TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Close Your Course (Make Your Course Unavailable to Students)
• Copy Your Course
  • Copy Ultra Courses
  • Copy an Original Course Into an Ultra Course
  • Copy Original Courses
• Open Your Course (Make Your Course Available to Students)
• Request a Course Copy

Close Your Course (Make Your Course Unavailable to Students)

When you copy content from a previous course into your current course, certain items, such as Due Dates, are included in the copy. In order to prevent students from seeing old information while you are updating your content, we strongly suggest setting your course to Closed or Unavailable before copying your course.

When a course is Closed, the course appears in students' course listings but they cannot access it until you open it.

Close Your Ultra Course

To close your Ultra course, go into your course and click on Course Settings at the top of the page. This will bring you to your Course Settings page.

Once you are in your Course Settings, go to the Course Access section and select the option to Close Course. This will make the course Unavailable to enrolled students.

After you have copied your content and updated your course, including due dates, you may go back into your Course Settings and unselect the option to Close Course, which will make your course Available.

For more information and detailed instructions, refer to the Set Course Availability in myLesley support article.

Close Your Original Course

To close your Original course, go into your course and click the Course Availability (Lock icon) at the top of the page. This will open a menu. Select Make Unavailable to close your course.

For more information and detailed instructions, refer to the Set Course Availability in myLesley support article.

Copy Your Course

Copy Ultra Courses

Ultra makes it easy to copy materials from one course into another. You may choose to make an exact copy of a course or copy individual items from one course into another.

As a best practice, we do not recommend copying an entire Original course into an Ultra course, as this may cause errors. Instead, we recommend copying Original course content in pieces (ex, one folder or module at a time). Refer to the Copying Ultra Courses support article for more information and detailed instructions. 

To make an exact copy of an Ultra course, go to the course you wish to copy the materials into. 

On the Course Content page, click on the Options Menu (three dots on the right side of the page) and select Copy Items.

This will bring up a list of all courses in which you are enrolled. Scroll through the list or use the search bar to search for a specific course. Click the checkbox next to the course you want to copy from to select it. The course will be brought over to the Selected Items column. Click Start Copy to copy your course.

The copy process may take several minutes to complete.

Once your course has copied, review your copied content for errors.

When you perform a full course copy, all settings, including due dates, visibility, and release conditions are also copied over. The Setting Content Visibility and Release Conditions in Ultra Courses support article will walk you through updating your content visibility settings.

Copy an Original Course Into an Ultra Course

You may copy content from an Original course into an Ultra course, however please keep in mind that not all content will copy correctly. 

The Should I Create New Content in Ultra or Copy From an Original Course? support article will guide you through the types of content that you may copy from Original and which types of content you should create new in your Ultra course.

To copy content into your Ultra course, go to your Course Content page, locate the place in your course where you wish to add content, click the plus sign to open the menu, and select Copy Content.

This will bring up a list of all courses in which you are enrolled. Scroll through the list or use the search bar to search for a specific course. 

Click on the course you want to copy from. This will display a list of categories. Select a category to see items available for copy. You may copy as many items from the course as you wish, including entire modules, individual documents, assignments, discussions, and more. 

If you are copying from an Original course, you will see a list of categories that correspond to the links in your Original Course Menu. Please note that not all Original content will copy into an Ultra course. Go to the Should I Create New Content in Ultra or Copy From an Original Course? support article for detailed information.

Select the items you want to copy and click Start Copy to copy the content. 

The copy process may take several minutes to complete.

Once your course has copied, review your copied content for errors. You will want to pay special attention to common copy issues, such as folder and link descriptions, flattened folders, and missing content. Common Copy Errors (And How to Fix Them) will walk you through the most common copy errors.

When you copy individual items to your course these items are hidden from students by default. The Setting Content Visibility and Release Conditions in Ultra Courses support article will walk you through updating your content visibility settings.

Copy Original Courses

You may copy your Original course materials into another Original course by using the Copy Course function. 

As a best practice, we do not recommend copying an entire Original course into an Ultra course, as this may cause errors. Instead, we recommend copying Original course content in pieces (ex, one folder or module at a time). Refer to the Copying Ultra Courses support article for more information and detailed instructions.

To copy an Original course, go to the course Control Panel, select Packages and Utilities and select Course Copy.

This will bring you into the Copy Course Area. In Select Copy Type area, select Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course.

In the Select Copy Options area, select the destination course (the course you wish to copy content into) by clicking the Browse button and locating your course. 

Next, select the course materials you wish to copy. As a best practice, we recommend clicking Select All to make an exact copy of your course. 

Then: 

1. Announcements: Uncheck the option to copy Announcements. Checking this options will copy all of the Announcements from your previous course. 
2. Discussion Board: Select Include only the forums. with no starter posts.
   Copying the starter posts will copy the students' posts from your previous course into your new course. 
3. Settings: Select Navigation Settings to ensure you make an exact copy of your course menu.

The image below shows our recommended options.

In the File Attachments area, select Copy Links and copies of the content. This will ensure that any files or attachments are copied into your course.

Once you have finished, click Submit at the bottom of the page.

Once you have copied your course, review your copied content to ensure that it looks and functions as intended. Pay special attention to the following:

• Due Dates: If your gradable items have due dates assigned, these will come over in the copy. You may adjust the due dates for each item one at a time or use the Date Management tool to automatically adjust the due dates.
• Content and Formatting: Check all of your content for formatting issues, including text and spacing, broken links, attachments, and more. Pay special attention to embedded content, such as videos. If your formatting or content is wonky, you may edit or recreate it using the myLesley Text/Content Editor.
• Update or Set Release Dates: Control the dates that your content is available for your students, including modules, folders, items, assignments, and more. 

Open Your Course (Make Your Course Available to Students)

Once you have copied your course, updated your content visibility and/or set release dates, and updated your due dates, you may make your course available to your students.

Open Your Ultra Course

To open your Ultra course, go into your course and click on Course Settings at the top of the page. This will bring you to your Course Settings page.

Once you are in your Course Settings, go to the Course Access section and un-select the option to Close Course. This will make the course Open to enrolled students.

For more information and detailed instructions, refer to the Set Course Availability in myLesley support article.

Open Your Original course

To open your Original course, go into your course and click the Course Availability (Lock icon) at the top of the page. This will open a menu. Select Make Available to open your course.

More information and detailed instructions may be found here: Set Course Availability in myLesley.

Request a Course Copy

If you would like to have a member of the eLIS staff copy content into your upcoming myLesley/Blackboard course please fill out the Copy Request Form. There is a 2 business day turn around time for this service.