Duplicating and Moving Assignments, Discussions and Pages
- Haley Cristea
- Janice Orcutt
- Sophia Phelps
ID&D KB How-to Guide
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If an instructor uses a common structure or information on a page or in an assignment or a discussion, they can save a lot of time by duplicating content and editing the duplicate to update information.
For more details about how to duplicate content, please watch the video or view the step-by-step instructions below.
Step-by-Step:
Duplicating Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes and Pages
You can duplicate assignments, discussions, pages, and quizzes by using the three dot column icon associated with the activity you want to replicate.
From the drop-down menu
, you will see an option to “Duplicate”.
All duplicated Assignments, Discussions, Quizzes and Pages will default to an unpublished status with the word copy added to the end of the name.
For Assignments, Quizzes, and Pages:For Discussions:
NOTE: The settings of your course activity may change during replication, please double check your settings for accuracy! Especially the due dates!
Moving Assignments, Discussions, and Quizzes
There are two ways to move assignments, discussions and quizzes.
To move or reorder assignments after you’ve created them you can manually drag and drop them to the desired location by clicking and holding down the drag handle next to the assignment name.
You can also use the "Move to" option to reorder an assignment.
Click the three dot icon
link. A sidebar will open with move options.
From the Place drop-down menu, select the assignment group for the assignment to move to and decide where to place it within the module.
Make sure you save this change by pressing
.
NOTE: Pages cannot be moved or re-ordered; by default they are listed alphabetically. You can however reorder pages within a module.
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