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| description = MOOC provider
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| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/coursera coursera]
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/coursera coursera]
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/coursera-grab coursera-grab]
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'''Coursera''' is a company that offers MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) for free.
'''Coursera''' is a company that offers MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) for free.


On June 30th, 2016, Coursera will switch to a new platform, which will result in the removal of 472 courses.<ref name="announcement">http://coursera.tumblr.com/post/145882467032/courseras-transition-to-a-new-technology-platform</ref> Guides have been distributed to save these old courses.<ref>http://makemeflow.org/advice/2016/06/how-to-download-courseras-courses-before-theyre-gone-forever/</ref>
In 2014, Coursera introduced a new platform and moved all courses there, except for a few hundred ones. On June 30, 2016 access to the old platform ended, which resulted in the removal of 472 courses.<ref name="announcement">http://coursera.tumblr.com/post/145882467032/courseras-transition-to-a-new-technology-platform</ref> Guides were distributed to save these old courses.<ref>http://makemeflow.org/advice/2016/06/how-to-download-courseras-courses-before-theyre-gone-forever/</ref>


Someone has created a Google Docs spreadsheet with a list of the courses on the old stack and links which may be useful.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kaWxZG3krI83WfdzlExWL-_S5UBai-CYuofGR5DZcd0/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=1433118913</ref>
Someone created a Google Docs spreadsheet with a list of the courses on the old stack and links which were useful.<ref>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kaWxZG3krI83WfdzlExWL-_S5UBai-CYuofGR5DZcd0/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=1433118913</ref>


== Announcement ==
== Announcement ==
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:There are a few dozen courses on the old platform that will not migrate to the new platform, and thus will not be available after June 30th. These include courses that are out of date (e.g., medicine and technology courses that do not reflect recent research and development breakthroughs), courses that have been updated and relaunched under another title on the new platform, and a few courses that our university partners have chosen to discontinue for other reasons."<ref name="announcement"/>
:There are a few dozen courses on the old platform that will not migrate to the new platform, and thus will not be available after June 30th. These include courses that are out of date (e.g., medicine and technology courses that do not reflect recent research and development breakthroughs), courses that have been updated and relaunched under another title on the new platform, and a few courses that our university partners have chosen to discontinue for other reasons."<ref name="announcement"/>


== How can I help? ==
== Archives ==
Archive Team was able to download the endangered courses, which weigh 1,2 terabytes in total.


 
The content has been packed up into WARC files and can be found in the [https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_coursera archiveteam_coursera] collection, and URLs are directly available in the [http://web.archive.org Wayback Machine] too.
=== Running a Warrior ===
 
You can start up a [[Warrior]] and there select ''Coursera''. (If you don't really care what you are archiving, select ''ArchiveTeam's Choice'' instead, as at some points ArchiveTeam may priorize another project.)
 
=== Running the script manually ===
 
If you use Linux and you're a bit familiar with it, you can try running the script directly.
 
The instructions can be found at [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/coursera-grab github.com/ArchiveTeam/coursera-grab].
 
{| class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:left;"
! Some additional information
|-
| Don't forget to replace YOURNICKHERE with your nickname.
 
The number after <code>--concurrent</code> determines how many threads run at the same time. You can increase this number if your resources (RAM, CPU, bandwidth) are sufficient. However, if you constantly see messages about rate limiting, there is no need to increase the concurrency.
 
If you want to stop the script, please do it gracefully if possible. To do so, create an empty file named '''STOP''' in the folder of the script (terminal command: <code>touch STOP</code>). The script finishes the current item(s) and stops only after that. (If you kill the script immediately, the items get broken, and they will need to be reassigned to another user.) – Before starting the script again, don't forget to remove the STOP file.
 
If you see "Project code is out of date", kill the script, go to its folder (<code>cd coursera-grab</code>) and issue <code><nowiki>git pull https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/</nowiki>coursera-grab</code>. After the updating has finished, re-launch the script.
|}
 
=== Donating to the Internet Archive ===
 
Content downloaded by the ArchiveTeam will be uploaded to the [[Internet Archive]], where it will be stored and be available – hopefully – forever. However, storing it costs thousands of dollars in the long run. So, if you can afford, please consider donating to the Internet Archive, so that this piece of history can be kept for us all. http://archive.org/donate
 
=== Do you like our cause? ===
 
If you want to help in other projects, want to learn more about ArchiveTeam, or even help in development in general, navigate to the [[Main Page]] of this wiki, from there you can reach a lot of information. The Team consists of volunteers working on the projects in their free time, so helping hands (and resources) are always welcome.


== References ==
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Revision as of 16:19, 17 January 2017

Coursera
Coursera logo
URL https://www.coursera.org/[IA•Wcite•.today•MemWeb]
Status Special case
Archiving status Saved!
Archiving type Unknown
Project source coursera-grab
Project tracker coursera
IRC channel #cursera (on hackint)

Coursera is a company that offers MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) for free.

In 2014, Coursera introduced a new platform and moved all courses there, except for a few hundred ones. On June 30, 2016 access to the old platform ended, which resulted in the removal of 472 courses.[1] Guides were distributed to save these old courses.[2]

Someone created a Google Docs spreadsheet with a list of the courses on the old stack and links which were useful.[3]

Announcement

"Maintaining two platforms requires significant resources, and in order to focus all of our efforts on further improving the new platform experience, we decided last year to move all active courses to the new platform. Over the past several months, we have worked closely with our partners to transition their courses to the new platform. Last week, we emailed learners who have taken courses on our old platform to notify them that access to the old platform will end on June 30, 2016.
There are a few dozen courses on the old platform that will not migrate to the new platform, and thus will not be available after June 30th. These include courses that are out of date (e.g., medicine and technology courses that do not reflect recent research and development breakthroughs), courses that have been updated and relaunched under another title on the new platform, and a few courses that our university partners have chosen to discontinue for other reasons."[1]

Archives

Archive Team was able to download the endangered courses, which weigh 1,2 terabytes in total.

The content has been packed up into WARC files and can be found in the archiveteam_coursera collection, and URLs are directly available in the Wayback Machine too.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://coursera.tumblr.com/post/145882467032/courseras-transition-to-a-new-technology-platform
  2. ↑ http://makemeflow.org/advice/2016/06/how-to-download-courseras-courses-before-theyre-gone-forever/
  3. ↑ https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kaWxZG3krI83WfdzlExWL-_S5UBai-CYuofGR5DZcd0/edit?pref=2&pli=1#gid=1433118913
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