D2L Brightspace: Copy all materials between courses

Article Type: How To

Question:

• How can I quickly copy all of the course materials from one of my courses into another one of my courses? 

Steps by Step Instructions:

1. Go to the course you want to copy from, and click Course Admin in the navbar. 
2. Click the Course Offering Information link. 
3. Under the Course Offering Code, copy (highlight the number and on PC press Ctrl + C; on a Mac Command + C) the numbers of the code, such as 20195000120. 
4. Go to your current course you want to copy course materials into (the destination course) and click Course Admin in the navbar. 
5. Click the Import/Export/Copy Components link. 
6. Select the Copy Components option and click the Search for Offering button. 
7. In the pop-up window, paste (on the PC, Ctrl + V; on Mac, Command + V) the course offering path in the Search For field, then click the Search icon. Note: the search may take 10+ seconds to load. 
8. When the course appears, select the radio button next to the course and click Add Selected. Note: The pop-up window will close. 
9. Click the Copy All Components button. 
10. After the copy has finished processing, the course materials will be available in your current course.

Resources

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Summary:

Faculty have the ability to copy their materials from one course within D2L Brightspace to another. The easiest means of doing this is using the Import / Export / Copy Components tool within D2L.