Copying Course Content from one Brightspace Course to Another and Offsetting Due Dates
If you've already created content in one Brightspace course, use Copy Components to copy content to another course. You can even offset any dates so they align with the new semester timeline.
Copy Content from One Brightspace Course to Another
Use this method to copy content from a course you're an Instructor or Teaching Assistant in to another you're an Instructor or Teaching Assistant in.
Before you Start
- You must be an Instructor or Teaching Assistant on the Brightspace courses you're copying to and from to complete the below steps.
- Use Chrome or Firefox for Copy/Export/Import in Brightspace. Safari doesn't work as expected when copying/exporting/importing.
- We recommend not copying over Announcements as doing so can trigger many emails to students and might reveal content that you do not want students to see yet.
- Prior to copying over course materials, make the course you're copying into is inactive/unavailable (i.e., not visible to students).
- Voicethread, Echo360, and other 3rd party links will not copy over to your new course. Relink them manually in your new course after you complete your transfer.
- In a web browser sign into Brightspace and go to the course you want to copy content to
- Once in the course you want to move content to, in the top right click on the Gear and select Import/Export/Copy Component
- Under "What would you like to do?", select "Copy Components from another Org Unit" and click Search for offering
Tip: In Brightspace, Org Unit = course
- In the Select Course Offering window, enter a keyword from the course name or Course ID to narrow your results and click Search. Then, select the radio button next to the course you want to copy from and click Add Selected
- Back in the Import/Export/Copy Components screen, you will see your course to copy. Click Select Components
Check/select everything you'd like to copy over and click Continue
Tip: Do not select Announcements (to avoid sending emails to any students enrolled in the destination course).
- Review select and click Finish
- To offset your dates for the new semester, go to Course Admin and select Manage Dates to offset your start-, end- and due-dates: Learn about bulk edit dates in Brightspace
- Once you've copied in content, review and organize your grade book, (which may require you to delete grade items that were moved over)
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