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 If an assignment is unpublished in a course,

01:43: when it was copied or exported, the assignment will also be unpublished in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.