Hi @stevec,

Importing and shifting dates from semester to semester seems like something that should be pretty easy, but in reality there are a lot of variables that come in to play...  Not every semester will start on the same day, or be the same length.  Some semesters may have a break week, while others may not.  Federal holidays can also come into play.  On top of all of those general issues, teachers may have their own preferences as to a regular course schedule (discussions due Tuesday, assignments due Friday, etc).

With that preface out of the way, if you simply want to have somewhat of a "simple" date shift, where all of the days of the week stay the same, but the months adjust (and no breaks, days off, etc are taken into account), you can do that pretty easily.  Here's how...

When you're doing your course import, select the option to adjust dates.  For the source/original course start date, select the Sunday before the term started, and then for the end date select Saturday after the term ended.  Now here's the real trick to make this work...  You need to count how many weeks are between the dates you just selected, as it's important in a second.  For the destination/new course, select the Sunday before the new term starts, and then for the end date select the Saturday that's the same number of weeks away as what you had in the source course.  For example, if your source course had 12 weeks, your destination course also needs to have 12 weeks, otherwise Canvas is going to start adjusting the days of the week to scrunch or stretch out the schedule.

I hope this makes a bit of sense and helps you get your importing done more easily in the future!

-Chris