Courses

Importing a course can be done in three different parts.

1. Import Courses

2. Import Chapters

3. Import Lessons

Import Courses

Let's start with importing the basics of a course Start with a CSV file that contains the following column names.

Column Name	Value
id	the id of the course in the old system
title	title of the course
slug	slug of the course (the part of the url with dashes)
created_at	creation date in datetime format
excerpt	non-html text description of the course
free	is the course free, true or false

When you're ready to import courses, log into your Mavenseed site and click on the Account menu item in your Avatar drop-down menu.

1. Click on the Sites Tab,

2. On the site you're looking to import data into, click the three dot menu item and choose Data Imports,

3. Click on the "New Data Import" green button in the top-right corner,

4. Choose "Courses" as the import type

5. Click the "Select CSV File" and choose your saved .csv file from above with your customer information.

6. Click "Begin Import"

Import Chapters

Next, we'll need to import the chapters for the courses. Here's what your CSV file should look like before importing.

Column Name	Value
id	the id of the chapter in the old system
title	the title of the chapter
created_at	creation date in datetime format
content	the chapter description
ordinal	the numerical position of the chapter in the course
course_id	the id of the course in the old system this chapter was attached to

When you're ready to import the chapters, log into your Mavenseed site and click on the Account menu item in your Avatar drop-down menu.

1. Click on the Sites Tab,

2. On the site you're looking to import data into, click the three dot menu item and choose Data Imports,

3. Click on the "New Data Import" green button in the top-right corner,

4. Choose "Chapters" as the import type

5. Click the "Select CSV File" and choose your saved .csv file from above with your customer information.

6. Click "Begin Import"

Import Lessons

Finally, we'll need to import the lessons that are part of the chapters, inside of the course. This one is a little more in depth due to the nature of a lesson.

Column Name	Value
id	the id of the lesson in the old system
title	the title of the lesson
slug	slug of the lesson (the part in the url)
type	the type of lesson (Lesson, Resource, Quiz, Exercise)
free	is the lesson free, true or false
created_at	create date in datetime format
content	the lesson content
ordinal	numerical position of the lesson in the chapter
lessonable_type	where was this lesson attached to (Chapter)
lessonable_id	id of the chapter in the old system that this lesson was attached

It's important that the ids of each content piece are correct, as the course import process relies on them in order to be built back up correctly.