Copy an Existing Course to Another Course

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If you are the instructor of one course and you want to copy all or part of your course to another course where you are also the instructor, this is a handy utility.

First you need to logon to Blackboard, enter your the course you want to copy, and click on the Control Panel in the lower left of the screen.

When the Control Panel screen opens, locate Course Options (lower left of screen) and click on the Course Copy link.

In the Course Copy screen. Click on the Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course link.

To locate the destination course, click on the Browse button.

Confirm that the radio button next to Instructor is selected, enter your Blackboard ID, and click on the Search button.

A listing of all the courses where you are an instructor will be displayed.  Select the course where you want to copy your current course.

When you click on select you will return to the Copy Course Materials screen.  Confirm that you have selected the correct course.

In Step Two you can be selective on what you copy.  However make sure the destination course is empty or that you are copying to an empty area in the destination course.  Select the items to be copied by putting a check mark next to the item.

Click on Submit and your items will be copied.

Blackboard will display a confirmation page and you will be e-mailed a separate confirmation.

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