Managing Your Course

Copying Your Course

Follow these instructions to copy materials and Blackboard course structure (blogs, discussions, tests) from one course shell to another. You can transfer a course from one semester to the next or transfer one course into multiple sections.

Important: If material is missing from the course shell after receiving the confirmation email, DO NOT re-copy the course. The copy process may still be processing in the system. If the material does not appear after 24 hours, contact CDE Support.

1. Log in to Blackboard and select a course you want to copy. This is your source course.
2. Go to Control Panel and select Packages and Utilities. 3. Select Course Copy.
4. Click the Browse button to view your course list.
5. Select the course you want copy into. This is your destination course. Click Submit. (If you have numerous courses, there is also a search function to locate the desired course.)
6. Scroll to section 2 and choose which materials and items you want to transfer from the list. To transfer the entire course, we recommend that you check every box keeping in mind the following exceptions: • Do not select Adaptive Release unless you are using Grade Rules. • Do not select any of the checkboxes within Settings.
7. Scroll to section 3. We suggest the following selections in regards to these new options: • Select links and copies of content for course files. • Select links only for non-course files.
8. The action will queue and you will receive a green confirmation bar.
9. In a little while, you will receive an e-mail confirmation that the course was successfully copied. Please wait to receive this confirmation before proceeding. It may take a few hours for the confirmation to be sent, especially during high traffic times on Blackboard. You have now completed the course copy process.