Copying course materials into a new course creates a course on the system and populates it with content from a course already on the system. The process includes two steps. First, select the Course ID for an existing course and create a new Course ID for the new course. The existing course contains content that will be used to populate the new course. Second, select the materials in the existing course to copy to the new course.
When the course is copied, the Course Menu specified in the source course will replace the default Course Menu is in effect for new courses.
Follow these steps to locate the Copy Course Materials into a New Course page.
Step 1 Click Copy Course from the System Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Copy Course Materials into a New Course from the Copy Course page.
Enter a Course ID for the source course in the Source Course ID field or click Browse to open a Search function in a separate window. Follow these steps to search for a course:
Step 5 Select the Course ID, Instructor, or Title/Description option.
Step 6 In the text field, enter a Course ID, an Instructor name, or a string that appears in the Title or Description of the course. If this field is left blank, courses will be filtered only by the date created.
Step 7 Select the All Courses, Month, or Day option to define the list based on when courses were created (If Month is selected, courses that are returned will have been created in the previous 30 days. If Day is selected, courses that are returned will have been created in the last 24 hours).
Step 8 The search function will create a list of courses according to the search criteria. Courses will appear in a table format with each course listed in a separate row.
Step 9 Click Select in the same row as the desired course. The Search window will close and the selected course will appear in the Source Course ID field on the Copy Course Materials into a New Course page.
After entering a Course ID for the source course, enter a Course ID for the new course that will be created and populated with content from the source. Please make sure that the new Course ID matches the naming convention used at the institution. Also, The Course ID should not have any spaces or characters other than numbers and letters, dash (-), underscore (_), and period (.). The Course ID must be unique and remain static. It cannot be modified.
Click Submit and a list of course materials to include in the copy will appear.
Select the check boxes for each content area and tool in the course that should be copied into the new course. The table below details what happens to each selectable option when the copy is performed.
Note: A Course Copy operation cannot be completed if the user does not select at least one of the following areas: Content, Staff Information or Settings. If none of these options is selected a warning will appear; the course may not be copied until this issue is resolved.
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Course Material |
Behavior when copied |
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Content |
Copies course materials, including uploaded files, Learning Units, links, and Course Cartridge content (including content that is copy protected). Users may also select to include Course Information, Course documents, Assignments and External Links. System Extension content included in content areas is copied. |
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Announcements |
All Announcements are copied to the new course. If Assessment links appear in Content Areas, then this option must be selected, or the link to the Assessment will be broken. |
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Tests, Surveys, and Pools |
All Assessments and Surveys, including questions and options for deploying them are copied. All Pools are copied to the new course. |
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Calendar |
All Calendar items are copied to the new course. |
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Collaboration Sessions |
Collaboration Sessions that have been created are copied. This includes the Session Name, availability, and the Tool used during the session. |
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Course Settings |
Some Course Settings will be copied. See Course Settings below for more information. |
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Discussion Board |
Discussion Board forums, including the initial message in the Discussion Board, are copied to the new course. |
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Gradebook Items and Settings |
Items in the Gradebook, and their settings, such as type, categories, and display options, are copied to the new course. |
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Staff Information |
All Staff Information is copied to the new course. |
When Course Settings is selected, certain settings are copied to the new course. These include the following:
· Course Name
· Course Description
· Course Entry Point
· Course Design
· Course Banner
· Blackboard Tools settings that do not exist are added. Existing settings are not overwritten.
· System Extension Tools settings that do not exist are added. Existing settings are not overwritten.
· Content Tools settings that do not exist are added. Existing settings are not overwritten.
The following settings are not copied as part of this operation:
· Course ID
· Course Availability
· Guest Access
· Observer Access
· Course Duration
· Enrollment Options
· Course Disk Quota
If Enrollment is selected, the list of users in the course will be copied.
User records in the course will not be copied. This includes the following:
· Gradebook Records
· Discussion Board messages (including Groups Discussion Board messages)
· Archived Discussion Board messages (including Groups Discussion Board messages)
· Drop Box files
· Assessment attempts
· Assignment submissions
· Course Statistics
· Collaboration session logs
· User Home pages
· The Electric Blackboard® entries for each
User records are only copied if the Copy Course with Users (Exact Copy) option is selected.