The Import/Export/Copy Components tool is used to either copy your course from one semester’s course shell to the next semester’s or utilized to export your course to a .zip file on your computer.
Vendor Documentation
How do I copy the course of a previous term into this term’s course?
There are some considerations to take into account before performing the copy, please refer to the vendor documentation before copying your course:
https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/16771-import-export-or-copy-course-components
Avenue Specifics
Copying components from another course
Here are the steps you need to take when copying one course into another:
Exporting your course
Avenue allows course designers to import course components from existing courses as a .zip file, import previously exported components into new courses, or copy components between courses. This document will cover exporting a course and saving it as a .zip file, which can be imported into another Avenue shell.
1. Enter the course you wish to export, import, or copy components from. Click on Course Admin in the top right hand corner.
2. Click on the Import/Export/Copy Components button in the Site Resources section:
To export components from the course:
1. Select Export as a ‘Brightspace Package’ from the menu.
2. Click Start
3. Select any course components that you would like to export from the list in the new window. If you would like to export all items within a course component, select Export all items, or, if you would like to only export certain items (e.g. just one particular quiz from the quiz component), choose Select individual items to export.
4. Scroll down to the bottom of the list and click Continue.
5. If you chose to only export certain items from a course component, you’ll then be taken to the Select Content Modules and Topics screen. From here you can select exactly which items within the course component you would like to export. Note that you may have to click the + beside a module to see a list of what files are within the module.
6. Click Continue
7. You will see the Confirm Components to Export screen, where you will see a list of the components you are exporting. Note that the list of course files you selected to export will not be listed, but you can go back and view them or make further changes by clicking Modify. Click Continue once you have confirmed your selections.
8. The Export Course Components screen will appear and will show that the export is in progress. Once the export has finished, a green checkmark will appear beside the items you exported. Click Finish.
9. You will be taken to the Export Started page where it states ‘You will receive a notification in the Update Alerts when it has completed. Click ‘Done’.
10. When the export has been completed, you will receive a notification (bell icon) at the top-right of the screen. Click the bell icon.
11. You’ll then see a notice that the export has finished. Click this to be prompted to download the ZIP package which contains your course content.
Importing Components
1. Enter the course you wish to import components to. Click on Course Admin in the top right hand corner.
2. Click on the Import/Export/Copy Components button in the Site Resources section:
3. You’ll then be given an option to import from a Learning Object Repository or a course package. If your faculty maintains a Learning Object Repository, select that option. If you need to upload a .zip file or .imscc file, select “from a course package”.
4. Select the file you wish to import.
5. Choose whether to Import All Components or Select Components and then follow the prompts.
Note: If you import course components with names that already exist in the course, or you import multiple components with the same name, duplicate names appear; they are not overwritten. For example, if your course contains a discussion topic called Exam Review and you import a course package that contains a discussion topic called Exam Review, your course will contain two topics called Exam Review. When importing a grade scheme, a scheme not associated to a grade item within the course offering is only copied if the grade scheme is unique (i.e. there are no duplicates which match on name and ranges).