ADVANCED BRIGHTSPACE GUIDELINES FOR FACULTY
Course Copy
Course Copy allows you to efficiently transfer materials, settings, and components from one course to another within Brightspace. Blackboard courses from Spring 2022 onwards have been migrated into Brightspace, and empty Fall 2024 course shells are now available in Brightspace. This handout guides you on using Course Copy in Brightspace to transfer materials and settings into your course shells for the upcoming semester.
Glossary
Org Unit
– a specific entity that can include users, content, and settings. In this handout, Org Unit refers to a course shell.
Course Components
– the elements of a course, including content like readings, multimedia, lectures, assignments, quizzes, and discussions.
Quick Tips
Enter the Course that will Receive Copied Materials
From the college Landing Page, enter the course into which you wish to copy the materials.
Access the Course Copy Tool
From Course Admin, select Import/ Export/Copy Components.
Initiate the Course Copy
Locate the course that contains the materials, and start the course copy.
Log in to an empty course shell that will receive the copied material from another course.
Click on the Course Admin link on the top navbar.
Click on the Name tab at the top of the Course Administration page to filter tools
by name.
Click on Import/Export/Copy Components.
If you wish to filter tools by category, the Import/Export/Copy Components tool is
included in the Site Resources section.
Tick the radio button next to Copy Components from another Org Unit.
Click on the Search of offering button.
A pop-up window titled Select Course Offering will show up. In the search bar, type in the keyword that will help you locate the course that contains the materials you wish to copy, for example, Spring 2024.
Click on the Search Button.
Click on the radio button on the left from the name of the course that contains the materials you wish to copy.
Click on Add Selected.
OPTION A
A Copy All Components. Select this option if you wish to copy the entire course, including all content, assessments, gradebook setup, etc.
Once you click on the Copy All Components button, the course copy will start indicated by the progress bar on the right.
OPTION B
B Select Components. Select this option if you wish to copy the individual items from the course, e.g., only the syllabus.
Locate the item you wish to copy. In our example, the syllabus is in the Content section. We check-marked the Content box and selected the radio button next to the Select individual items to copy option.
Continue.
In our example, we selected the Syllabus/Course Information module, indicated by the + icon in front of its name. This is a large container that contains the individual file we wish to copy, in this case EdTech 101 Syllabus.
Continue.
Finish.
NOTE: When copying individual components in Brightspace, the main concerns are maintaining all desired associations, avoiding duplication of items, and ensuring that existing components in the destination course are not inadvertently overwritten.
Click on the Course Admin link on the top navbar.
Click on the Name tab at the top of the Course Administration page to filter tools
by name.
Click on Import/Export/Copy Components.
Click on the View History link located under the Search for offering button.
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