Course Copy Procedures

This procedure will allow you to duplicate course content from one Blackboard section to another. It can be performed with live sections as well as development sections.

 

To begin, open up your web browser (Firefox or Chrome) and access Blackboard. First, enter the target course you would like to copy content into. Once you鈥檝e entered the course, on the left-hand navigation menu click on Content Collection, and copy the Course ID (highlighted below)

 

Screenshot depicting the location of a course ID to be copied.

 

Next, return to your Blackboard course list and access the course section you鈥檇 like to copy content from. On the left-hand navigation menu, click on 鈥淧ackages & Utilities鈥, and then 鈥淐ourse Copy鈥.

 

 Screenshot depicting the links "Packages and Utilities" and "Course Copy"

 

You鈥檒l be brought to the Course Copy menu, begin by pasting or typing the Course ID we copied earlier into the 鈥淒estination Course ID鈥 field. Next, click on 鈥淪elect All鈥 to automatically select all content areas and commonly used course tools. Uncheck any tools or content that you do not wish to copy over, such as Announcements.

 

Screenshot depicting where to past the course ID and the location of the "Select All" button

 

As you scroll down the list, be sure to change the Discussion Board setting to 鈥淚nclude only the forums, with no starter posts鈥. If this setting is left at its default, it will bring over any student posts into the target course section.

 

Screenshot depicting the "Discussion Board" radio button and the "Include only forums, with no starter posts" sub-option.

 

WARNING:Do NOT check the box 鈥淚nclude Enrollments in the Copy鈥. This will copy all current student enrollments into the target course section.

 

Screenshot depicting the "include enrollments" option with a large red X over it.

 

After you鈥檝e made your selections, click 鈥淪ubmit鈥 to initiate the Course Copy process. This process generally takes less than five minutes to run.

*Note: Copying course content from a Blackboard Classic course into a Blackboard Ultra course may sometimes produce unpredictable results. It is recommended to rebuild your course when moving to the Blackboard Ultra experience.

 

When copying content from other institutions' Blackboard environments, use the classic Course Import method.