{"id":12423,"date":"2018-08-12T09:10:15","date_gmt":"2018-08-12T14:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=12423"},"modified":"2018-08-12T09:10:15","modified_gmt":"2018-08-12T14:10:15","slug":"brightspace-tip-52-copy-course-or-copy-components","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-52-copy-course-or-copy-components\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Tip #52: Copy Course or Copy Components"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/copy-160128_640.png\" title=\"copy stamp\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/copy-160128_640.png?resize=256%2C256\" alt=\"copy stamp\" height=\"256\" width=\"256\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>There are a some situations where you may want to copy components of a Brightspace course OR copy an entire Brightspace course into another one. For example,<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You have a course from a previous semester and you would like to copy the course contents into your empty course shell for the current semester.<\/li>\n<li>You have a <a href=\"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-12-master-course-shell\/\">Master Course Shell<\/a> that you input content into and would like to copy the course contents into your empty course shell for the current semester.<\/li>\n<li>You are teaching multiple sections of a course, you created all the content in one Brightspace course section and want to copy the content into the other sections.<\/li>\n<li>You created content in one course (e.g. rubrics, discussions, quizzes, etc.) and would like to copy that specific content from one Brightspace course into another.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Copying an entire Brightspace course OR copying components of a Brightspace course into another Brightspace course is not hard. As long as you are the instructor for both courses, it is a simple process you can do.<\/p>\n<h3>Follow these steps to do it.<\/h3>\n<p>If you want to copy an entire Brightspace course <strong>OR<\/strong> copy components from a Brightspace course into another course, you should:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Get into the course you want the content copied into.<\/li>\n<li>In the NavBar (of the course you want the content copied to), 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 OR enter the name of the course you want to copy from in the search field.<\/li>\n<li>Click on the radio button to the right of the course you want to copy content from 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<h4>Important:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Double-check to make sure that you are in the course you want the content copied into AND that you have selected the correct course you want to copy content from.<\/strong> There is no way to reverse the copy process once the wrong course is selected and the copy request is submitted.<\/p>\n<h3>Want more information?<\/h3>\n<p><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:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/course_administration\/instructor\/copy_course_comps_between_org_units.htm?Highlight=copy%20components\">About Copying Course Components<\/a><br \/>\nView all the <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?s=Brightspace+%2Brecap\">Brightspace training recaps<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/catwiki.xula.edu\/index.php\/Brightspace_Known_Issues\">Brightspace Known Issues<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/community.brightspace.com\/s\/article\/All-Release-Notes\">Continuous Delivery release notes<\/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\/\">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>There are a some situations where you may want to copy components of a Brightspace course OR copy an entire Brightspace course into another one. For example, You have a course from a previous semester and you would like to copy the course contents into your empty course shell for the current semester. You have <a href=\"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-52-copy-course-or-copy-components\/\" class=\"more-link\">...continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \"Brightspace Tip #52: Copy Course or Copy Components\"<\/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":[402,83,415],"class_list":{"0":"post-12423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-brightspace","7":"tag-brightspace","8":"tag-copy","9":"tag-copy-course","10":"h-entry","11":"hentry","12":"h-as-article"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p82MQk-3en","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13102,"url":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/brightspace-tip-73-copy-course-or-copy-components\/","url_meta":{"origin":12423,"position":0},"title":"Brightspace Tip #73: Copy Course or Copy Components","author":"Janice Florent","date":"December 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"There are a some situations where you may want to copy components of a Brightspace course OR copy an entire Brightspace course into another one. 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