Import or Copy Course Materials

When you want to import or copy course mate­ri­als to a Bright­space course, you will use the Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents tool. You can copy an entire course or select com­po­nents, but you must be an instruc­tor in both the course you want to copy from and copy into.

Exam­ples of when you may want to import or copy com­po­nents:

  • At the start of a semes­ter, copy­ing con­tent from a pre­vi­ous term to a live course, or import­ing an export­ed course into a live course.
  • At the start of a semes­ter, copy­ing a Mas­ter course to a live course so you don’t have to start from scratch.
  • At the end of a semes­ter, copy­ing a live course back into a Mas­ter course to keep it up to date.
  • Copy­ing select­ed parts of a anoth­er course (e.g., quiz, dis­cus­sion, con­tent item, grade­book set­up) to use in either a live course or in a Mas­ter course. NOTE: this work­flow is for instruc­tors who know exact­ly what component(s) they want to copy.
  1. Log in to Bright­space (https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca) and nav­i­gate to the Bright­space course you want to add con­tent to.
  2. Click on the cog icon in the top right cor­ner next to your name and select Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents.
  1. Click on Copy Com­po­nents from anoth­er Org Unit and then click on Search for Offer­ing.
  1. Search for the course you want to copy con­tent from. When you see the course in the list, click the but­ton to the left of the course name and then click Add Select­ed. You will be returned to the Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents win­dow.
  1. Choose Copy All Com­po­nents to copy over an entire course. The copy­ing process auto­mat­i­cal­ly begins and you will be noti­fied when it is com­plete.
  1. After you are fin­ished, you can nav­i­gate away from the page using the View Con­tent but­ton to con­firm what was copied over.
  1. The View His­to­ry link will always share what you’ve already copied into the course with the date and time.
  1. Log in to Bright­space (https://mycourses.nic.bc.ca) and nav­i­gate to the Bright­space course you want to add con­tent to.
  2. Click on the cog icon in the top right cor­ner next to your name and select Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents.
  1. Click on Copy Com­po­nents from anoth­er Org Unit and then click on Search for Offer­ing.
  1. Search for the course you want to copy con­tent from. When you see the course in the list, click the but­ton to the left of the course name and then click Add Select­ed. You will be returned to the Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents win­dow.
  1. Choose Select Com­po­nents to copy over select­ed course mate­ri­als (i.e., con­tent items, assign­ments, quizzes, dis­cus­sions, grade­book items, etc.). Select the items you wish to copy and click Con­tin­ue until you see Fin­ish.
    NOTE: You’ll like­ly want to copy both Con­tent and Course Files — the Con­tent is what learn­ers see in the Con­tent area and the Course Files are the images, html pages, PDFs and oth­er items asso­ci­at­ed or used to build the con­tent pages.
  1. You will be noti­fied when the copy process is com­plete, at which time you can nav­i­gate away from the page using the View Con­tent but­ton to con­firm what was copied over.
  1. The View His­to­ry link will always share what you’ve already copied into the course with the date and time.

Overview of Import/Export/Copy Components Tool

Learn More

  • Course Struc­ture
  • Design and Acces­si­bil­i­ty
  • Adding Media
  • Adding Dates and Restric­tions