How can I copy content from another course?
Copy All Components
- Open your new course (the course should be empty of content) and follow Course Admin > Import / Export / Copy Components
- Select "Copy Components from Another Course/Org Unit" (the default) and click Search for offering
- In the Select Course Offering to Copy From pop-up, enter the name of the class to copy or enter the four digit year and two character term (e.g. 2021SP) for the semester
- Click the Search button to call up all the sections falling within the filter parameters
- Select the course you want to copy; click the Add Selected button
- Choose Copy All Components (recommended)
- Click the Continue button and wait for the copy to finish
- Be sure to re-enable Respondus Lockdown Browser and Turnitin Assignments after the copy finishes (see section below)
- VIDEO HIGHLIGHT: Copying a Course in Talon
Copy Select Components
Use the option to copy Select Components only when you have parts of a course to bring over. It's best used when there are very limited items. But can be used for a full module if necessary. It does get tricky though because each tool in Talon is a separate item to be copied. So you might want to copy a single quiz, but that quiz might be linked in a module in Course Content, and it might also be connected to a grade item. Those are three separate items to consider and potentially copy during the process. But choose wisely! Any time you copy an item in a module, Talon will create a new module in Course Content. You can't copy a single quiz into an existing module. And any time you copy a grade item, Talon will create a new grade category to hold that grade item. Then you will have duplicate modules and grade categories to clean up. For this reason, I usually choose to copy just the quiz, and then I add it to the module and connect it to a grade item manually.
The steps 1-5 above are the same. In step 6, you will click Select Components instead. Then you can select which individual items you wish to copy, and proceed through the selection screens.
Re-Enable Lockdown Browser Quizzes and Turnitin Assignments
After you copy a course or select course items, you will need to re-enable any quizzes using Respondus Lockdown Browser and any Assignments using Turnitin.
- Click on Course Admin > Quizzes > Lockdown Browser tab
- Click on Course Admin > Assignments > click to re-enable Turnitin on assignments
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