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Create Content Copy Existing Content

Sometimes it is easier to copy formatting from existing content than to format content from scratch. With the Copy Existing Content tool, you can copy the content and formatting from one piece of content to another.

Interface

copy existing pages interface

Template Assignments/Discussions/Quizzes: Copy content from assignments, discussions or quizzes created using the Multi-Tool or any content with "Template" in the title (based on the type of the current content).
All Course Assignments/Discussions/Quizzes: Copy content from any existing assignments, discussions or quizzes in your course (based on the type of the current content).
Template Pages: Copy content from pages created using the Multi-Tool or any page with "template" in the title.
All Course Pages: Copy content from any page in your course.
Institution Template Pages: Contains any course template pages added to Design Tools at the institution level.
Copy Content by URL: Copy and paste the url from another piece of content in Canvas to copy the rich content editor content. This does not work for a course home page, the url must contain the content type and identifier.

WARNING: This command completely overwrites any existing content on the page with the content of the selected page.

WARNING: This command only copies the HTML code, it will not copy images or files from the original course.

Note: This tool only copies the rich content editor content, it does not pull over settings like assignment groups, rubrics, etc.

Copy Existing Content

To copy existing content, follow these steps:

Click Create/Edit Content.
Click Copy Existing Content.
Do one of the following:

Select the content to copy from any of the dropdown inputs. This option copies content between items in the same course.
In the Copy Content by URL box, type or paste the URL of the target content. This option copies content from items in other courses.

Click Save.

Tip: You can also click the button in the jump menu to jump right to the Copy Existing Content section.