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Brightspace – Copy Materials Between Courses

Instructors, TA’s, and Course Builders can use the below steps to copy materials between courses in Brightspace:

Copy All Course Components (Entire Course)

To copy all course components (entire course):

  1. Go to the destination course (this is the course you want to copy into).
  2. Click the Course Admin link from the green course menu bar near the top of the page.
  3. Click Import/Export/Copy Components.
  4. Select Copy Components and click the grey Search for Offering button below it.
  5. Use the search box to find your course (or just click “Search” to see a list of all courses) and select the “Source” course that you’re copying from.
  6. Click Copy All Components to copy the entire course
    • Note: To copy select components of the course (rather than the whole course), see the Copy Select Course Components section below.
  7. Click Continue.
  8. If you’re copying assessments that have due dates, you can choose Offset Dates to modify them.
  9. Click Finish.

Copy Select Course Components

To copy some course components (rather than the whole course):

  1. Follow steps 1-5 from the above section.
  2. Once you have located the “Source” course that you are copying from (step 5 above), click Select Components
  3. To copy all files from an area of a course, check the box next to that area (“Content” area in this example).
  4. To copy individual components from an area of a course, 1) click the box next to the area (“Assignments” area in this example); 2) click Select individual items to copy; then 3) click Continue.
  5. Check the box next to the individual items you want to copy, then click Continue.
  6. The course components that will be copied are listed under Confirm Components to Copy. Once you have reviewed the items to be copied, click Finish.

Updated on November 7, 2025

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