Copying to Multiple Classes

[132322]

This is the 3rd year  with canvas....many teachers have asked for this...why are we still not able to copy a lesson to multiple classes at once?  Your process is so time consuming.  Maybe we should ask the people in our district who pay for this service. Money talks. 

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi there, @132322 ...

Do you have access to Canvas Commons?  If so, you could send your content to Commons and then use Commons to import the content to multiple courses at one time.

• How do I share a course to Commons? - Instructure Community
• How do I share a resource to Commons? - Instructure Community
• How do I share a document, image, video, or audio ... - Instructure Community

Here's how you can import that content to multiple courses:

• How do I import and view a Commons resource in Can... - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

I know this process isn't exactly what you are looking for via the Course Import Tool, but it is a work-around that might be the next best option.

References:

• Copy to multiple courses - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
• Copy content into multiple courses at once - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)

Hope this helps in some way!

[MmeF]

If I understand correctly, we have to send content to the Commons and then copy it back to multiple courses? Can we get a feature that is just within the course so that when I choose "Copy to," I can choose more than one course? The original way will require me to copy every assignment to Commons and then go back with more clicks to get it in my three other courses. Surely there is a better way.......... I don't think this really means the original inquiry is "solved."

[christiamme]

You can organize all the assignments that you need to copy in a module, and then send the module to Commons, just as you would do with a single assignment.