Copy Course Content
Each semester approximately one month before classes begin, a D2L shell is created for each onground, hybrid, and online class. The information for course creation is retrieved from myNSCC (commonly referred to as Banner.) If after logging on to D2L, you do not see one or more of your assigned courses in the course list, contact your division secretary, coordinator, or dean. He or she should be able to determine whether the course has been assigned in myNSCC.
By the first day of classes, all enrolled students will have access to the course content, and students' names will display in the classlist. Students' names may appear earlier; if so, the students will have access to D2L email, but they will not be able to enter your course or see your course content.
To copy content from one course to another, the person who copies the course must have access to the course to be copied. For example, if you want to copy content, the lead instructor (or mentor) will add you as a banner_teacher to the course to be copied. This may be referred to as a "master course." On the other hand, you may be asked to add the lead instructor (or mentor) to your course so he or she can copy the content into your D2L shell.
To add another teacher to your course shell,
- Go to your course.
- From the Communication group, click on Classlist.
- Click the action arrow on the "Add Participants" button and select "Add existing users."
- Enter the teacher's last name in the "Search" box or enter the teacher's "A" number.
- Click on the Search icon.
- Check the box next to the instructor's name that you want to add to the course.
- To the right of the name, change the role to "banner_teacher." If Section is an option, select the section. There will be only one section available.
- Click on "Enroll selected users."
- Click on the Done button.
Check to see if the teacher has been added by viewing the classlist.
To later unenroll a teacher
,
- From the Communication group, click on Classlist.
- Check the box next to the teacher's name.
- Click the "Unenroll" icon.
- Click on Yes.
*If you have access to a master course, please use the master course to copy content. Do not make changes to the master course unless by agreement with the designer.
Watch the video below to learn to add a teacher to your course and unenroll a teacher.
To copy a course,
- Go to the empty shell or the course where you want the new materials to be "copied to."
- Click on Edit Course. NOTE: There are several entry points to begin the copy process: One is Edit Course OR from Content use the Import/Export button OR from the Admin Tools (gear icon), select Import/Export/Copy Components.
- Ensure that "Copy Components from another Org Unit" is selected.
- Click on "Search for Offering."
- Click the radio button to the left of the course you want to copy. Click the "Add selected" button.
- Click the "Copy all Components" button to select all components or the "Select Components" button to select individual items. NOTE: For the "Select Components" option, you may need to click the plus symbol to display all of your choices. Choose the individual items as desired.
- Click on Continue.
- To confirm your selections, click the Finish button.
- You will be prompted when it is Done.
Watch the video below to learn to copy a course to a blank D2L shell.
