You can import content from one course to another to save you time in building your course materials. For example, you may wish to import content from a previous time that you taught the course or import content from another section or person's course.

You have two options in Canvas for copying or importing content from one course to another.

Option 1: Classic Course Import

In the left-hand course navigation menu of the current course you wish to import content into, click the Settings link.

Click the Import Course Content link.

In the Content Type drop-down menu, select the Copy a Canvas Course option.

In the Search for a course drop-down menu [1], select the course you would like to access [1] or search for the course by name or abbreviated code (e.g. CIE-100-A) [3]. In the "select a course" dropdown menu, courses are ordered alphabetically by most recent term.

To import all content from the course, select the All Content radio button [1].

If you want to select specific content, click the Select specific content radio button [2].

If you want to adjust the due dates associated with the course events and assignments, click the Adjust events and due dates checkbox. You can then choose to shift dates to a specific time frame or remove dates completely so you can start fresh.

Select Specific Content

Once the course is imported, if you chose to only import specific content, click on the Select Content option and choose the content you wish to import. The content you choose will automatically be added to the appropriate place within the course.

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Note: You should only import content from one course to another once. If you import the same content multiple times, it may override your changes in the new course.

Option 2: "Copy To"

Note: If you only have a few pieces of content that you wish to import, consider using the Copy To feature instead. To do this, go to the original course (not the current one), click on the three dots next to the item, and choose Copy To. Select the course you wish to copy it to.

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