Copy or Import Course Content

Copy Course Content From Another Course
  1. Navigate to the destination course, click Course Tools and select Course Admin.
  1. On the Course Admin page, under Site Resources, click Import/Export/Copy Components.
  1. To search for the Source course, click on the grey ‘Search for offering’ button.
  1. In the Select Course Offering pop-up window, enter a search term (“20241” to search for spring 2024 courses) in the search bar and click Search to display the possible course.
  1. Select the Source course and scroll to the bottom of the page.
  1. Click add selected button.
  1. If you want to copy the entire course, select Copy All Components or if you would only like to copy parts of the course, Select Components.
  1. If you want to offset all dates in a course, check the box and enter the date info. Click Finish to complete items copied. 
Import Course Template From Zip File
  1. Navigate to the destination course, click Course Tools and select Course Admin from the dropdown menu.
  1. On the Course Admin page, under Site Resources, click Import/Export/Copy Components.
  1. Click Import Components.
  1. Click Start.
  1. Click Upload and select your course template zip file from the list.
  1. Click Import All Components.

Things to consider: 

  • Copying into a course does not replace any current content, it adds to current content. 
  • When you copy a course it will copy the homepage layout as well.
  • If you copy any Intelligent Agents, they will be disabled in the destination course.  The instructor will have to go into Intelligent Agents and enable them. 
  • If you copy individual tool items (i.e., Assignments, Discussions, etc.) without also copying the grades at the same time the items will not be linked to a grade item in the gradebook.  It will have to be linked manually afterwards. 
  • If you copy individual content items from nested folders (an item within a folder within a folder), all the nested folders will be copied to the destination course along with the content item.  Instructors will need to manually move the content items and delete nested folders afterwards. 
  • You can also access the course copy menu by navigating to the destination course and click Content->Table of Contents->Import Course-Copy Existing Course.