Copying a course

Intended Audience: Admins, Managers  

Copy a course to re-use content in your current portal.

You can configure a course as a template to copy: for example set up a course with your Additional Settings, Due Date and Notifications, which you then copy for future courses.

The procedure to copy a course within a portal is the same, but you need to handle the results differently. See the detailed explanations that follow.

Topics covered in this article:

• Copy a course: how-to
• Copying a course within a portal

Copy a course: how-to

This same process applies to copying a course within a portal.

Note: You cannot edit a course during the copying process.

1. From main navigation go to Courses > your course name.
2. From the Action menu, select Create a Copy.
3. In the Create a Copy dialog:
   • select a destination portal: you can create a copy in your current portal
   • select a status of Draft (default) or Published
   • select Copy

Copying a course within a portal

When you make a copy of a course within a portal:

• the copy has the same title as the original, with - Copy added to the title
• your copied course has a new course 'framework', but both courses refer to the same content stored in the library, including
  • Text & Image modules
  • Video modules
  • Audio modules
  • SCORM and Tin Can modules
  • Exam and survey modules
  • Question Pools
  • Assignment modules
  • ILT modules
  • Certificates
• any edits to a content module (either from your original course, or from the copied course) changes all versions of the module
• You can edit the copied course settings, and add new modules: these changes do not affect the original course

Creating a copy of a course within a portal is a way to share core content, then

• tailor the course with additional modules
• adjust the settings like due dates or notifications