The Course Copy tool allows an Instructor, Teaching Assistant, or Course Builder to copy content from one course to another course. The user must be an Instructor, Teaching Assistant, or Course Builder in both courses to be able to perform a course copy.
Updating Dates in Course: After your course copy, you can view a list of all dates (announcements, due dates, etc.) and move all dates manually or automatically by going to Control Panel > Course Tools > Date Management in the new course. We recommend the "List All Dates For Review" option to see all dates in the course on one page. Read more about the Date Management tool.
Step 1
From your course list, select the course you wish to copy FROM (the source course).
Step 2
Select Packages and Utilities link from the Control Panel and choose Course Copy.
Step 3
For Destination Course ID, click on Browse to select the course you want to copy to (your new course). Note that combined/cross-listed courses may appear at the very end of the list.
Step 4
Select the Course Materials you would like to copy.
We STRONGLY recommend the Select All option, because certain options must be paired together. It is easier to remove items from the new course.
If not choosing Select All and copying items with a grade center columns, be sure to check:
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- The Content Area(s) that contains items you want (like Course Content or Assessments)
- Grade Center Columns and Settings
- The related tool such as Tests, Surveys, and Pools
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Note: The above will copy the entire content area and ALL grade center columns which you may not want to do, to avoid duplicating columns. If you cannot copy all grade center columns:
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- For Assignments, we recommend copy/paste your text from the old course and pasting into a newly created assignment in the current course.
- For Tests, we recommend exporting the test and uploading to the other course.
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For Discussion Boards, generally you would select the second option "Include only the forums, with no starter posts" unless you created the first post in a forum (i.e. to pose a question or to get the conversation started).
Step 5
Mason generally recommends the default Copy links and copies of the content option. However, if you have content stored, but not available to students, in your course or you have video package files (e.g., Camtasia) choose the third Copy links and copies of the content (include entire course home folder) option. Do NOT choose "Include Enrollment in the Copy" as this will copy students from the previous course. Click Submit when you are done.
Step 6
You will receive an email when the copy has been completed.
Notes:
After your course copy, you can move all dates (announcements, due dates, etc.) automatically. Read more about the Date Management Tool.
If you use Respondus Lockdown Browser, visit the settings page (Control Panel > Course Tool > Respondus Lockdown Browser) to re-sync Lockdown Browser with your tests.