In Short

The Course Import Tool can be used to extract course content, assignments, and quizzes from previous terms and quickly import them into existing courses. If you teach the same course for upcoming semesters, you can use this tool to easily copy course content to your new Canvas site. In addition, the same tool can also be used to import previous course materials taught on Blackboard.

Step-by-step

You can import course content or a previous course with the following steps:

Screenshot of Canvas Import Settings page

From the course Settings of the new blank course, select Import Course Content to the right, and follow the steps on the screen.

From Content Type, select Copy a Canvas Course.
Search for the course you want to copy content from.
Select All content or Select specific content, depending on your goal (see advice below).
Adjust events and due dates to synchronize dates for the new term, if you wish.
Click Import to start the process.

Please note: We suggest that you select Select specific content and then select everything but Course Settings. This prevents you overriding the basic settings for you current course relating to the grading scheme, visibility and file storage.

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