We have had a few queries from staff recently about copying content between Blackboard Ultra Modules. This is a little different to copying in Blackboard Original, we decided that it would be a good idea to go over this again.
The big change is that, in Ultra, you copy content into the destination course, rather than out of the existing course. This has caused some confusion but, once you realise this, the whole process is actually much easier.
The other change is that it’s much easier to be granular about what you copy across. Those of you who copied elements of your Blackboard Original courses will be aware of this. Generally, we would advise against copying the entire course as this will bring announcements and unnecessary content over.
To copy content:
- Begin in the course where you want to add the content. Click on the three dots underneath the banner.
- Click “Copy Items”
- You will see a list of all of the courses you have access to. Locate the course you want to copy from.
- You will see a checkbox to the left of the title. Selecting this will allow you to copy the entire course. We would not advise this, as doing so would import content that you do not want. Instead, click on the course title. This will open up a menu of folders on the course. The only folder you should need is the ‘Content’ folder.
- Selecting the tick box to the left of the Content folder will bring in all of the course materials. However, you may wish to click on the title of the content folder and bring in materials at a more granular level. This would have the advantage of not filling up your course data quota with files that you do not need.
- Once you have identified and ticked the contents that you want to copy over, click ‘Start Copy‘ in the bottom left. This will add all of the contents to the bottom of the course.
Copied materials are hidden from students by default. You will need to unhide anything that you need students to view immediately. You may also need to do some editing and reorganisation of the content that you have copied in order to make the course look professional.
If you have any queries about this, feel free to contact the TEL Unit at tel@worc.ac.uk
