Another way to create a course in Studio is to re-run an existing course. When you re-run a course, most, but not all, of the original course content is duplicated to the new course. The original course is not changed in any way.
| Type of Content | Duplicated to New Course? |
|---|---|
| Course start date | No. Set to midnight on January 1, 2030 (UTC). |
| All other course dates | Yes. You must update all release dates and due dates. |
| Course structure (sections, subsections, units) and state (published, hidden) | Yes. |
| Individual problems and other components | Yes. |
| Files uploaded to the course, including videos and textbooks | Yes. |
| Pages added to the course | Yes, including all page content and the defined page order. |
| Course Updates | Yes. |
| Advanced Settings | Yes. |
| Grading policy | Yes. |
| Student enrollment data | No. |
| Course team privileges, including admins, discussion moderators, beta testers | No. Only the user who created the new course has access to it. |
| Manually created cohorts | No. |
| Student answers, progress, and grading data | No. |
| Certificates | Yes. |
| Discussion posts, responses, comments, and other data | No. |
| Wiki contributions | No. |
After you re-run a course, modifications to the original course and the re-run course are independent. Changes to either course have no effect on the other course. Therefore, you should ensure that the original course content is as complete as possible before you re-run the course.
For more information, see Using Re-Run to Create a Course and Update the New Course.
Only global or system administrators have the permissions needed to re-run a course. To re-run a course, contact your system administrator. After your system administrator creates a new course using the re-run feature, you can complete the steps to update the new course.
Note
Before you re-run a course, make sure that its settings and content are complete. Additions and changes that you make to the original course after you create the new course have no effect on the new course.
When you create a course by re-running another course, you must carefully review the settings and content of the new course. To assure a quality experience for learners, be sure to test the course thoroughly before the course start date. See Testing Your Course Content and Beta Testing a Course.
At a minimum, you must make the following changes to prepare the new course for release.
Add course team members, including discussion admins, moderators, and community TAs. See Add Course Team Members or Staffing.
Update course-wide dates, including course and enrollment start and end dates. See Setting Start and End Dates.
Change the release dates of course sections, subsections, and units. See Release Dates.
Change the due dates of subsections that are part of your grading policy. See Set the Assignment Type and Due Date for a Subsection.
Delete or edit posts on the Course Updates page in Studio. See Add a Course Update.
Review the files on the Files & Uploads page. To update a file that contains references to course-related dates, you must complete the following steps.
Note
If you use the same file name when you upload a revised file, links to that file in course components and course handouts will continue to work correctly. If you rename a file and then upload it, you must also update all links to the original file name. See Identify a Course Handout or Add a Link to a File.
Review the staff biographies and other information on the course summary page and make needed updates. See The Course About Page.
Create initial posts for discussion topics and an “introduce yourself” post. See Managing Course Discussions.
Add initial wiki articles.
For a course that includes learner cohorts, set up the cohorts and select a strategy for assigning learners to the cohorts.
For a course that includes drag and drop problems, replace any problems created prior to April 2016, with the newer drag and drop problem component, which is accessible and mobile ready. For more information about enabling the new drag and drop problem type and adding these problems to your course, see Drag and Drop Problem.
You can also refer to the Course Launching Activities topic for tools and ideas that help you prepare the course for launch.
Note
Changes you make in the new course have no effect on the original course.