{"id":11398,"date":"2017-12-02T14:30:07","date_gmt":"2017-12-02T20:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=11398"},"modified":"2021-12-14T13:41:01","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T19:41:01","slug":"brightspace-tip-12-master-course-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-12-master-course-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #12: Master Course Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/master-copy4.png\" title=\"master copy\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/master-copy4.png?resize=403%2C137\" alt=\"female using copy machine\" height=\"137\" width=\"403\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Instructors who want to build their course before the normal course creation schedule can request a Brightspace Master Course Shell that can be used to develop and maintain their course materials.<\/p>\n<p>A Master Course Shell:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is a course environment an instructor uses to develop and maintain course materials that are used from semester to semester.<\/li>\n<li>Is not tied to Banner. Therefore, no students or other users are enrolled into this Shell.<\/li>\n<li>Can be used as a \"master\" where one keeps permanent changes to a course.<\/li>\n<li>Faculty may copy content from a Master Course Shell into a Brightspace Course shell as long as they are enrolled as an instructor in both shells.<\/li>\n<li>Master Course Shells are not deleted except upon the request of the instructor or when the instructor is no longer employed at Xavier.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to build your course from scratch before your Brightspace course shell for the upcoming semester is made available, you should:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fill out the <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/2WrA5y9Na1oqUULD7\">Brightspace Master Course Request Form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Add your content and learning activities to your Master Course Shell.<\/li>\n<li>Copy the Master Course Shell contents into your \u201cempty\u201d Brightspace course once the course becomes available. Follow these steps:\n<ol>\n<li>In the NavBar of your \"empty\" Brightspace course, click on \"<strong>Course Admin<\/strong>\".<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \"<strong>Import\/Export\/Copy Components<\/strong>\" link.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the \"<strong>Copy Components from another Org Unit<\/strong>\" radio button.<\/li>\n<li>In the Course to Copy option, click the \"<strong>Search for Offering<\/strong>\" button.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the magnifying glass in the \"Search for\" field.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the radio button to the right of your Master Course Shell and then click on \"<strong>Add Selected<\/strong>\".<\/li>\n<li>Verify your selections are correct before proceeding.<\/li>\n<li>At the bottom on the browser window you will click on <strong>either<\/strong> \"<em>Copy all Components<\/em>\" <strong>OR<\/strong> \"<em>Select Components<\/em>\" and follow the prompts.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/2WrA5y9Na1oqUULD7\">Brightspace Master Course Request Form<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/course_administration\/instructor\/copy_course_components.htm?tocpath=Instructors%7CSet%20up%20and%20deliver%20a%20course%7CAdminister%20a%20course%7CManaging%20course%20components%7C_____3\">Copy Course Components<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Brp6v3oovXc\">Import\/Export\/Copy - Copy Components video [1:31]<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/xulacat.wikispaces.com\/Brightspace+FAQs\">Brightspace Migration FAQs<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-2-sandbox-courses\/\">Request a sandbox course<\/a><br \/>\nSign-up for <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/events\/index.php?mode=index&status=all&tag=Brightspace\">Brightspace training sessions<\/a><br \/>\nYou can find <a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/-\/-\/-\/welcome_page.htm\">Brightspace help<\/a> at D2L's website.<br \/>\nJoin the <a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/\">Brightspace Community<\/a>.<br \/>\nTry these <a title=\"Brightspace How-to\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-documents\/\">Brightspace How-To documents<\/a>.<br \/>\nVisit our <a title=\"Brightspace FAQs\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-faq\/\">Brightspace FAQs<\/a> for additional Brightspace information<br \/>\nor <a title=\"Schedule 1-on-1\" href=\"http:\/\/jflorent.youcanbook.me\/\">schedule a one-on-one session<\/a>, <a title=\"Send email\" href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/mail\/?to=31\">email<\/a>, or <br \/>call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instructors who want to build their course before the normal course creation schedule can request a Brightspace Master Course Shell that can be used to develop and maintain their course materials. A Master Course Shell: Is a course environment an instructor uses to develop and maintain course materials that are used from semester to semester. <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-12-master-course-shell\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #12: Master Course Shell\"<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[403],"tags":[402,200],"class_list":{"0":"post-11398","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-master-course","9":"h-entry","10":"hentry","11":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-2XQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20493,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-452-master-course-shell\/","url_meta":{"origin":11398,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #452: Master Course Shell","author":"Janice Florent","date":"May 29, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Instructors who want to build their course before the normal course creation schedule can request a Brightspace Master Course Shell that can be used to develop and maintain their course materials. 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