How Do I Share My Canvas Course with Another Instructor?

Sharing Your Course With Another Instructor

Two people holding signs about imports and exports

When it comes to course design, two or more heads can definitely be better than one! Is there a way to share or copy content without being loaded into someone else's course? Why, of course! (Get it?)

In a nutshell, the person with the existing course is going to Export the content. This is like creating a backup file of the course.

Then the person who wants it is going to Import the content from the saved file.

      • Student content (such as enrolled students and student grades) is not copied to reduce the risk of FERPA/privacy issues.
      • The Export will be the entire course; however, the Import can be the whole course, or selected pieces or content. (For example, Instructor B wants to copy Instructor A's modules but not A's quizzes or assignments. Instructor A exports the course, sends the exported course file to B, and B imports only the modules.)

How Do I Export a Canvas Course? Links to an external site.

How Do I Import a Canvas Course? Links to an external site.

Copying/Importing Canvas Course Content (Video)