How to Import Course from another institution

Hello, I am leaving my institution and I want to import my Canvas courses to Free Canvas for teachers. I do not see how I am able to do this. I know how to import a course from an existing course, but this is within the same institution. Please help me. Thank you. Glenn C

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mzimmerman

Hi @GlennCarlstran1

First, you need to export the course and save the exported course file: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-export-a-Canvas-course/ta-p/785

Then, you need to log into the new Canvas server, go to the course where you want the content, and import the saved export file: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-import-a-Canvas-course-export-package/ta-p/795

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mzimmerman

Hi @GlennCarlstran1

First, you need to export the course and save the exported course file: https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-export-a-Canvas-course/ta-p/785

NeeleyDrown

It says 0.

I am trying to import to a free Canvas account to use as a holding tank from which I can pull pages for my various classes. I teach at 3 different colleges and it is not easy to move material between them. I end up having to copy and paste HTML code from one page in one class at one college and copying it into another page in a class at another college. But if the class has closed, I can no longer access the material.

The OG question is the first time I have seen anyone ask about moving course material from one class to another, but maybe my issue is different.

NeeleyDrown

Chris,

When I go to Files I do not see a total even if I scroll all the way to the bottom. It lists files and photos, but I do not get a total anywhere on that page. When I go into settings and look under "file storage" it says 600mb. Could that be the issue?

NeeleyDrown

Chris,

I agree that it is strange too. I wonder if it is because that course ended in the summer and I am not sure when I will teach it again. When I tried to import the course into FFT it said that the file was just over 300mb and that my limit was 249mb.

I really don't want to get rid of larger files because when I teach that course again, the files will be missing.

The issue is that I am trying to solve too many problems at once. This is getting too far too complicated.
I want to be able to easily move lessons between schools. I teach at three and when I spend hours creating a lesson for one school, I'd like to be able to use all or parts of it at another. I cannot find a way to share the course materials between Canvas at the three different colleges where I teach.

Another issue is that when a course closes, my ability to use the "Edit" function to copy and paste the HTML from the lesson to use in another course at another school is completely lost. I also cannot get just the material I want and have to export the entire course. The option to choose just sections was not available to me from the closed course. My hope was to create an easy way to move between the schools and this isn't working easily. Now if exporting out of Canvas at one school and importing it into the FFT is also not an option, then I don't know what to do. Many hundreds of hours of lessons are stuck in closed courses.

I need to find a work around. Any suggestions?

mzimmerman

Hi @NeeleyDrown

Is there a particular reason that you want to import into FFT rather than simply saving the export file until the time that you will be teaching that course again?

If you are moving content from one school to another, you can select what specific things to import from the export file.

NeeleyDrown

@Chris_Hofer and @mzimmerman

Thank you. That is helpful to know. It's not terribly convenient if I just want a page or two out of a 16-week-long class. It would be a nice feature to be able to pick and choose before exporting, but I am glad that there is a solution. I appreciate all of your help!

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