Summary

You can configure a course as a template to copy: for example set up a course with your Additional Settings, Due Date and Notifications, which you then copy for future courses.

The procedure to copy a course within a portal is the same, but you need to handle the results differently. See the detailed explanations that follow.

Note: Copying a course that contains modules works differently from copying individual modules.

When you copy a course with modules, these modules are images of the original modules, stored in the library. If you edit modules within a course, any change to their contents appears in all versions of the course.

Copying individual modules lets you edit the copied modules, without affecting the original modules.

Copy a course: how-to

This same process applies to copying a course within a portal.

Note: You cannot edit a course during the copying process.

• From main navigation go to Courses > your course name.
• From the Action menu, select Create a Copy.
• In the Create a Copy dialog:
  
  • select a destination portal: you can create a copy in your current portal
  • select a status of Draft (default) or Published
  • select Copy

Copying a course within a portal

When you make a copy of a course within a portal:

• the copy has the same title as the original, with - Copy added to the title
• your copied course has a new course 'framework', but both courses refer to the same content stored in the library, including
  
  • Text & Image modules
  • Video modules
  • Audio modules
  • SCORM and Tin Can modules
  • Exam and survey modules
  • Question Pools
  • Assignment modules
  • ILT modules
  • Certificates
    
  • Checklist modules
• any edits to a content module (either from your original course, or from the copied course) changes all versions of the module
• You can edit the copied course settings, and add new modules: these changes do not affect the original course
  
• the copy "picks up" the original course's reviews, as a part of the course settings. You can keep these reviews, or delete them manually from the copied course
  

Creating a copy of a course within a portal is a way to share core content, then you may:

• tailor the course with additional modules
• adjust the settings like due dates or notifications

When Copying a Safety Made Simple course, be sure to always keep the course name intact. For instance, “SMS016 – PPE Basics” must remain at the beginning of the course name. You may add information at the END of the existing title to distinguish the copied course from the original course.