Course/Organization Copy
The Course Copy page enables you to copy content from an old course to a newly available course. You can select areas, such as Course Information, course Documents, Announcements, and Staff Information to copy from one course to another. Course Copy will add content to the destination course but it will not remove existing content.
Organizations also use this copy tool in same way as the information detailed below, the only difference is that the word course is replaced with organization.
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Access the course containing the original content.
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Click Course Copy from the Packages and Utilities area in the Control Panel menu.
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Set the type of copy to Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course.
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Click the Browse button.
NOTE: If you are copying content from an Organization to a Course, you will need to manually type the course ID in the destination field, rather than using the Browse button.
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On the new window, select the destination course and click Submit.
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Check the areas or settings you would like to copy.
In order to copy Test or Surveys, please be sure to select the content area containing the test, the Grade Center Columns and Settings as well as Test, Surveys and Pools.
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When ready click Submit.
After you submit the course copy, an email message will be sent to your Seneca email account once the process is completed.
Note: Once you have been notified via email, access your destination course and click on the refresh icon 
of your course menu. This will reload your course menu displaying all new content areas.
Resolving Course Items
When copying content and tools from one Course to an existing Course, the Course Menu must resolve itself in the destination Course. The table below describes the how Course Menu items are resolved.
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If . . . |
then . . . |
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A Course area in the source course does not exist in the destination course |
The area will be added to the Course Menu in the destination course. |
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The Course area in the source course and the course area in the destination course have the same name and are of the same type (for example, External Links, Staff Information, or content) |
The content from the source course will be added, but will not replace, the content in the area within the destination course. |
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The course area in the source course and the course area in the destination course have the same name but are of different types |
The course area from the source course will be added to the destination course under a different name. The new name will append an incremental numeral to the name (for example, Course Materials will become Course Materials1. |
Select Copy Options
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Course Material |
Behaviour when copied |
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Course Information |
Copies the content (items, links, folder, Learning units) in this content area to the destination course. |
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Course Documents |
Copies the content (items, links, folder, Learning units) in this content area to the destination course. |
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Adaptive Release rules for content |
Copies all Adaptive Release rules for Course content. |
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Announcements |
All Announcements are copied to the destination Course. This option must be selected or the links in Announcements to Assessments will be broken. |
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Blogs |
Copies all posts in the Blog tool. |
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Calendar |
All Calendar events are copied to the destination Course. |
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Collaboration Sessions |
Copies Collaboration Sessions. |
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Discussion Board |
Discussion Board Forums, including the initial posts in each Forum, are copied to the destination Course. |
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Early Warning System Rules |
Copies all Early Warning System rules. |
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Glossary |
Copies the Glossary. |
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Grade Center Items and Settings |
Items in the Grade Center, and their settings, such as type, categories, and display options, are copied to the new Course. |
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Group Settings |
Settings include the names of the Groups, the settings for tool availability, and the Discussion Board Forum names. |
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Journals |
Copies all entries and replies. |
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Settings |
Some Course Settings will be copied which include, Course Entry Point, course Style, Course Banner. |
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Contacts |
Copies all Contacts entered in the Course. |
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Tasks |
Copies all Tasks entered in the Course. |
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Tests, Surveys, and Pools |
All Assessments and Surveys, including questions and options for deploying them are copied. All Pools are copied to the destination Course. |
