Importing content/components from an ICON course

Copying Content / Components from Another ICON course

Moving (copying) content and most other components from one ICON course to another is a fairly easy process. However, not all components will copy and some may not display as expected:

• Student data will not copy (this includes student names, grades, discussion postings, assignment postings, quiz submissions and statistics, etc.).
• Most gradebook items (columns) will copy, but the following will not copy and will need to be manually recreated:
  • Formula grade items
  • Grade display settings
  • Grade calculation settings
  • Final grade formula in a Formula System grade book
  • Final grade display options (on the Final Grade: Properties screen)
  • Student dat

• Certain quiz elements may not copy. If you have a lot of quizzes, or if your quizzes include media, you may wish to request help from ICON Support at icon-support@uiowa.edu or 335-6139.
• NavBar and Homepage widgets will not display until you activate the new homepage. To do this, click Edit Course (in the bottom-right NavBar or in the Course Tools widget). Then click Homepages and click in the Active box to display a checkmark next to the new homepage name.
• Links to a course file in the NavBar or in a Homepage widget are absolute. That is, they point to a file in a particular course. For example, let's say you copied the NavBar from last semester's course, and the NavBar you copied includes a link to the syllabus. The link will continue to point to the syllabus file in last semester's course. To fix this problem, you would need to replace the file in the Mange Files area of this semester's course and then edit the NavBar link to point to the replacement file. But be aware that since the link is absolute, last semester's NavBar would consequently point to this semester's syllabus. If this creates a problem for you, contact ICON Support and we will help you change the link from absolute to relative so both courses will point to the right files.

To copy content or components from one of your other ICON courses:

1. Log in to your new (empty) course site.
2. Click Edit Course in the NavBar or in the Course Tools box on the homepage.
3. Click  Components (top).
4. Make sure Copy Components from another Org Unit is checked and click Next.
5. If you would like to review which components you already have in this course, click a View Detail icon for the component type.
6. Make sure the circle for Existing Offerings is checked.
7. From the Select Offering droplist, select the course you want to copy from.
8. Click the box next to each course component you wish to copy (or click Select All Components). For each component type, you can copy all items or select individual items to copy. If you are importing content, select Content, Content Display settings if you want to keep the original formatting of the content modules, and be sure to click Course Files (or else nothing will appear when students click the content links).
9. Click Next at the end of the list.
10. Confirm the components you wish to copy (click the Modify links to make changes). When you click Next, ICON will copy the components into your course.
11. When ICON informs you that the component(s) have been copied, click Done.
12. If you have copied the homepage (NavBars and widgets), go to your course homepage (which will still look like the default) and click Edit Course in the Course Tools widget. Then click Homepages and click in the Active box to display a checkmark next to the new homepage name. Finally, click Go to Course.

To return to your course homepage, click Go to Course  (top right).

11 February 2008