Information Technology: Blackboard Instructor Help - Copy/Reuse Course Content

Course content can be copied between Blackboard sites. This is helpful in building new course sites each semester. Please note that if you plan on requesting to have your Blackboard course sections merged you should do this prior to copying content into your empty course sites.

Keep in mind that the course copy feature should ideally be used once for each destination course. If used more than once to copy materials into a particular course site, multiple copies of your course contents may be added to the Blackboard site.

How to Copy/Reuse course content:

1. Go to the Control Panel in the originating Blackboard course (course site with content).
2. Click Course Copy (listed under Course Options).
3. Click Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course.
4. Click Browse next to "Destination Course ID."
5. A Search for Courses window will pop-up. Click the Search button to browse for your course.
6. Click the Select button next to the course you want to copy content into.
7. Under Section 2 select the content you would like to copy by checking each box*.
8. IMPORTANT: Under Section 3 DON'T check the box next to "Enrollments."
9. Click the Submit button.
10. You should see a message that the process has been queued and that an email will be sent when it is complete.

*NOTE: If you are copying tests, quizzes or surveys you will need to check off the box next to " Tests, Surveys, and Pools."  Choosing the content area where the tests are deployed will not copy the tests.