Copying Materials Into a Canvas Course – WJC Information Technology and Services Office

You can copy course content such as assignments, modules, pages, and discussions from previous Canvas courses into existing courses.

The Import Course Content option allows you to copy content into existing courses. You may be able to copy content into a new course shell.

Note: you can only copy content from courses in which you are enrolled as a user whose role has managing privileges

Warning: Importing a course more than once may have unintended consequences. If you import content into a new course, edit the content in the new course, and later import the previous content again, the imported content will override the existing content. This cannot be undone.

Copying Content From Another Course

In the Course Navigation Menu on the left side of your course, click on Home.

2. Click on Import Existing Content.

3. In the Content Type drop-down menu, select the Copy a Canvas Course option. Then, search for the course.

4. When importing content, you can choose to import all materials or "select specific content".

5. For specific content, when the job appears, you'll press "Select Content" to pick the materials for import.

6. Check the boxes to import the categories. You can narrow down the items by clicking the right pointing arrow.

7. The import status will appear under "current jobs". It will take 1-10 minutes to process the import.

If you have any questions, please contact the WJC Support Team by either emailing Support@williamjames.edu, calling 617-327-6777 ext. 1600, or visiting the IT Office on the ground floor.

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