e.

        1. After creating a course, click My Courses on the left pane.
        2. Hover the mouse over the course that you want to delete and click Delete Course.
        3. Respond to the confirmation dialog by clicking OK.

        However when I hover over the course there is no delete option (I am logged in as author).

        There must be something that I am doing wrong.....

        R
        Community Manager
        royaljacobCommunity Manager
        Community Manager
        August 31, 2015

        Hi Dimitri,

        If you have already published a course, then you cannot delete it. You can delete a course only when it is in Draft state.

        Thanks,

        Jacob.

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