Copy Course in Release 6.0.10 and Higher

 

Overview

6.0.10 includes a new interface for copying some or all course materials in a course into another course. Copying course materials into an existing course adds the content from one course into another course already on the system.

 

Note: Instructors can only copy materials into a course where the Instructor has a role of Instructor, Teaching Assistant, or Course Builder.

 

Note: The information in this section should only be referenced by those users running Release 6.0.10 or higher. Users running other versions of Release 6 should reference the previous section.

 

Copy Course Material into an Existing Course

 

Find this page

Follow these steps to locate the Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course page.

 

Step 1                 Click Copy Course from the Course Control Panel.

Step 2                 Click Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course from the Copy Course page.

 

Select a source course and destination course

Enter a Course ID for the destination course in the Destination Course ID field or click Browse to search for a course. A search box will appear with options to search by:

 

·          Course ID

·          Instructor (User Name)

·          Words in the title or description of the course

 

The search can be refined further by looking for only those courses that were created in the last month or in the last day.

 

Course Search

 

After selecting the destination course, select the course materials to include in the copy.

 

Select course materials

 

Select the check boxes for each area in the course that should be copied into the new course.

 

The content and settings added to the new course will resolve duplicate Course Menu areas and conflicting settings. Many settings in the destination course are unchanged by a course copy, the following settings are changed to match that of the source course:

 

·          Course Entry Point

·          Course Design

·          Course Banner

·          Tools that are not included in the destination course are added

 

Course Menu areas that have the same name but contain different content will still be added to the destination course but the name will be changed by adding a sequential number to the end.

 

Content will be written into a Course Menu area if the names of the areas are the same and the content that they hold is similar (for example, staff profiles in an area called Staff Information will be written into an area called Staff Information in the destination course if it also contains staff profiles).