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April 25, 2025

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Owner

Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner

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CanvasCanvas Faculty & StaffCanvas Course Management

If you’ve already built your Canvas course and want to reuse it for a new semester, follow these steps to copy your course content and update due dates!

Step 1: Import Existing Content

1. Start in the blank course shell for the upcoming semester (this is usually created automatically 3-6 weeks before the semester starts). On the course shell’s home page, select Import Existing Content in the right-hand side area.

2. Choose “Copy a Canvas Course” under “Select Content Type.”

3. Type the name of your previous course, or the name of your sandbox course, in the “Search for a course” field, and select it.


Only courses you are enrolled in as a teacher (or teacher-similar role) will appear in the list. If you are trying to copy someone else’s course, you must first be added to that course.

Instructors can add three roles into their courses without contacting QILT, IT, or Canvas Support. Those roles are: Designer, Designer - Peers, Designer - Read Only. Instructors cannot add students into their courses, or other instructors as the teacher role.

Learn more about Canvas course roles →

With any questions, send Teaching and Classroom Technology (TCT, part of IT) an e-mail - teachingclassroomtech@quinnipiac.edu.

4. Check the “Select specific content” box.
5. Under “Options,” select “Adjust events and due dates.”
1. Once that option is checked, you can set the beginning and end dates for the new semester. Canvas will try to shift all due dates in the copied content accordingly. Alternatively, you can select “Remove Dates” and then set them up later. See Fine-Tune Your Dates below.
6. Click the blue “+ Add to Import Queue” button.

7. Select the blue “Select Content” button in the Progress area.

8. Select the content you would like to copy. Many instructors will select everything except announcements. Then, select the blue “Select Content” button to confirm, and copy your course for the new semester.

Optional: Fine-Tune Your Dates

Canvas will shift dates, but you should still review them:

1. Go to Assignments area of your course, select the three vertical dots in the top right, and select “Edit Assignment Dates.”

2. You’ll see a table with all assignments, quizzes, discussions, etc., and their due dates. You can easily edit all dates here.

3. You can select multiple assignments and click Batch Edit to shift or remove due dates.

4. Make sure to click the blue “Save” button when you’re done batch editing and editing assignment dates.
5. Optional: You can also navigate to the Calendar in the global navigation menu to drag and drop assignments to different dates.

6. Use the View as Student button (top right of the Home page in your course) to preview your updated course and make sure all due dates and modules appear as expected.

QILT is here to help you and answer any questions you may have. Schedule a consultation with the team!

Faculty, staff, and students have access to 24/7/365 phone and chat support through the Help menu in Canvas.

Visit the Faculty Advancement in Teaching Excellence Canvas site for teaching resources, opportunities for engagement, and spaces to connect with colleagues about teaching!

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Canvas Announcements

Page	Date	Owner
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas	July 3, 2025	Joel Vanner
Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas	May 22, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Course Content

Page	Date	Owner
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas	July 3, 2025	Joel Vanner
Publishing Your Canvas Module and Content (Make Visible to Students)	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Using Text Headers to Organize a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Adding Content to a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Creating a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner

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Canvas Course Management

Page	Date	Owner
Editing the Course Navigation in Canvas	July 2, 2025	Joel Vanner
Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation	July 2, 2025	Joel Vanner
Copying a Canvas Course for a New Semester	April 25, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner

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Canvas Inbox

Page	Date	Owner
Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas	May 22, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Item Banks

Page	Date	Owner
Migrating Tests and Pools from Blackboard Original to Canvas	April 25, 2025	Alex D'Adamo

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Canvas Modules

Page	Date	Owner
Publishing Your Canvas Module and Content (Make Visible to Students)	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Using Text Headers to Organize a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Adding Content to a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Creating a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Assigning Canvas Modules to Specific Student(s) or Section(s)	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Requiring Canvas Modules to Be Completed in a Set Order	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Locking Canvas Modules Until a Specific Date	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Duplicating/Copying a Module in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Moving Modules and Content in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner

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Canvas Notifications

Page	Date	Owner
Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas	May 22, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Quizzes

Page	Date	Owner
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas	July 3, 2025	Joel Vanner
Migrating Tests and Pools from Blackboard Original to Canvas	April 25, 2025	Alex D'Adamo
Troubleshooting Missing Images in Tests Imported from Blackboard to Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'Adamo
Using LockDown Browser in Canvas	April 28, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Sandboxes

Page	Date	Owner
Deleting a Sandbox Course in Canvas	May 21, 2025	Alex D'AdamoJoel Vanner
Creating a Canvas Sandbox Course	March 21, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas SpeedGrader

Page	Date	Owner
Annotating in Canvas SpeedGrader (Grading)	April 25, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Communication in Canvas

Page	Date	Owner
Enabling E-mail Notifications for Announcements and Messages You Send in Canvas	May 22, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Elsevier Evolve

Page	Date	Owner
Adding Elsevier Evolve Content to Canvas	April 28, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Khanmigo

Page	Date	Owner
Access Khanmigo in Canvas	December 9, 2024	Joel Vanner

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LockDown Browser

Page	Date	Owner
Using LockDown Browser in Canvas	April 28, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Lucid

Page	Date	Owner
Lucid in Canvas	February 12, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Navigating Canvas

Page	Date	Owner
Editing the Course Navigation in Canvas	July 2, 2025	Joel Vanner
Adding an External Link to the Canvas Course Navigation	July 2, 2025	Joel Vanner
Accessing Canvas (Faculty and Staff)	March 31, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Perusall

Page	Date	Owner
Setting up and Integrating Perusall with Canvas	April 28, 2025	Joel Vanner

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YuJa

Page	Date	Owner
Adding a YuJa Quiz to a Canvas Assignment	March 28, 2025	Alex D'Adamo

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Canvas Training

Page	Date	Owner
Canvas Consultant May 2025 Onsite Session Recordings	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner
Canvas Training Calendar (Faculty and Staff)	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner
Training Services Portal (Faculty and Staff) (self-paced modules, recorded and live webinars)	March 25, 2025	Joel Vanner
Canvas Help and Training (Faculty and Staff)	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Help

Page	Date	Owner
Canvas Help and Training (Faculty and Staff)	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner
Join the Canvas Community	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner
Canvas Basics Guide from Instructure	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner
Faculty Guides from Instructure	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner
Canvas Request Form (Faculty and Staff)	June 4, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas People

Page	Date	Owner
Differentiation Tags in Canvas	June 18, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Assignments

Page	Date	Owner
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas	July 3, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Discussions

Page	Date	Owner
Linking or Embedding a YouTube Video in Canvas	July 3, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Canvas Gradebook

Page	Date	Owner
Hiding Unpublished Assignments from the Canvas Gradebook	June 30, 2025	Joel Vanner

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Differentiation Tags in Canvas

Page	Date	Owner
Differentiation Tags in Canvas	June 18, 2025	Joel Vanner

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McGraw Hill Connect

Page	Date	Owner
McGraw Hill Connect Resources for Faculty	June 20, 2025	Joel Vanner