how to share content from one course to another course on canvas

by Wilhelm Bradtke 8 min read

Import Course Content: Copy a Canvas Course

  1. Navigate to the Canvas course in which you wish to copy material into. Click "Settings" in your course navigation bar.
  2. Click on the "Course Details" tab across the top.
  3. Click "Import Course Content". Zoom: Click on "Settings", click on the "Course Details" tab, and click on "Import Course Content"
  4. From the "Content Type" drop down menu, select "Copy a Canvas Course". Complete the "Import Content" form that appears.
  5. Search for a course: Select the course you want to import from the drop down menu, or search for the course name. ...
  6. Content: Select whether you want to import all content from the course or if you want to select just specific pieces of the content.
  7. Options: You can optionally select to have the import process adjust events and due dates either by shifting dates based on dates you select, or by removing the dates ...
  8. Click the "Import" button.

Method 1: Share a Course Export Package
  1. Create a course export file from the settings page of the Canvas course you wish to share. ...
  2. Send the course export file to the desired recipient. ...
  3. The recipient downloads the course export file to their computer and then imports it into their Canvas course.
Mar 8, 2021

How do I share a canvas course with another instructor?

Canvas - Sharing Course Content With Another Instructor 1 Method 1: Share a Course Export Package. Canvas course content can be exported into a Common Cartridge (IMSCC ZIP) file which can be downloaded from Canvas and then shared with ... 2 Method 2: Use the Canvas "Send To..." Feature. ... 3 Method 3: Add a User to a Canvas Sandbox Course. ...

How do I share a canvas course on OneDrive?

Uploading the file to OneDrive and then sharing the file on OneDrive is one recommended method for sharing a Canvas course export file. The recipient downloads the course export file to their computer and then imports it into their Canvas course.

How do I copy materials from one canvas course to another?

Starting in Canvas course you wish to copy materials into, click " Settings " in your course navigation bar. Click on the " Course Details " tab across the top. Click " Import Course Content " on the right-hand side. From the " Content Type " drop down menu, select " Copy a Canvas Course ."

How do I share course materials with another instructor?

If you need to collaborate with another instructor to improve or refine course content, adding that instructor to a sandbox course (Method 3) is the best way to share materials and work together. Method 2: Use the Canvas "Send To..." Feature

How to copy a Canvas course?

1. Navigate to the Canvas course in which you wish to copy material into. Click "Settings" in your course navigation bar. 2. Click on the "Course Details" tab across the top. 3. Click "Import Course Content". Zoom: Click on "Settings", click on the "Course Details" tab, and click on "Import Course Content". 4.

How long does it take to import a course?

Depending on how large your course is, this process may take several minutes to complete. You will be able to see the progress under the "Current Jobs" section of the Import Content page.

Introduction

Canvas provides instructors the ability to individually or bulk copy content from one course to another, copy an entire module or individual items within modules to another course as well sharing content directly to other users.

Validate links

Before copying your content, you may be interested in validating the links in your course.

Bulk copy content

If you want to copy more than one item from your course to another, you can follow the steps outlined in How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool to bulk copy your content.

Copy modules

You now have the ability to copy either individual items within modules or the entire module from one course to another

Copy one item

Depending on the type of content you want to copy, if you only want to copy one item from your course to another, you can follow the steps outlined below.

Share with another instructor

Depending on the type of content you want to copy, if you want to share content to another instructor, you can follow the steps outlined here:

Does shared content count against course quotas?

Shared content does not count against course or user quotas. If you copy the same discussion to the same course more than once, the discussion you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied discussion.

Can you copy a discussion in one course?

As an instructor, you can copy individual discussions in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled. You can also send discussions to other instructors at your institution. When you copy a discussion, any assets within that discussion (images, files, etc.) will be included in your discussion copy.

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