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Copying Course Components Between Brightspace Courses

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Brightspace is a learning management system that enables personalized learning, course management, and interactive content delivery for educators and students.

In this tutorial, you will learn how to copy select course components from one course offering to another.

The copy components utility lets you copy quizzes, content, grade items, discussion forums, assignments folders, and nearly every other type of component from one course to another.

To copy components between courses, you must be enrolled in both course offerings. Copying components saves you from having to recreate your course's resources significantly reducing the time required to build a course.  

Step 1: Access the Brightspace Course You Want to Copy Materials INTO

From the course home page, select "Course Admin" to access the Course Administration page.

the "Course Admin" button boxed in

Step 2: Access the Copy Components Utility

Select "Import/Export/Copy Components" option.

The "Course Administration" page, with the "Import/Export/Copy Components" button boxed in with an arrow pointing at it

Step 3: Select Copy Components From Another Org Unit

  1. Select "Copy Components from another Org Unit".
  2. Select "Search for offering" to locate the course containing the components you want to copy.
The "Import/Export/Copy Components" page, with the "Copy Components from another Org Unit" radial button boxed in with a one next to it, and the "Search fro offering" button boxed in with a two around it

Step 4: Search for and Select the Desired Course

NOTE: This may open in a pop-up window.

  1. In the Search text field, enter full or partial text of the course name you wish to copy and select the "Search" button.
  2. When the results of your search appear, select the circle button next to the desired course to select it.
  3. Select "Add Selected".
The "Select Course Offering" menu, with a box around the search box and the number one next to it, a box around the radial button for the desired offering and a two next to it, and a three next to the "Add Selected" button with a box around it

Step 5: Copy Select Components

To begin specifying the components you want to copy, select "Select Components".

IMPORTANT NOTE: Do NOT select Copy All Components.

The "Import/Export/Copy Components page, with a box around the "Select Components" button

Step 6: Choose Components to Copy

 NOTE: Do NOT copy the Attendance Registers.

  1. A list of components will appear. Check the box next to each component you would like to copy to the new course.
  2. Check the circle button in a desired component category and elect to copy all items within the component OR to select specific items. If you choose "Select Individual Items to Copy", you will be presented with a list of the individual items on a future screen.
  3. For those course components that provide the option to include associated files, leave the option turned on.
  4. Select "Continue".
The "Copy Course Components" menu, with a one next to the "Content" checkbox, a two next to the "Select individual items to copy" radial button, a 3 next to the "Include associated files" checkbox, and a four next to the "Continue" button

Step 7: Select Individual Items Within a Component

Each of the components will be presented on a separate screen where you can select "Expand All" to see a list of all items within the component available for copying. In this example, the Assignments component contains six Assignment Submission Folders. Only the four selected will be copied to the new course. You do not need to copy every folder if you don't need/want certain folders.

Select "Continue" to proceed through each component.

the "Select Assignment Submission Folders" page, with a one next to the "Expand All" button, and a two next to the checkboxes for the folders to include, anda three next to the "Continue" button

Step 8: Confirm Components to Copy

Review and confirm the items to be copied. If correct, select "Finish". The materials will begin copying. If you need to make changes, choose "Go Back" or select a component's "Modify" link.

The "Select Course Material" page, with the "Content" section's "Modify" button boxed in, and a box around the "Finish" button

Step 9: Copy Course Components Completion

When the copying process is complete, the Copy Course Components History page will appear. Select "View Content" to return to the course and view the newly copied items.

the "Copy Course Components History" page, with a box around the "View Content" button

Deleting Duplicate or Empty Modules in the Table of Contents

  1. Under the Table of Contents, select the module you wish to delete. The module will open on the right.
  2. Select the little arrow at the end of the module name.
  3. Select "Delete Module".
The "Table of Contents" page, with a one around the "Syllabus Module" module, a two around the title drop down menu chevron, and a three around the "Delete Module" button

You can keep the default choice selected. To delete the module select "Delete".

The "Delete Module" confirmation window, with a box around the "Delete" button

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This tutorial was created on January 25th, 2021 by Instructional Support Services.

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