You can copy one of your Blackboard courses into a new course (Option 1), which will create a new course, and to an already existing course (Option 2).
This means you can copy your course from a previous year or semester into a new one (Option 1). Work on your course from there: editing materials, creating due dates, etc. Then, when your actual course is ready, which usually happens only a week before the semester starts, you can copy your course into an already existing course (Option 2).
From your Blackboard course list, find and go to the old course you want to copy.
From the opening course, the page goes to the bottom of the menu on the left, and click on Packages and Utilities.
From the opening menu, click Course Copy.
You can use two options to copy a course:
Option 1: From the opening course copy window, choose " Copy Course Materials into a New Course" and then write the course ID to the "Destination Course ID". Make sure the ID you create 1)does not include space between characters and 2)is not identical or similar to typical course IDs generated by our system (e.g., 22-23-EDS101-01).
After you write the new course ID, press " Select all " to copy all the contents. (We advise you to deselect Announcements. The old course announcements should not be seen by the new students. Also if you used " Discussion Board " change the selection to " Include only the forums, with no starter posts". For any other part of the course that you do not want to copy, please deselect it.
Finally, you can click to submit.
Option 2: From the opening course copy window choose " Copy Course Materials into an Existing Course" and then click to browse and choose your new course from the list.
After you choose the new course and submit it, press " Select all " to copy all the contents. (We advise you to deselect Announcements. The old course announcements should not be seen by the new students. Also if you used " Discussion Board " change the selection to " Include only the forums, with no starter posts". For any other part of the course that you do not want to copy, please deselect it.
Finally, you can click to submit.
Sometimes the copying process can take up to 1-2 minutes. Check again your new course after a while.