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Course Copy FAQ
Course Copy FAQ
A "course copy" is where you can copy all or partial course content and add it to a new course shell at the beginning of a semester. If you're a new faculty member at TXWES, you will need to obtain supervisor/dean permission to copy someone else's content.
Faculty are able to copy content from any course they are in as an "instructor". If you have permission and need to copy someone else's content, please contact CETL so we can to the copy for you.
Due Dates
Due Dates
We highly recommend clearing the due dates. Otherwise, you will be clicking 50 times on the calendar each time you need to update dates!
You can choose to shift the dates during this import!
To shift dates to the new semester, you must write down the OLD course's start/end term dates. You can find this in the old course by clicking "Settings."
One possible issue from changing dates is potential due dates causing zeros in the gradebook rather than the dash. Link to Canvas Guide
Selecting Specific Content
Selecting Specific Content
If you are importing only select pieces of content (like quizzes), you will click "Select Specific Content" in step #3, then click "Import". You will see the import processing in the "Current Jobs" section. Locate the blue "Select Content" button, then select content as desired!
Notes:
Imports may not include all content
Importing multiple times may override data and cause issues
Copying all content, including course settings, will also cause the grading policy from previous course to be implemented
How do I copy a course from a Canvas zip file?
How do I copy a course from a Canvas zip file?
Follow the steps in the graphic above, with the exception of step #2. Select "Canvas Course Export Package" from the dropdown menu, then browse your files to locate the zip folder.
Note: you do not need this option if you're only copying from another TXWES Canvas course
What if I don't have access to the course content I need?
What if I don't have access to the course content I need?
Please get in touch with CETL; we will need to copy the content for you.
✉️ cetl@txwes.edu
Quizzes (Classic or New)
Quizzes (Classic or New)
Bulk Migrate Existing Quizzes as New Quizzes
If allowed by your institution, you can bulk migrate existing quizzes into New Quizzes by clicking the Import existing quizzes as New Quizzes checkbox.
If your institution enables the quiz migration feature, question banks linked via a question group in Classic Quizzes will migrate to New Quizzes. If the quiz migration feature is not enabled by your institution, questions from question banks must be individually added before migrating to New Quizzes.
Notes:
New Quizzes does not include a survey feature. Therefore, surveys migrated from Classic Quizzes come over as standard quizzes in New Quizzes.
After migration to New Quizzes, multiple dropdown questions display as matching questions.
Text No Question questions migrate to New Quizzes as Stimulus questions. An instructor must add a question in order for it to display in a quiz.
Question groups with manually created questions will migrate as item banks in New Quizzes.
If a quiz is migrated multiple times, Canvas uses smart merging to decipher the question bank content that should be retained. This process helps ensure all content is retained, such as in cases where multiple users may be making edits to a quiz at the same time.
Practice quizzes from Classic Quizzes can be migrated to New Quizzes. Once migrated, by default, the practice quizzes are displayed as zero points possible and are hidden from the Gradebook and Grades page.
When your import is complete, the status displays as Completed [1]. View imported content by accessing any link in Course Navigation.
A Completed status shown in orange [2] indicate the import contains errors. To view the specific error(s), click the issues link [3]. Examples of error issues include an external tool that needs to be reconfigured or content that includes a broken link.
View Failed
If an import is unsupported or otherwise cannot be imported, the status displays as Failed. To view the specific error(s), click the issues link.
View Previous Import
You can view previously imported content using the link next to the import type.
For imported files, click the content name [1]. The file will download to your computer. File imports cannot be downloaded for re-import after 500 days [2].
For course copies, clicking the link will take you back to the course that was copied [3].
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