Every semester new blank Blackboard courses are generated by the system. If a faculty member has taught the course in a previous semester or has access to another course they want to copy material from, the following steps will copy the course from the old semester to the new one.
NOTE: Leave the checkbox for Include Enrollments in the Copy unchecked.
Go into the course with the material and choose Packages and Utilities from the left menu.
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From the submenu that appears choose Course Copy and follow these steps:
- Choose Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course, step 3
- Browse to your blank course, step 4
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3. Choose Select All if you want all content or choose parts as needed
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4. Choose Copy links and copies of the content. Leave Include Enrollments in the Copy unchecked.
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5. Leave the rest as is and click Submit. Wait a few minutes depending on how much content you have and access the new course.