Duplicating courses makes quick work of creating a new course with only slight differences from a previous one.
This article outlines how to duplicate a course and which settings within the Course editor are kept from the original.
This article outlines the following concepts:
Duplicate the Course
Check the box of the course(s) to be copied > click Duplicate Course(s) > the new course will appear marked as (copy)
Material that is Copied to the Duplicated Course
When duplicating a Course, the details in the following tabs are duplicated:
- Overview
- Details
- Permissions
- Time Schedule
The Course Name and Title alias (URL) are given variations to differentiate them from the original Course.
Lessons and Students
Duplicate Course are NOT automatically populated with the same Students or Lessons of the original Course.
Add the necessary Lessons to this Course. As Learners begin the new Course, their information populates the Students tab.
Advanced Settings tab
In the Advanced Settings tab, the Final Couse Survey and other settings are duplicated. However, included Course Events are NOT duplicated to the new Course.
Content Library and Multilingual Overrides tabs
Settings in the Content Library and Multilingual Overrides tabs are duplicated from the original Course.