Copying Courses in Blackboard
*Updated for Spring 2012*
1. Log into Blackboard, and click on the course that contains the materials you would like to copy.
IMPORTANT: You must be in the course that you previously taught that has the materials you want to copy.
2. Open Packages and Utilities in the Control Panel
3. Click on Course Copy
4. Click on the down arrow to Select Copy Type. Select the option “Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course”.
5. Click Browse. (If your browser employs a pop-up blocker, set your options to allow pop-ups for the current session.)
6. The suggested method to locate your new course is to select “Instructor” from the among the radio buttons, and enter your Blackboard username.
7. Search
8. Locate the empty course shell from among the list of search results, and click the radio button along the left-hand side of the window to select it.
9. Click Submit
10. Select the course materials you would like to copy into the new course. Below are some important details and precautions when selecting course materials:
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If the course you are copying from (the one you are in) is a course from Spring 2009 or before, DO NOT CLICK SETTINGS. This will copy in the settings from a Blackboard 8 course and could result in problems.
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Before Tests (deployments) and Assignments are copied over, "Grade Center Column and Settings" must be checked. The following errors will occur if "Grade Center Columns and Settings" is not checked:
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SafeAssign assignments are copied, but no grade columns are created for them. (Once any of the SafeAssign assignmnets are edited by the Instructor, the grade columns will be created.
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Tests (and test options) are copied over, but not deployed.
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Assignments are not copied over.
11. When you have selected everything you want copied, click Submit.
12. Blackboard will present you with a confirmation screen.
13. When the course-copy process has completed, you will receive an email in your Blackboard-recognized inbox.
[Please wait five minutes after receiving the confirmation email to move onto the next step]
14. You should now have the course shell and all the materials ready for you to modify and get ready for your students.
15. If you don't see your content, make sure the Edit Mode is ON. The copied content will be below the default course menu pages.
NOTE: Blackboard does not stop you from copying the material into a pre-existing course if that material already exists. Therefore if you have a folder with the same name, like Course Documents, you will then have two Course Documents folders on your new course menu. You will then need to manage the duplicates, either by hiding or deleting them.
If your material does not copy over to your new shell as it should have, please contact the IT Service Desk by calling (859) 257-HELP (4357).
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