Copying an entire course
On the Course Content page, select the three dot menu next to the search option on the Course Content page. Select Copy Items from the dropdown menu.
A list of your courses appears. If the course you’re looking for isn’t on the first page, use the arrows to navigate or use the search bar. You can also search for Organizations by selecting the Organizations tab.
Select a checkbox next to the name of the course to do a full course copy.
You can’t do a full course copy from the course you’re currently working in. Make sure you have navigated out of the course you wish to do a full course copy for before copying.
When you perform a full course copy, all settings are preserved (including due dates, visibility states, and release conditions). However, course links inside of learning modules with forced sequencing can’t be copied. This prevents users from navigating outside of the forced sequencing option. When a course link is copied, all associated content is also copied.
Select Start Copy.
Copies are a queued process. The spinner that displays at the bottom of the Course Content page is a validation check. You don’t need to stay on the Course Content page for the copy to be processed. If you want to check if a copy has been completed, go to the More options menu from the Course Content page and select Course Tasks and Logs.
Image of the Course Content page with Course Tasks and Logs highlighted on the More options menu
Copying individual course items
On the Course Content page, select the three dot menu next to the search option on the Course Content page. Select Copy Items from the dropdown menu.
Image of the More options menu on the Course Content page with Copy Items highlighted
A list of your courses appears. If the course you’re looking for isn’t on the first page, use the arrows to navigate or use the search bar. You can also search for Organizations by selecting the Organizations tab.
Select the arrow beside the name of a course to see its available items to copy. The following categories are available:
Content: Items that are listed on the Content tab for that course.
Discussions: Items that are listed on the Discussions tab for that Course.
Question Banks: All available Question Banks for that course.
Rubrics: All available Rubrics for that course.
Grade Schemes: All available Grade Schemes for that course.
Even if you select all checkboxes, this is still an individual item copy. Copying individual items doesn’t preserve release conditions and visibility states. If you want to preserve those settings, go back to the list of courses and select the checkbox beside the name of the course, and then Start Copy to do a full course copy.
Select a category to view available items for copy. Then, select the checkboxes for items you would like to copy. Content is automatically set to Hidden from students if you copy individual items into your course.
Image of the Copy Items page, with several categories of course item selected whereas others are not
Review all copied items to be sure students can see only the content that you want to show and that due dates are correct. You can use the Batch Edit feature to update visibility and due dates all at once. Visit the “Batch Edit” for more information about this feature.
Course links inside of learning modules with forced sequencing can’t be copied. This prevents users from navigating outside of the forced sequencing option. When a course link is copied, all associated content is also copied. LTI items also can’t be copied through individual course item copy. If you want to copy an LTI item, use full course copy instead.
Select Start Copy.
Copies are a queued process. The spinner that displays at the bottom of the Course Content page is a validation check. You do not need to stay on the Course Content page for the copy to be processed. If you want to check if a copy has been completed, go to the More options menu from the Course Content page and select Course Tasks and Logs.
Image of the Course Content page with Course Tasks and Logs highlighted on the More options menu