Copying Assignment - List of classes includes old classes

[TracyAnderson73]

When copying an assignment to another class within the same calendar year, the list of courses to choose from includes old, unpublished classes. This makes copying an assignment tedious as you have to look through so many old classes to find the current one you are looking for. Is there a way to eliminate the unpublished classes from this feature, or at least be able to filter them out? I found this was a question about four years ago, but am not seeing that a solution was ever found.

[Ron_Bowman · Accepted solution]

@TracyAnderson73 - I am not sure exactly which classes you are referring to that you need to scroll through, but in that drop down for copying an assignment, you can type search terms - i.e 2025  Then only courses that have 2025 in them show up.  It would depend on how your school sets up the course names if that will work.  You might even be able to type in the course number (i.e. 211 ) and see only those classes that have 211 in them.  

One way you might be able to help yourself is on the dashboard give your course a nick name:  I use Year (i.e 2025) - Semester(Fall, Spring, Summer) course reference (i.e CPE200-02),
so my course names on the dashboard and the copy list look like "2025 - Fall CPE200-02"

I am not sure, but you may already being searching and you have so many courses showing up that it is still a long list to scroll through.

Hope this helps in some way.

Ron

[NoahBoswell]

Hi there @TracyAnderson73 ,

If your old, unpublished courses are concluded, that will prevent them from showing up in the menu. You can learn more about concluding your courses here: How do I conclude a course at the end of a term as an instructor? 

I hope that helps!
Noah

[Ron_Bowman · Accepted solution]

@TracyAnderson73 - I am not sure exactly which classes you are referring to that you need to scroll through, but in that drop down for copying an assignment, you can type search terms - i.e 2025  Then only courses that have 2025 in them show up.  It would depend on how your school sets up the course names if that will work.  You might even be able to type in the course number (i.e. 211 ) and see only those classes that have 211 in them.  

One way you might be able to help yourself is on the dashboard give your course a nick name:  I use Year (i.e 2025) - Semester(Fall, Spring, Summer) course reference (i.e CPE200-02),
so my course names on the dashboard and the copy list look like "2025 - Fall CPE200-02"

I am not sure, but you may already being searching and you have so many courses showing up that it is still a long list to scroll through.

Hope this helps in some way.

Ron

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@TracyAnderson73 ...

I wanted to tag on to some of the things that @Ron_Bowman suggested in his above reply.  Yet another way that you can easily select which course you want to import is if you know the Course ID number.  So, for example, log in to the course where your content currently exists.  Your URL will look something like:

https://SchoolName.instruture.com/courses/##### where ##### is the Course ID number.  Make note of this number.  Now, log in to the course where you are going to be importing the content into.  (This is typically an empty course shell.)  When Ron said that you can type in a course number or name, you can also use the Course ID number, and it should automatically find that course for you.

Anyway, I just thought I'd provide another way to help you easily search for the course when using the Course Import Tool.  I hope this helps, for what it's worth.

Take care...be well.