Staff Guide: How to copy template items and teaching content from another course following the 26-27 guidance.
Check that you are enrolled on the right courses
Search for your module in Blackboard and check you are enrolled on the 26-27 course, and any courses you may need to copy content from.
- Check that you are copying into the correct delivery of your module. See More information/Course Description for and delivery details, including campus, semester, and start date.
- Go into your 26-27 course to start copying any content you want to reuse from other courses.
If are copying content from an Original format course, follow the guide for migrating content.
Can’t see a course? See this guide for how to request access, depending on your role.
Copying items into the Course Template
Dos and Don’ts
Do: Copy individual content items you added to or updated in the template sections, including Documents, links (you added), Blackboard Assignments, Tests, and embedded video.
Don’t: Copy entire Template Learning Modules or links that were included in the template, such as your Reading Lists and Module Profile. See the list below for full details:
| Don’t copy template Learning Modules: | Don’t copy these template items: |
|---|---|
| Module Information | Module Profile |
| Accessiblity Statement | |
| Assessment | Past Papers |
| Academic Responsibilliyt.. | |
| Sepcial Considerations | |
| eLearn Guides | |
| Turnitin submission links. (can be copied and then removed/replaced) | |
| Resources & Support Materials | Module Reading List |
| Library Subject Guides | |
| Video Tour of Blackboard Ultra | |
| Panopto Recorded Sessions | |
| Assist Links | |
| eLearn guides |
How to copy items into the Template
Start in the Module Information section and Copy Content from last year’s Module Information Learning Module.
- Select Module Information to open the Learning Module.
- Select the Add Content icon (+) when you are inside the Learning module.
- Select Copy Content.
- Search for the course you are copying from.
- Select the course title to go to the list of course items to copy. (Don’t select the checkbox to the left of the course title).
- Select the category Content (Items that are listed on the Content page for that course).
- Select the Template Learning Module (Module Information) to show the list of items in this section.
- DO: Select any content you modified or added to the template and want to reuse.
- DON’T copy template links such as Reading lists and Module Profile. See the table above for a list of items not to copy.
- Select Start Copy.
- Items you copy will appear in the 26-27 corresponding Template section. Copied content will be set as Hidden from students.
- Delete any duplicate documents from the template. Select the item options (3 dots) and select Delete.
- Repeat the process for Assessments.
- Repeat for Resources and Support materials IF you added your own links to this section last year.
Copy weekly/topic teaching content and other course items.
Copy over all teaching content items you want to re-use. This should be organised in Weekly or Topic Learning Modules.
Copy items such as Discussions, rubrics and the course banner image
- Select the Add Content icon (+) when you are below the Template items.
- Select Copy Content.
- Search for the course you are copying from.
- Select the course title to show the list of course items to copy. (Don’t select the checkbox to the right of the course title).
- Select the category Content (Items that are listed on the Content page for that course).
- Tick to select all of your teaching content that you want to reuse. Select whole Folders or Learning modules, and edit content once you have copied it into your new course.
- Select the course title from the breadcrumb trail to return to the list of Course Items.
- Tick to Select the Catagories if you want to reuse this content.
- Discussions: Items that are listed on the Discussions tab for that Course.
- Question Banks: Question Banks if you have used Tests.
- Rubrics: All available Rubrics if you created them in the course.
- Grade Schemes: All available Grade Schemes for that course.
- Settings – includes the course Banner image.
- Select a category title if you want to select individual items in the Category (for example, if you only want certain Announcements).
- Check the list of Selected Items contains everything you want to reuse.
- Check that this list doesn’t contain the Learning Modules of the course Template:
- Module Information
- Assessments
- Resources and Support Materials
- Select Start Copy.
Use Batch edit
You can use the Batch Edit tool to bulk edit:
- Edit Dates.
- Edit visibility.
- Bulk delete Items.