Import course components
- In the course offering that you want to import components into, on the navbar, click Course Admin > Import/Export/Copy Components.
- On the Import/Export/Copy Components page, select Import Components.
- Click Start.
- Select the file you want to import.
- Choose whether to Import All Components or Select Components and then follow the prompts.
- To review and manage course dates, click Review and Manage Dates.
If you import course components with names that already exist in the course, or you import multiple components with the same name, duplicate names appear; they are not overwritten. For example, if your course contains a discussion topic called Exam Review and you import a course package that contains a discussion topic called Exam Review, your course will contain two topics called Exam Review. When importing a grade scheme, a scheme not associated to a grade item within the course offering is only copied if the grade scheme is unique (i.e. there are no duplicates which match on name and ranges).
Note: When importing a course, if you previously had text in the quiz Introduction field, this text is automatically appended to the quiz Description field.
View Course Import history
Users can view the history of course import attempts for courses in a specific org unit. From the Import/Export/Copy tool on Course Admin, users can view the Course Import History page, which includes the following information for each course import attempt:
- the original package name
- status of the import
- user who created the import job
- the timestamp for the import attempt
To view the Course Import History
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In Course Admin, click Import/Export/Copy Components.
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On the Import section of the page, click View Import History.
Figure: The View Import History option enables you to view import logs for specific components.
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From the list, click View Import Log for the package you want to view.
Figure: The View Import Log is available to view for all components imported into the course
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The log displays the import results in the order of operations. After reviewing the log, use the navigation breadcrumbs to navigate back to the Course Import History page.
Export course components
To export course components
- In the course offering containing the components you want to copy, on the navbar, click Course Admin > Import/Export/Copy Components.
- Select one of the following options:
- Export as Brightspace Package
- Export as Common Cartridge
- Export as Thin Common Cartridge
- Click Start.
- In the Select Components to Export section, to export all components, select the Select All Components check box or select the check box for the particular components you want to export. To export only certain items from a component, select the Select individual items to export radio button.
- Click Continue.
- If you chose Select individual items to export for any component in the previous step, the Select Items page appears. This page lists all of the items and any sub-items contained in the current component. Otherwise, the Confirm Components to Export page appears. To view sub-items, click the + Expand icon next to an item. Select the individual items and sub-items you want to export and click Next. When you have finished selecting individual items from components, the Confirm Components to Export page appears.
- Click Continue.
- The Export started dialog displays to confirm the export is underway.
- Click Done.
- When the export package is ready for download, a notification is generated and can be accessed from the bell icon in the navigation bar.
- Click the Export finished notification message. This directs you back to the Import/Export/Copy Components tool in your course.
- Click the Click here to download the export Zip package link.
Note: The Bulk Course Export file naming convention now includes the course offering code to make files more identifiable.
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Export and import course packages containing SCORM objects across orgs
You can export and import course packages containing SCORM objects across orgs. For example, when you export a course containing SCORM objects from Org A, copies of the SCORM objects are added to the exported course package. The end result is a course package available for import and SCORM objects with all references to the SCORM objects retained within the original course.
When you import the course package into Org B, the SCORM objects are added into the org and re-linked to the imported course so references are not broken (the physical copy SCORM objects now exist in Org B, separate from Org A, where the course package was exported from). As a result, any instructor with the Can insert new SCORM objects permission for a course can access the SCORM objects that were copied into the imported course.
Note the following:
- If a course contains multiple links to a single SCORM object, the object is exported multiple times, once for each link, and included as a copy in the exported course package. When importing the course package, the package is imported multiple times, once for each link.
- Bulk Course Copy, Bulk Course Export, and Bulk Course Create also support this functionality.
Copy course components
Your ability to copy course components between course offerings is determined by assigned permissions and enrollment in course offerings and parent templates. Before you start, review About copying course components between org units.
To copy course components
In order to mitigate the risk that large courses may result in timeout failures for users, the Copy Course components job functions as an asynchronous job. You can view the progress of the copying job by clicking the View History link.
- In the course offering that you want to copy components into, on the navbar, click Course Admin > Import/Export/Copy Components.
- Do one of the following:
- Select Copy Components from another Org Unit. Click Search for offering and locate the course offering containing the components you want to copy. Click Add Selected.
- Select Copy Components from Parent Template to copy components from the course template the current course offering belongs to.
- Do one of the following:
- To copy all course components, click Copy All Components. D2L recommends that you copy all components between courses to ensure you maintain all desired associations, and then delete any undesired material in the new course.
- To specify the components you want to copy, click Select Components. Select your components. To see details for course components, click the Show the current course components link, then click the
View Detail icon beside a component to see existing items. For those course components that provide the option to include associated files, D2L recommends leaving the option turned on. Click Continue. - Select the Offset all dates of copied components check box and specify the days and hours that the dates should be offset by or calculate the range between two dates.
- Click Finish.
Note: If you encounter issues with the Include associated files option and want to remove it, contact D2L Support to ask them to turn off the D2L.LE.Conversion.Features.ICopyAssociatedFilesFeature feature toggle.
- Do one of the following:
- To copy another package, click Copy Another Package.
- To see the results of your copy, click View Content.
- To review and manage course dates, click Review and Manage Dates.
Notes:
- If you copied a course with S3 model configurations, the course is listed in the Student Success System Administration page (Admin Tools > Student Success System).
- Now when you copy groups to courses, the group setup (grade item, assessment option, and so on) is also copied over.
- A validation logic step is included in the copy process. To help reduce duplicate objects and cleanup from the copy process, the validation logic informs you if you have previously copied from the source course.
For information on the Student Success System permissions, refer to the Administering Courses – Administrator Guide.
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