Copy Content Between Courses
NOTE:
Do NOT use this method to copy quiz activities. Each time a quiz activity is copied into another course, it copies the entire question bank. Use the quiz Export/Import function to copy questions between courses, then create the quiz manually in the new course.
Option 1: Copying a Single Resource using Backup and Restore
To begin, open the activity/resource you wish to copy into another course.
In the activity/resource Administration block, click on the Backup link.
e.g. back up a Book resource:
e.g. back up an Assignment activity: 
After selecting Backup, you will enter a five step process including initial settings, schema settings, confirmation and review, perform backup, and backup completed. These instructions will skip over steps 2-4.
1. On the Initial Settings page, remove ticks from ALL the selection boxes except Include activities and resources and Include files.
Click Jump to Final Step.
4. The item backup will start upon selecting Jump to final step.
When the backup file shows successfully created, click Continue.
Note: if you receive the blue alert regarding a backup of references to files and not files themselves, you may not be able to successfully copy the component to a NEW course shell. If there are any images or external files/pdfs etc. required, these links will break and prevent the copied item from functioning properly.
To begin, open the new course you wish to copy the item into.
In the course Administration block, click on the Restore link.
On the Import a Backup File page, scroll down to find the User Private Backup AreaThe item at the top of the list will be the just completed backup file
Click Restore
Clicking Restore will open a Backup Details Confirm page. This is the first step in a series of seven (7) required to restore a backup into a course. Hint: You may need to scroll down past the activity description to get to the confirmation details.
On the Confirm page, no changes are required, so click Continue.
On the Destination page, Search for the course to which you wish to add the activity/resource. Use the course short name (e.g. COUR100_OL_2021FA) to search.
Select the appropriate course from the list that displays.
Click Continue
On the Settings page, no changes are required, so click Next.
DO NOT change the Include Manual Enrollments to Yes
On the Schema page, no changes are required, so click Next.
On the Review page, no changes are required, so click Perform Restore.
The restore will start.
When it shows the course was restored successfully, click Continue
The restored activity/resource will display at the bottom of the week/topic which corresponds to its original location (e.g. if the item was in week 4 in the original course, the copy can be found in week 4 of the current course)
Use the four-way arrows 
to move the restored activity/resource as appropriate
Option 2:
- Add a new section to the bottom of your course by selecting the (+) sign:
- Re-Name the newly created section
- Note: If a date automatically appears you will need to edit the section to remove the date - select "Do not show the date" and save changes.
- Note: If a date automatically appears you will need to edit the section to remove the date - select "Do not show the date" and save changes.
- Move the section to the top of your course page - select the topmost blue linked item.
You are now ready to populate the section with the tools.
- Navigate to the Import option under your Course Administration:
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