Brightspace offers two options for copying content from another course:
- Copy All Components. Transfers the entire course, including content, assessments, gradebook settings, files, and other course configurations. Choose this option to recreate a course in its entirety (save for student information pertinent to the section such as enrollment, activity, and grades).
- Select Components. Transfers only specific items from another Brightspace course. Choose this option when you want to reuse selected content while creating new elements, such as a gradebook, announcements, or assessments.
If you are the instructor of both courses, you can complete either process yourself.
If you need to copy content from a course in which you are not listed as the instructor, you will need to obtain expressed consent from both instructors, the department chair, or the dean before content can be shared.
Navigate to target course for content to be copied.
Navigate to Course Admin in the target course.
- Select More from from the course navbar to reveal a dropdown menu.
- Choose Course Admin from the menu.
Select Import/Export/Copy Components.
Under Site Resources, select Import/Export/Copy Components.
Copy Components from another Org Unit.
- Select radio button Copy Components from another Org Unit.
- Select button Search for offering.
Select Course Offering.
- A search window will appear. In the search field, type in course offering code.
- Select button Search.
- Select radio button of desired search result.
- Select button Add Selected.
Confirm course and select components.
The selected course offering title will appear under Course to Copy. Select the button Select Components.
Choose components to copy.
Use the checkboxes and radio buttons to choose which components to copy.
- Choose components by category using the checkboxes and radio buttons.
- Select the button Continue when selections are completed.
Tip: If copying any content items that may include attachments (such as assignment guides, rubrics, or resources), be sure to select the checkbox Include associated files.
Select individual components.
If individual items to copy is selected for a component category, the subsequent pages will list individual items for selection.
- Select Expand All to reveal items.
- Select the checkbox next to the item(s) for copy.
- Select Continue to proceed with the copy.
The above image is an example of individual items within Assignments to copy.
Confirm Components to copy.
- After making selections in each content area, a confirmation page with dates will appear. Review selections and modify if needed.
- (Optional) Offset dates for the copied content.
- Select Finish to execute the content copy.