Copying Content/Components from Another ICON Course

Copying Content/Components from Another ICON Course

New feature: Unlike with earlier versions of ICON, NavBars and homepage widgets will now copy. However, they will not show until you activate the new homepage. To do so, click Edit Course (far-right NavBar or in the Course Tools widget on the course homepage). Then click Homepages (left) and click the Set box beside the new homepage name to make it active.

Copying content and most other components from one ICON course to another is a fairly easy process. However, not all components will copy.

• 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
  • Student data
• 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.

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

1. Navigate to your new (empty) course site.
2. Click Edit Course in the far-right NavBar or in the Course Tools widget on the homepage.
3. Click Import/Export/Copy Components.
4. Make sure Copy Components from another Org Unit is checked and click Next.
5. If you would like to view a component you already have in this course, click Show the Current Course Components.
6. Scroll down the page, and from the Select Offering dropdown list, select the course you want to copy from.
7. 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 and Course Files (or else nothing will appear when students click the content links). You can also select Content Display Settings if you want to keep the original formatting of the content modules.
8. Click Next at the end of the list.
9. 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.
10. When ICON informs you that the component(s) have been copied, click Done.
11. If you have copied a custom homepage (one on which you have made changes), 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 the Set button in the Active column to display a checkmark next to the custom homepage name. Finally, click Go to Course.

To return to your course homepage, click Course Home in the left NavBar .

26 February 2009