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      Copy a Module or an Item

      • Copy Module
      • Copy Module Item

      As an instructor, you can copy a module in a course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled. You can also send a module to other instructors at your institution as well as copy individual module items to other courses. When you copy a module, any assets within that module (images, files, etc.) will be included in your module 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 to the same course more than once, the module you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied module.

      1.In Course Navigation, click the Modules link.

      Module Index Button

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

      Copy To_Module

      3. Enter the course code or course name in the Select a Course drop-down menu [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 [5].

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

      Select Course to Copy To

      4. Click the Copy button.

      Canvas displays a notification when a module copies successfully.

      When finished, click the Close icon or the Close button.

      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.

      1. In Course Navigation, click the Modules link.

      Module Index Button

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

      Copy To_Module Item

      3. Enter the course code 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 Course to Copy To

      4. 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. 

      Select Module to Copy To

      5. Click the Copy button.

      Canvas displays a notification when a module copies successfully.

      When finished, click the Close icon or the Close button.

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