Disable Course Copy

[RobertGibson]

Colleagues,

Can someone confirm if disabling faculty from creating courses also disables their ability to copy courses from one to another?

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @RobertGibson,

Yes, removing the ability to create a course will also remove the copy option (which essentially creates a new course, then does an import).  It will NOT remove the ability for faculty to import content from other courses into another existing course though.

Hope this helps!

-Chris

[DrNufer]

Permissions in Canvas can be finely controlled by the system administrators , as they can set specific permissions for different roles (including controls over course creation from users). 

Copying/importing content is more of a course management function than a role permission, and is different than creating a new course.  If you are specifically looking for a way to prevent faculty from copying or importing content into their courses, then there may be some javascript options to explore:

https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Question-Forum/Custom-JS-to-hide-Import-Course-link-for-Te...