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be added to the receiving course, except for the News and Web Content tools. For example, 

if the course to which you are copying Announcements does not have the Announcements tool 

listed on the left menubar, in the receiving course, click Site Info and use Edit Tools to 

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Announcements. 

1.  Make sure that all the tools you want to copy have been added to the receiving course, 

excluding News and Web Content tools. 

2.  In the RECEIVING course, click Site Info on the course menubar at the left. 

3.  Click the Import from Site option at the top of the window. You will see a window that 

asks you if you want to replace or merge the content of the tools you are importing. 

 

4.  Click the statement that matches your choice. (See the 

Notes

 for special cases.) 

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5.  You will see a window that lists your courses. If you chose to replace the tools you can 

select one course from which you want to copy tool information; if you choose to merge 

your data, you can select several courses. Then click Continue. 

 

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6.  The list of tools that can be copied will appear and you can check the box for each tool 

whose information you want to copy. If the course you are importing from does not include 

a particular tool, its box will be gray so you cannot select it. 

 

5.  Click Finish. 

6.  Notes 

a.  If you renamed a tool in the original course, its name will revert to the default name 

in the course to which you imported the tool.  For example, if you renamed the 

Assignments tool to be Tasks in the original course, it will be called Assignments in 

the course to which it was copied. 

b.  The Polls tool will add questions even if you choose to replace the data. 

c.  News and Web Content tools can only be imported if you replace the data. 

d.  Tests & Quizzes and Forums tools can only be imported if you merge the data.