Copy Course Materials

Course Copy Overview

The Import/Export/Copy Components utility lets instructors copy materials from another course. Copying components can save you from having to recreate course resources from scratch and can significantly reduce the amount of work required to create or re-offer a course.

Important Notes:

  • Course copying is a pull function, you always pull the content into a course shell. Start the process in the shell where you want the contents to end up.
  • Course Copying will always ADD components to a course. Generally, the process does not overwrite. Multiple course copies will create doubles or triples of your contents and grade items. If you copy the wrong materials into a course, it is best to email eLearn@volstate.edu and request a course reset. Once they clear out all the contents, then you can start over, copying in the correct materials.

Copy All Components - Use this to copy an entire course

The following video demonstrates how to copy course components into your course.

  1. Enter the course where the materials are to end up - the course into which the components need to be copied.
  2. From the right side of your name, select the "Admin Tools" gear icon and then select "Import/Export/Copy Components" from the drop-down menu. 
    Note: You can also access the "Import/Export/Copy Components" tool via Course Tool > Course Admin. 
    screenshot of admin tools and Import/export/copy link
  3. Select the "Copy Components from Another Course Offering" radio button and click the "Search for offering" button.
  4. A pop-up window will display. Enter at least a portion of the title of the course that you want to copy from and click the magnifying glass icon to search.
  5. Select the radio button associated with the course you want to copy from.
  6. Click "Add Selected" to continue the process.
    • The "Course to Copy:" area will show the name of the course that selected in the previous step.
  7. Select the "Copy All Components" button to copy all course materials.
    Caution: Selecting the "Copy All Components" button starts the copy of all components from the identified "Course to Copy" into the target course immediately.

Help, I Made a Mistake!

If you copy the wrong materials into a course or copy the same materials in more than once, it is best to email eLearn@volstate.edu and request a course reset. Once they clear out all the contents, then you can start over, copying in the correct materials.

Select Components - Use this for a partial course copy

"Select Components" allows you to choose specific items to copy over into the course as opposed to the whole course.

  1. Follow steps 1-6 in the previous section.
  2. Click the grey "Select Components" button.
  3. Use the checkboxes and radio buttons to select the items you want to copy.
    • You can choose all items in a category, or choose to select individual items to copy. You will select specific items in step 5.
  4. Click "Continue."
  5. For categories where you wanted to select items, now is your chance to select specific items.
    • Expand plus icons and use the checkboxes to identify which items you want to copy.
  6. Click "Continue."
  7. Click "Finish."

Important Notes:

  • When copying content pages/modules that have Via assessment links or My Media videos, you must also check the "External Learning Tool Links" box, otherwise, the Via links or My Media videos will not work.
  • Use caution when electing to copy more items (using "Copy All Components" or "Select Components") from the same course that has just been copied because duplicates will occur.*

View History

If a course has had previous copies, you can view them using the "View History" link.

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After a course copy has completed, you will also see the courses' copy history. Clicking on a "Copy Completed: [Date and Time]" hyperlink will open up a detailed log of the copy process.

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