Copying course materials into a new course creates a course in the system and populates it with content from a course already on the system. 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 Course Copy from the Course Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Copy Course Materials into a New Course from the Copy Course page.
Enter a Course ID for the new course that will be created and populated with content. 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.
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. |
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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 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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Group Settings |
Settings include the names of the Groups, the settings for tool availability, and the Discussion Board forum names. |
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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
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.