Environment
University of Michigan Canvas, may also involve other Canvas instances at other academic institutions (like when a Faculty person is changing universities)
Issue
Sometimes an instructor transfers institutions and would like to bring their academic resources with them to use at their new university.
Resolution
- Canvas courses can be exported from one institution and imported to the new institution.
- Help may be needed from the other institution depending on where the individual is currently working
- Export each course from the former institution using Canvas -- Keep in mind that when you export a course you only export Canvas content, and not LTI tools
- Go into Settings from the left hand menu
- Choose Export Content from the right hand menu.
- Choose to export the whole course, and follow the prompts to complete the process.
- Once the status bar is complete, you will see a clickable link that says "New Export."
- Click that and your browser will download the export file to your computer.
- The exported file will end in .imscc and include the name of your course
- Log in to Canvas at the new institution and determine where you want the content to go -- request new courses, or use an existing course.
- Open the Canvas course where you want the content to be copied into
- Choose Import Existing Content from the right hand menu.
- Choose the type as "Canvas Course Export Package" and make the appropriate selections for the import.
- Click the Import button when you are ready for it to occur.
Additional Information
https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-export-a-Canvas-course/ta-p/785
https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-import-a-Canvas-course-export-package/ta-p/795