Having trouble Copying and Importing courses

[VinaChoudhury]

When I try to copy a course, I keep getting an error message. It's been happening since yesterday 3/17/25, and I haven't noticed any changes. Does anyone have a workaround? (Error message attached)

[SharonDavis1]

 I am having the same issue for a course that I have copied numerous times without any issues. I keep getting: "Something went wrong during copy course operation. Reload the page and try again.". Any idea on what is going on?

The steps are the same steps that I always do:

1. From the "Settings" tab in the course page.
2. I choose "Copy This Course".
3. I update the new "Name" & "Course code".
4. Then "Select specific content".
5. Then "Create Course".
6. Then the error pops up.

[NoahBoswell · Accepted solution]

Greetings @VinaChoudhury ,

Thank you for posting on the Instructure Community!

Instead of directly copying your course, have you considered exporting your course as a zip file to your computer? Then just create a whole new course from your dashboard, then click import existing content then select that zip file? You can also use canvas commons as well, however since you use free for teacher your course would be available to be imported by anyone else that uses free for teacher since you can only view and share public resources. I wonder if any of those would be possible solutions for you for the time being until this is resolved?

All the best!
Noah