Copy and Send Discussions
You can duplicate a discussion within your course, copy individual discussions in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled, and/or share individual discussions in your course with other instructors at VCU.
When a discussion is duplicated, the word Copy is added to the end of the assignment name. The person who copied the discussion is shown as the author of the discussion and is immediately subscribed to the discussion, and the date the discussion was copied displays as the last posted date.
Duplicating a discussion defaults the copied discussion to an unpublished status. All items in the discussion are duplicated including the name, description, and options. In graded discussions, duplication exceptions include the following situations:
- Copied peer review discussions retain the peer review settings and Assign Review date, but the number of reviews per user will be set to zero.
- Copied discussions are always assigned to everyone in the course; differentiated discussions are not retained for individual users, groups, or sections.
- If a differentiated discussion includes an Everyone Else date, the copied discussion retains the Everyone else date, if any.
- If a differentiated discussion does not include an Everyone Else date, the copied discussion does not include a due date.
1. In Course Navigation, click the Discussions link.
2. Locate the discussion you want to duplicate and click the Options icon [1]. Click the Duplicate link [2].
View Duplicate
View the discussion duplicate in your course.
Note: If applicable to your course, the Discussions page displays any Blueprint Course icons after the page is refreshed.
When you copy a discussion, any assets within that discussion (images, files, etc.) will be included in your discussion 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 discussion to the same course more than once, the discussion you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied discussion.
1. In Course Navigation, click the Discussions link.
2. Locate the discussion you wish to copy, then click the discussion Options icon [1]. Select the Copy To... option [2].
3. Type the course name or course code in the Select a Course field [1]. Then select the course into which you want to copy the discussion [2].
Note:The Select a Course drop-down menu only displays courses in which you have an active enrollment.
If you wish, you can copy the discussion 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 discussion.
To select a location within the module, click the Place drop-down menu [2]. You can select to copy the discussion to the top of the module, before or after a specific module item, or at the bottom of a module.
4. Click the Copy button.
Canvas displays a notification when a discussion copies successfully.
When finished, click the Close icon or the Close button.
Copied discussions display on the Discussions Index Page for the course into which it copied.
When you share a discussion, any assets within that discussion (images, files, etc.) will be included in the shared file.
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.
- You can use the Send to feature to send course content to yourself.
1. In Course Navigation, click the Discussions link.
2. Locate the discussion you wish to send, then click the discussion Options icon [1]. Select the Send To... option [2].
3. To send your assignment to another instructor, click or type in the Send to field [1]. Then click the name of the instructor to receive your assignment [2].
Note: You can send the assignment to multiple instructors at one time.
You can view all selected recipients in the Send to field. To remove a recipient, click the Remove icon.
Note: To share the discussion to yourself, add your name to the Send to field.
4. Click the Send button.
Canvas displays a notification when content sends successfully.
View Shared Content
When an instructor receives shared content, a badge displays on the user's Account icon [1] and in the Shared Content link [2].
Learn how to manage received content.
