Video: What is the Course Import Tool?
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00:07: What is the course Import tool?
00:10: In global navigation, click the courses link.
00:14: Then click the name of the course.
00:17: In course, navigation, click the settings link
00:21: Click the import course, content button.
00:24: The course, import tool allows you to do any of the following Import
00:28: all content or choose specific content to copy from another canvas course,
00:32: import a canvas course, export package or courses
00:36: that were previously exported from canvas.
00:38: Import a zip file of assignments files course
00:42: content Etc, into an existing folder.
00:45: Import an angel export zip format import, a Blackboard
00:49: 67 8/9 export, sip file, import,
00:53: a Blackboard Vista CE web.
00:56: Connecticut, 6 Plus course import, a common cartridge, 1.0
01:01: 1.1, 1.2 package, imported
01:05: desire to learn D2L, export zip, format
01:09: import a Moodle 1.925
01:18: When importing content, the tool allows you to import all content or
01:22: select specific content. This feature is useful for institutions
01:26: or instructors who only want to copy specific elements of a course such
01:30: as assignments or modules. The following behaviors currently apply
01:34: to Canvas copies or Imports. Draft State settings are retained,
01:38: in course, Imports. If an assignment is unpublished in a course,
01:43: when it was copied or exported, the assignment will also be unpublished in
01:47: the content import Mastery paths, conditional items are not retained
01:51: in course, Imports. And paths must be recreated.
01:54: After the import is completed copying content retains, any links
01:58: or files associated with the content such as in an assignment.
02:01: When selecting a assignments, only canvas Imports all assessment
02:06: items within the assignments, page, including any Associated quizzes
02:10: and discussions. Assignments will remain in their assignment groups if
02:14: an entire assignment group were all assignments.
02:16: Are imported sco? RM content is included, in course, copies
02:20: s c. O r m content should only be copied within accounts that
02:24: use the same key in secret configuration.
02:27: When manually copying a course, the user who copies, the course
02:31: will automatically be added to the course with an instructor role When selecting
02:35: specific content and only importing a new quiz.
02:38: With stimulus question, the images associated with the stimulus.
02:41: Question do not automatically important and need to be selected for import at the
02:45: same time.
02:48: The following behaviors also apply to Canvas copies or Imports.
02:52: Group sets do not copy as part of the import.
02:55: Any existing group sets, in a new course, will be linked to the group set with the same
02:59: name. However, if there are no groupsets with the same name in
03:03: the new course, the assignment will be linked to a new project group set importing
03:08: specific content from a canvas course.
03:10: Export package does not retain images and linked files in the content, such
03:15: as an assignment page or discussion.
03:17: When selecting individual assignments, assignments are placed
03:21: in an assignment group called imported assignments.
03:25: However a science can be moved into other assignment groups as necessary.
03:29: Enrollment related data which includes course users collaborations
03:34: conferences groups and sections and feature.
03:37: Options settings are not included in course, content Imports announcements
03:42: and discussions. Do not retain the name of the user who originally created the course
03:46: content. Additionally, students do not receive announcement
03:50: notifications for imported announcements.
03:52: However, a badge, indicating a new announcement displays on the
03:56: card View. And recent activity, dashboards assignments, with a manual
04:00: grade posting policy in Anonymous, assignments retain the manual, grade posting
04:04: policy in their Anonymous settings as part of the course, important calendar.
04:08: Item locations EG office hours slots with an assigned office
04:12: location are not included. In course Imports.
04:17: In addition, to recreating the structure and content of the course, the course,
04:21: import tool can adjust events and due dates to the new date ranges of the new term.
04:27: When importing content a message displays explaining that importing the same
04:31: course content or export package, more than once overrides any, existing content
04:35: in the course,
04:38: Once you have started an import, the current jobs menu, displays the job
04:42: status of any Imports and process as well as any prior import history.
04:48: This guide covered the course, import tool.