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Canvas: Adding and Importing Content to a Master Course

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Add Content to a Master Course

Once your master course is created, it will appear on your All Courses page like a course. In fact, it is a course—just a specialized one. To add content to the master course, select its name to enter it and add content just as in a course.

Import Content from a Master Course into Another Course Space

NOTE: You should only import a master course into an empty course. Although it is difficult to do so, you can potentially wipe out existing content in a course if you click several wrong buttons in a row.

To import content from a master course to which you have been granted access:

  1. On the All Courses page, select the name of the course into which you are importing the master course content.
  2. Select Settings.
  3. Select the Import Content into this Course link on the right.
  4. On the Import Content page, from the drop-down menu, select Copy a Canvas Course.
  5. From the Search for a Course drop-down menu, select the master course from which you would like to copy the content.
  6. Select All Content to import the entire course, or Select Specified Content to import only parts of the master course into your course.
  7. Click the Import button.

NOTE: If the course has due dates associated with content and assessment items, these dates can be adjusted before content import. Select the Adjust Events and Due Dates check box to shift the due dates for all items associated with a due date.

Master Course Archiving Policy

A master course will be archived for one year after the last time an editor has entered it. Approximately one month before an inactive master course is to be archived, the editors of the master course will receive an email notification reminding them to access it if they wish to keep it active. Archived master courses will be kept in long-term storage for another two years before being permanently deleted.