Copy & Share Course Items Using Direct Share

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There are three ways to share content in Canvas.

  • If you want to share simple content between your own courses or with someone else, you can use Direct Share.  (See be-caution-clipart-1.jpg below on what you CANNOT share with this method.  There are limitations!!)
  • If  you wish to share content with others, content that cannot easily be shared via Direct Share, use Canvas Commons.  See the Canvas Guide on How to Use Canvas Commons.
  • If you wish to share content between your own courses that cannot easily be shared via Direct Share, use Canvas' Course Import Tool (links to a previous BOLT.)  You do not have to import an entire course. The import tool can be used to import individual or multiple selected items.

 

Direct Share

Instructors can now copy individual course items to another of their own courses as well as share course items with other users using the Direct Share feature option.

be-caution-clipart-1.jpg NOTE:  If the content being shared or copied includes other content in the course (such as a quiz that includes a file or image), only the direct content item selected for sharing/copying will be included.  The additional files must be shared/copied individually.

 

From Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, and Pages:

  • Click the three vertical dots to the right of the content you want to send or copy (1).
  • Select Send To.. or Copy To... (2) at the bottom of the menu.

 

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From individual content items:

  • Click the three vertical dots to the right
  • Select Send To  or Copy To.

 

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Send To

Select this option to send content to other users.

  • The other user must have an instructor-based role.
  • Search for users via their Bucks Email address by typing at least the first three letters in the search field.
  • Search results display users by name and email address.  Select the name of the user when it appears.
  • Content can be sent to more than one user by adding other users individually.

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Copy To

Select this option to copy content between your own course(s).

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