Copying course components


In order to mitigate the risk that large courses may result in timeout failures for users, the Copy Course components job functions as an asynchronous job. You can view the progress of the copying job by clicking View History link.

  • In the course offering that you want to copy components into, on the navbar, click The edit course admin icon Course Admin > The import export copy icon Import/Export/Copy Components.
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select Copy Components from another Org Unit. Click Search for offering and locate the course offering containing the components you want to copy.
      NOTE: If you have a lot of classes, consider typing in the semester (i.e. 2018, 2017) and clicking the magnifying glass icon to search.
    • Click Add Selected.
    • Select Copy Components from another Org Unit to copy components from the a previous course to the current course offering.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To copy all course components, click Copy All Components. D2L recommends that you copy all components between courses to ensure you maintain all desired associations, and then delete any undesired material in the new course.
    • To specify the components you want to copy, click Select Components. Select your components. To see details for course components, click the Show the current course components link, then click the The preview icon View Detail icon beside a component to see existing items. For those course components that provide the option to Include associated files, D2L recommends leaving the option turned on. Click Continue > Finish.
  3. Do one of the following:
    • To copy another package, click Copy Another Package.
    • To see the results of your copy, click View Content.

Note If you copied a course previously, do not Copy All Components again or you will have multiple copies of each tool.

If you need content from a course that you do not have access to, please contact the instructor of the other course and ask them for an Export that you can Import into your current class. To learn more about these options choose a link below.