Preferences: Copy Content

Use the Copy Content to Course Preferences to define what types of content Instructors and Teaching Assistants (TAs) are allowed to copy between courses in which they are enrolled. You can copy content from the Content Library, Question Library, and My Courses sections of a course or from a Shared Library.

Copy Content To This Course

In Copy Content To This Course section you set whether or not instructors/TAs can copy content into the current course. If this setting is enabled, the Change content source button is available in the Course Content tool (Add Content from Library and Manage Question Library tabs). Under the heading Allow Instructors/TAs to copy content into this course from another courses in which they are enrolled two options display:

• Enabled: Choose this option to enable Instructors/TAs to access other courses from the current course. This includes the ability to access Shared Library content from the current course. When selected, the Change content source button is displayed in Content Library and Question Library. This allows Instructors/TAs to preview, copy and paste content from one course to another including the current course.

• Disabled: Choose this option to restrict access to other courses from this course. When selected, the Change content source button is not displayed in Content Library and Question Library.

Copy Content From This Course

In Copy Content From This Course section you specify what types of content (if any) users will be able to copy from the current course. You also select how you want to restrict the movement of content.

Instructors/TAs can access this Content Library from:

In this section, you define which content sharing options are available to Instructors/TAs, as they relate to the Content Library:

• Any other course in which user is enrolled (default): Choose this option to allow the Instructors/TAs to access the course content library from any other courses in which they are enrolled. When selected, if instructors are logged in to another course (the course can be from another discipline or product), they can use the Change Content Source button to copy content from the content library of this course.

• Only those courses that were created from the same course in the course catalog: Choose this option to allow the Instructors/TAs to access the course content library only from courses that are derived (child) courses of the same master course and into which they are enrolled. When selected, if instructors are logged in to a derived course, they can use the Change Content Source button to copy content from the content library of this course.

• No other courses: Choose this option to restrict Instructors/TA's access to the content library of the course. When selected Instructors/TAs cannot copy any content from the content library of this course.

Instructors/TAs can access this Course Content from:

In this section, you define which content sharing options are available to Instructors/TAs, as they relate to the My Course (Course Content):

• Any other course in which user is enrolled (default): Choose this option to allow the Instructors/TAs to access the course content library from any other courses in which they are enrolled. When selected, if instructors are logged in to another course (the course can be from another discipline or product), they can use the Change Content Source button to copy content from the My Course area of this course.

• Only those courses that were created from the same course in the course catalog: Choose this option to allow the Instructors/TAs to access the course content library only from courses that are derived (child) courses of the same master course and into which they are enrolled. When selected, if instructors are logged in to a derived course, they can use the Change Content Source button to copy content from the My Course area of this course.

• No other courses: Choose this option to restrict Instructors/TA's access to the content library of the course. When selected Instructors/TAs cannot copy any content from the My Course area of this course.

 Instructors/TAs can access this Question Library from:

In this section, you define which content sharing options are available to Instructors/TAs, as they relate to the Question Library:

• Any other course in which user is enrolled (default): Choose this option to allow the Instructors/TAs to access the question library from any other courses in which they are enrolled. When selected, if instructors are logged in to another course (the course can be from another discipline or product), they can use the Change Content Source button (in the Course Content, Manage Question Library tool) to copy content from the question library of this course.

• Only those courses that were created from the same course in the course catalog: Choose this option to allow the Instructors/TAs to access the question content library only from courses that are derived (child) courses of the same catalog course, and into which they are enrolled. When selected, if instructors are logged in to a derived course, they can use the Change Content Source button (in the Course Content, Manage Question Library tool) to copy content from the question library of this course.

• No other courses: Choose this option to restrict Instructors/TA's access to the question library of the course. When selected Instructors/TAs cannot copy any content from the question library of this course.

After you have made your selections, click the button at the top of bottom of the page to save your preferences.

Locking and Unlocking Preference Settings

If you do not want any program admins, instructors, or teaching assistants to change a preference in the Programs, Templates, and Sections that will be derived from this Master Course, you can lock setting preferences by clicking the corresponding Lock icons. Locking prevents other users from changing the setting preferences.

Items shown with an open lock icon are not locked. Items shown with a closed lock icon are locked.

Editing Contextual Help

Users can view instructional Help text for each Preference setting by mouse hovering or clicking the corresponding icon. You can edit this instructional Help text by clicking the Edit link. To edit Help text, complete the following steps:

1. Click on the icon corresponding to each of the preferences.

2. The instructional help text and the Edit link are displayed.

3. Click Edit to open the Content Editor.

4. Make the necessary edits to the text.

5. Click Save and Close to save the changes.