How do I copy course content from one D2L course site to another?

These instructions allow you to copy course content from an old D2L site in which you were an instructor to a new one. You cannot use these instructions if you want to copy Blackboard content into D2L. In that case, you need to contact the LTC instead. Please note also that you cannot copy users or user-related data from one site to another.

1. Go to your new D2L course site (i.e., the empty one), not the old D2L course site that you were using before.

2. On the lower right of the main navigation bar of your new course site, go to “Edit Course.”

3. In the “Edit Course” view, click on “Components.”

4. You will then see a screen that has at its top, “Copy course components.” About midway down the screen you’ll see a drop-down window that asks which old course site you want the components copied from. You should see in the drop-down list all of the D2L courses in which you are registered as an instructor. Pick the course.

5. Now you can just click the button below the drop-down list that says “check all” and copy everything from the old course site, or else you can select and click next to each of the types of items you want copied. Either way, scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on “Copy” to finish.

6. Note that if you want to copy “content” you must also copy the files associated with content, or else the content won’t be linked!

7. Quicklinks, alas, do not copy (we’ve asked D2L to fix this).

8. Now click on “Go to Course” at the upper right of your screen. This will return you to the normal view of your course site. Please be certain that you check what you have copied to make sure that the copying produced the results you intended!