In this tutorial we will show you how to copy your entire course into another course.
In your previously taught course that you would like to copy, go to Grades and click the grey settings wheel in the right-hand corner. Next, click Late Policies. Write down whether you enabled Automatically apply grade for missing submissions or not. This information is needed later on in the tutorial.
Write down start and end dates to bulk update due dates.
Visit the Academic Calendar. Write down the start and end date of your previous term and the start and end of the upcoming term your new course will be in. You should have 4 dates in total. This will be used later on to bulk update your due dates.
Click on your upcoming course.
Navigate to your upcoming course for the semester. Never course copy starting from your older course. This will result in duplicate course content.
Click "Import Existing Content" and fill out Import Content's 4 sections.
This will be located on the first page of your course. Look to the right-hand side.
Fill out Content Type.
Click the Content Type drop down menu and click Copy a Canvas Course. You will see 4 sections you must fill out under Import Content: Content Type, Search for a course, Content, and Options.
Fill out Search for a course.
Under Search for a course, click into the field and then click on the name of your previously taught course.
Fill out Content.
If you do not want to copy your announcements, click the Select content option. Otherwise, choose all content.
Fill out Options to bulk update due dates. (Do not skip if you use automatically apply grades from step 1.)
Updating your due dates can now happen during course copy! In step 1 you determined your Automatically apply grade for missing submissions usage. If you are using it, you must choose a due date adjustment option.
Failure to due so will fill your new gradebook columns with zero's.
Click Adjust events and due dates to get started.
You will see two options appear:
Choosing Remove dates:
This option will remove the old due dates during the copy process. You can then add new due dates in your upcoming course.
Choosing Shift dates:
This option will move your dates into the new semester! On the left side Beginning date and Ending date fields write the old start and end term dates of your previously taught course. On the right side write the new start and end dates.
Click the Import button.
This will start the course copy process.
Check the status under Current Jobs.
If the status provides a select content button, click it and check off everything you would like to bring over. Keep Announcements unchecked to exclude them. For visual aids on selection, check out this Canvas guide: Select All Group Content.
The status will say completed once the course copy is finished. You may click Import Course Content from the first step to check up on the import status if you leave this page.
