Import Media Gallery From a Previous Course in Canvas

Environment

Canvas

Issue

How to import media and playlists from one course’s Media Gallery into another. Importing a course’s Media Gallery can save time over selecting individual media files to add to a new course.

Note: Copying Content into a new Canvas Course will not copy over the Media Gallery; the following steps must be performed separately. However, media embedded into course content copied from a previous course will become associated with the new course and accessible by anyone enrolled in the new course.

Possible Issues When Importing Media Gallery

• If you only see Faculty Shared Repository as an option to import from, see Importing MiVideo Media Gallery In Canvas Displays Empty List Or Faculty Shared Repository Only.
• You may not see the course you are looking for if you are enrolled in more than 100 Canvas courses (enrolled with any role, not just the Teacher or TA role).  The Media Gallery import will only display 100 courses.  If this occurs please place a ticket with the ITS Service Center stating which course to import the Media Gallery from and which course to import into. 
• There is a 10 playlist limit when importing media from a Media Gallery. If you have more than 10 playlists in the Media Gallery you import from, none of the playlists will be recreated. See the Imported Media Gallery Does Not Contain Playlists article for more details. 

Video Demo

How to Import a Media Gallery from Another Course

Resolution

You do not need to be the media owner or co-publisher to import media into the Media Gallery. You must however be a Teacher, TA, or Instructional Designer for both courses.

1. Navigate to the course > Media Gallery > Channel Actions  > Import

Tip: If this is a new course with no media, you can use the quick link, found below the filter options, to import content from another Media Gallery.

2. Select the Course Media Gallery from which to import items and click Import. If you do not see the course you want to import from, verify the course has media in the Media Gallery and then see the Import Media Gallery From Course Not Shown In List article.

Note: It could take several minutes to import all of the media, depending on the size of the Media Gallery. A message at the top of the screen will alert you when Importing completed successfully. Importing runs in the background so you can safely navigate away from the Media Gallery once the Importing Started Successfully message clears.

3. Click "click here" when the message appears to refresh the Media Gallery. The gallery now shows the items and playlists from the other course's Media Gallery.

Related Articles

See related Media Gallery articles for more information about using this tool in Canvas.

Additional Information

• Check out the new Academic Technology@Michigan website for course planning resources from across U-M
• Visit the Canvas @ Michigan site for faculty including the U-M Instructor Guide with links to additional support resources from across campus
• Check out the Canvas and MiVideo tutorials

For additional questions, please contact the ITS Service Center