Administrator Documentation

About Bulk Course Create - BCC

Save time creating multiple courses at once with our automated process. Import multiple course packages without having to use the Import Course Components interface in Brightspace.

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Important: If you are using an IPSIS D2L Standard CSV integration to create courses in bulk, there are character limits for the code and name you apply to your Org - Course Offering. Refer to Orgs topic for more information on specific character limits.

The following sections describe the steps to configure and use Bulk Course Create:

Set up Bulk Course Create.
Grant Manage Settings permissions.
Configure Bulk Course Create.
Create course offerings and templates using Bulk Tool Config.
Verify that the course offerings were created correctly.

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Tip: You can also use a course offering shell to manage Bulk Course Create actions. Refer to Set up a course offering to manage Bulk Course Create for details.

About Duplicate Calendar Item and LTI checks

When copying or importing a course offering, Copy Course bulk checks Calendar Events and LTI links to prevent creating duplicate events or links. Specifically:

Calendar events that have an association, such as to an activity that is being copied into the course offering; or a single unique Calendar event that is manually created.
LTI links that have a resource code associated, such as LTI links that are used in quicklinks or grades; and any unused LTI links. Only a single copy is copied.

When a user manually creates multiple calendar items, Brightspace compares the following fields when checking for duplicates:

Title
Description
Start Date (or Start Day for All Day Events)
End Date (or End Day for All Day Events)
All Day EventRepeat frequency (for example, every day, every second month)
Repeat On (day of week, only valid for Weekly events)
Repeat Until DateRepeat Type (None, Daily, Weekly, Monthly, Annually)
Event Visibility
Locations
Group associations

LTI Advantage 1.3 links check the following fields when searching for duplicates:

Title
URL
LinkType
Deployment
Placement Type
Custom Parameters

Legacy links check the following fields when searching for duplicates:

Title
URL
Key
LinkType
Custom Parameters