Copying your course in Brightspace

If you are the owner of two similar courses, or if you template your course in a sand box, you may want to copy the content of one course shell to another in order to save time. Follow the steps below to copy your course material.

Please note you can only copy between courses that you are the instructor of. If you need to copy content from/to another instructor’s course please fill out this form along with an email with the consent of all parties.

Step 1

After logging into Brightspace, search for the class you are copying FROM and enter that course.

 

Step 2

In the course menu, go to Tools > Course Admin > Course Offering information. Copy the course code.

 

Step 3

Go into the course you would like to copy TO. In the course menu, go to Tools > Course Admin > Import / Export / Copy Components

 

Step 4

Click the grey button labeled Search for Offerings. 

 

Step 5

Paste the course code you copied and click search.

 

Step 6

Put a dot in the listed course and click Add Selected.

 

Step 7

Click Copy All Components and you are done.

 

Extra Steps

1. If you are looking to copy specific items, you can click on “Select Components” instead, then drill down to the specific item you need.
2. Put a check in the needed category, and choose if you want everything from that category or just an item. Click continue, and repeat until you find your item.
3. When prompted to set the offset dates, you can skip this and click Finish.
4. You are done.