How To: Copy Content from One Canvas Course to Another

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Description

This document is intended to provide instructions on how to copy specific content from your sandbox site into another Canvas course.

Steps

  1. Open your sandbox site and select Modules from the course navigation bar, located on the left side.
    A screenshot of the Course Navigation bar highlighting Modules
  2. Find the content you wish to copy into another course, click the content’s Options (three dots) located to the far right of the content’s name.
    A screenshot of the Course Information field with Options highlighted
  3. After clicking this, click Copy To, from the dropdown menu.
    A screenshot of the Copy To option in the Options dropdown menu
  4. Copy To…
    • a. Under Select a Course, type the course name you wish to copy content to.
    • b. Click the course when it appears on the list.
      A screenshot of the Copy To options
  5. In the Select a Module search box, choose which module you would like the content to appear in.
    A screenshot of the Select a Module search box
  6. Choose where you would like your content to be placed in your Module under Place.
    Note: At the Top, will be the automatic option and is recommended for accessibility purposes.
    A screenshot of the Copy To dropdown with At The Top selected under Place
  7. When you have chosen your course and module to copy to, press the red Copy button.
    A screenshot of the Copy To dropdown with an arrow pointing to the Copy button
  8. Your content will now appear in the course and module you copied to.

 

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Article ID: 118
Created
Thu 11/10/22 2:18 PM
Modified
Wed 11/15/23 8:59 AM

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