Copy a Course

Copy Contents of an Old Course Into a New Shell

The Course Copy feature copies course materials from one course site to another. For example, you may developed a course last fall that you are teaching again this fall. You can copy the entire course contents over into the new shell.  You can choose what elements you would like copied.    

From the Control Panel of the Source Course:

1. Access the Control Panel from the old course.
   Click Packages and Utilities and the Course Copy link
2. Click Course Copy
3. Select “Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course”
4. Click on the Browse button next to the Destination course field.
5. Select the course you want to copy the materials into by clicking on the Select button next to the course and then click Submit
6. You will see the course ID listed in the Destination course field
7. Select the areas you want to copy.
   For best results, choose all the elements of the old course that you think you may use, except the enrollment. You may not want to copy discussions or announcements as well.  You may delete unwanted materials in the destination course once the copy course process is complete.
8. Click the Submit button.
9. Wait until you receive a notification via email before you access the destination course.
10.  Check the destination course to be sure all the copied content is the.