Course copy

[Sande540]

How can I mirror content on a continuous basis from one course to the other?

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello @Sande540 ...

There are a few options I can think of that might work for your needs:

• Course Import Tool: This would make a copy of your course...from one course to another.  You can copy an entire course or just parts of a course.  However, if you make updates to one course, you also would then need to make those same updates in the other course.  Changing content in one course does not automatically update any other courses that had that same content.
  • How do I copy content from another Canvas course using the Course Import tool?
  • How do I select specific content as part of a course import?
  • Courses: Creation & Management (Instructors)
• Canvas Commons: If you have access to Canvas Commons, you could share your entire course (or just parts of a course) to Commons.  Then, using Commons, you import the content you just shared from that course into the other courses.  When you need to make an update to the other courses, you only update the original course.  Then, you re-share the course back to Commons.  Commons then detects that an update was made, and you can push out that update to all the other courses.  It's kind of an "update once, distribute to many" concept.  Here are a bunch of Guides:
  • How do I share a course to Commons?
  • How do I share a resource to Commons?
  • How do I import and view a Commons resource in Canvas?
  • How do I update a resource I previously shared to Commons?
  • How do I view updates to resources I previously imported from Commons?
  • Commons Overview (Instructors)
• Blueprint Course: This is sort of similar to Commons...but there are some differences.  You have one course where you edit the content...including being able to lock down items within the course that should not be edited.  Then, you sync this course (think of this as the "parent" course) to all the "child" courses.  The content is pushed out to those courses.  When you need to update the same page in multiple courses, you update only the Blueprint course and then re-sync the course to the "child" courses.
  • Blueprint Courses Overview
  • Tips for Designing and Maintaining Blueprint Courses by Ken Black

There is also this document that I found for you: Blueprint Courses and Canvas Commons Comparison PDF.

I hope these resources will be of some help to you.  Sing out if you have any other questions about this...thanks!  Take care, stay safe, and be well.

[Sande540]

Thank You!

This helped a bunch 🙂