Canvas LMS Instructor Guide

How do I copy a module item to another course?

As an instructor, you can copy a module item in a course directly into another course in which you are enrolled. You can also send a module item to other instructors at your institution as well as copy an entire course module into another course. When you copy a module item, any assets within that module item (images, files, etc.) will be included in your module item copy.

Notes:

To share course content, you must have the Course Content - add / edit / delete permission enabled.
Shared content does not count against course or user quotas.
If you copy the same module item to the same course more than once, the module item you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied module item.

00:07: How do I copy a module item to another course?

00:11: In Course Navigation, click the Modules link.

00:14: Locate the module item you wish to copy and click the Options icon. Select

00:19: the Copy To... option.

00:22: Enter the course code, SIS ID or course name in the Select

00:26: a Course field.

00:28: Enter the course code s. I e.

00:30: S, i d or course name in the select.

00:32: A course field. Search results are sorted by term

00:36: with the default term first followed, by most recent term start

00:40: date results for each term are sorted alphabetically and display.

00:44: The course name course, code and term name.

00:48: Select the course into which you want to copy the module item.

00:53: You can copy the module item into a specific module and location within

00:57: a course. Click or type a module name in the Select

01:02: a Module field. Then select the module for the copied module item.

01:07: To select a location within the module,

01:09: click the Place drop-down menu. You can select to copy the module

01:13: item to the top of the module, before or after a specific module item,

01:17: or at the bottom of a module.

01:20: When copying content, a message displays explaining that previously imported

01:24: content from the same course will be replaced while manually added

01:28: content will remain.

01:31: Click the Copy button.

01:33: Canvas displays a notification when the module item copies successfully.

01:38: When finished, click the Close icon or the Close button.

01:43: The copied module item displays on the Modules Index Page for the course

01:47: into which it copied.

01:49: This guide covered how to copy a module item to another course.

Open Modules

In Course Navigation, click the Modules link.

Open Module Item Options

Locate the module item you wish to copy and click the Options icon [1]. Select the Copy To... option [2].

Select Course

Enter the course code, SIS ID or course name in the Select a Course field [1].

Search results are sorted by term, with the default term first, followed by most recent term start date. Results for each term are sorted alphabetically and display the course name [2], course code [3], and term name [4].

Select the course into which you want to copy the module item [5].

Note: The Select a Course drop-down menu only displays courses in which you have an active or future enrollment. Module items cannot be copied to a concluded course.

Select Location

You can copy the module item into a specific module and location within a course.

Click or type a module name in the Select a Module field [1]. Then select the module for the copied module item.

To select a location within the module, click the Place drop-down menu [2]. You can select to copy the module item to the top of the module, before or after a specific module item, or at the bottom of a module.

View Copy To Content Warning Message

When copying content, a message displays explaining that previously imported content from the same course will be replaced while manually added content will remain.

Copy Module Item

Click the Copy button.

View Copy Notification

Canvas displays a notification when the module item copies successfully [1].

When finished, click the Close icon [2] or the Close button [3].

View Copied Module Item

The copied module item displays on the Modules Index Page for the course into which it copied.

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