Share Content to your Other Courses or with Other Instructors

Using the Copy To feature:

Use the Copy To feature to Copy content from one course you are enrolled in as the instructor, to another course you are enrolled in as an instructor.

How do I copy an assignment to another course?

As an instructor, you can copy individual assignments in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled. You can also send assignments to other instructors Links to an external site. at your institution. When you copy an assignment, any assets within that assignment (images, files, etc.) will be included in your assignment copy.

Note: If you copy the same assignment to the same course more than once, the assignment you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied assignment.

Canvas Guides: How do I copy an assignment to another course? Links to an external site.

As an instructor, you can copy individual quizzes in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled. You can also send quizzes to other instructors Links to an external site. at your institution. When you copy a quiz, any assets within that quiz (images, files, etc.) will be included in your quiz copy.

Notes:

If you copy the same quiz to the same course more than once, the quiz you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied quiz.
By default, quiz copies will not include unbookmarked question banks. To ensure your question banks are included, you must bookmark your question banks Links to an external site..
Currently, this feature does not support copying quizzes with linked question banks. To copy a quiz with linked question banks, you must use the Course Import tool Links to an external site. instead.

Canvas Guides: How do I copy a Classic quiz to another course? Links to an external site..

How do I copy a quiz to another course in New Quizzes?

As an instructor, you can copy individual new quizzes in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled as an instructor. You can also send new quizzes to other instructors Links to an external site. at your institution. When you copy a new quiz, any assets within that quiz (images, files, etc.) are included in the file copy.

*Important Note: To import changes Links to an external site. to a New Quizzes quiz, you must duplicate the quiz and then import the copy of new quiz into your course.

Canvas Guides: How do I copy a quiz to another course in New Quizzes? Links to an external site..

How do I copy a page to another course?

As an instructor, you can copy individual pages in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled. You can also send pages to other instructors Links to an external site. at your institution. When you copy a page, any assets within that page (images, files, etc.) will be included in your page copy.

Note: If you copy the same page to the same course more than once, the page you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied page.

Canvas Guides: How do I copy a page to another course? Links to an external site..

How do I copy a discussion to another course?

As an instructor, you can copy individual discussions in one course directly into any active course in which you are enrolled. You can also send discussions to other instructors Links to an external site. at your institution. When you copy a discussion, any assets within that discussion (images, files, etc.) will be included in your discussion copy.

Note: If you copy the same discussion to the same course more than once, the discussion you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied discussion.

Canvas Guides: How do I copy a discussion to another course? Links to an external site..

How do I copy a module item to another course?

As an instructor, you can copy a module item in a course directly into another course in which you are enrolled. You can also send a module item to other instructors at your institution Links to an external site. as well as copy an entire course module into another course Links to an external site.. When you copy a module item, any assets within that module item (images, files, etc.) will be included in your module item copy.

Note: If you copy the same module item to the same course more than once, the module item you previously copied will be overwritten with the newly copied module item.

Canvas Guides: How do I copy a module item to another course? Links to an external site.

*Very Important Note: Anytime you use the Copy To feature to copy graded activities from one course to another, the activity will go into an Imported Assignment category on the Assignment Index page. That category will be visible in the gradebook and the graded activity may not/will not calculate into grades correctly until moved into the correct category on the Assignment Index Page.

Go to the Assignment link in the course navigation, locate and move all graded activities into the correct category, then delete the Imported Assignment category. This is a step that should be completed every time you copy a graded activity to your course from any other course.

Share Content with Others - Direct Share

With Direct Share, instructors and admins can send individual announcements Links to an external site., assignments Links to an external site., discussions Links to an external site., pages Links to an external site., and quizzes Links to an external site. to other instructor-level users in the account. You can access any content sent from other users in your user account.

From the Received Content page, you can preview shared content, import content items into your course or courses, and remove the item from your received content list. Removing a content item deletes the item from your list of received items. However, if you have imported the item into a course, the content item is not removed from your course.

Notes:

When a course item is shared using Direct Share, any assets within that item (images, files, etc.) are also included in the shared file.
To share course content, you must have the Course Content - add / edit / delete permission enabled.
Shared content does not count against course or user quotas.
Shared content may be removed from your Received Content page after a period of time. It is recommended that you preview and import content as soon as possible after it is shared with you.

To Share with another Instructor

Click the Options icon (three dots) to the right of any individual announcements Links to an external site., assignments Links to an external site., discussions Links to an external site., pages Links to an external site., and quizzes. Links to an external site. (Steps by Step Instructions are available on the links.)

Click the Send To option from the drop down menu, search for the instructor you would like to share the item with. You can send to multiple instructors by typing more names in the Send To field.
Click the Send button.
You should see a notification that content was shared.

Access Content Shared with Me

Canvas Guide: How do I manage content shared to me from other users? Links to an external site. for step by step instructions.

In Global Navigation, click the Account link and then click the Shared Content link.

Note: When you receive new shared content, the Account and Shared Content links display a badge icon.

The Received Content page displays a list of all content items that other users have sent to you. The list includes the title, content type, sender, and sent time and date for each sent item.

New content is indicated with an Unread icon. If you preview or import content, the icon changes to a Read icon. You can also manually mark items as read or unread, click the icon next to the item.

Notes:

Shared content may be removed from your Received Content page after a period of time. It is recommended that you preview and import content as soon as possible after it is shared with you.
Shared announcements display as a Discussion Topic content type.

Basic Steps

To preview a received content item, click the item Options icon. Select the Preview option.
To import a received content item into a course, click the item Options icon. Select the Import option.
- Type the name of a course or course code in the Select a Course field. Then select the course into which you want to import the item.
- If you wish, you can import the item into a specific module and location within a course.
- Click or type a module name in the Select a Module field. Then select the module.
- To select a location within the module, click the Place drop-down menu. You can select to import the item to the top of the module, before or after a specific module item, or at the bottom of a module.
  - Note: The option to select a module displays when importing an announcement, but is not functional. You cannot place a copied announcement in a module.
- Click the Import button.
To remove a received content item, click the item Options icon. Select the Remove option.
- Click the OK button.
  - Note: Removing a content item deletes the item from your list of received items. However, if you have imported the item into a course, the content item is not removed from your course.

Import Specific Content from One Course to Another

You can copy course content such as assignments, modules, pages, and discussions from previous Canvas courses into existing courses. You only have access to copy content from courses in which you are enrolled as a user with instructor permissions.

This option allows you to copy specific content into existing courses. Care must be taken if you are importing into a course with existing content, so you do not lose existing content.

Notes:

Importing a course more than once may have unintended consequences.
You do NOT want to include course settings if using this option because it can overwrite template settings, course navigation, grade schemes and grade posting policies.

However, if you need to import a group of activities it may be helpful to use the Import Specific Content option to import from one course to another. For example if you needed to create new assignments or quizzes for a course that you have multiple sections, you could create them in one section or a master, then import ONLY those new assignments to each of the other sections. Using the Copy To feature could become tedious if you have 25 new assignments or quizzes.

It will be very important to Select Specific Content (rather than All content) in the import steps. When you use this option, once you click Import the import will process briefly, in the Current Job progress area click the Select Content button. You will just expand the arrows on the Content Groupsto see the items inside (exp: assignments, quizzes). Select the check box in front of the items you want to import and make sure nothing else is selected (double check to make sure course settings is unchecked). Once the desired items are selected, you click the Select Content button at the bottom and then wait for the import to complete.

Canvas Guides: How do I select specific content as part of a course import? Links to an external site.

*Very Important Note: Anytime you use the Import Specific Content to graded activities from one course to another, the activity will go into an Imported Assignment category on the Assignment Index page. That category will be visible in the gradebook and the graded activity may not/will not calculate into grades correctly until moved into the correct category on the Assignment Index Page.

Import Full Course Content with Settings from a Master or Previous Term

You will only one to import a full course, along with course settings One time, Importing a course more than once may have unintended consequences. Please see complete instructions when Importing Content into Your Live Course Shell from a master or previous term.