Blackboard allows the import and export of content packages between courses. This option is especially useful when the recipient and the donor are in different environments. In the case of two courses hosted on the same server, it is much faster to copy items between courses.

We will access the import and export options from the three-dot icon at the top of the course body.

The import and export options are separated in that menu. Click the one you are interested in.

Importing Content

With the import of a package, we can bring materials and tools prepared in one course into another different course.

In this same place, we have options to import items from a cloud storage system, the content store, and the institution's content collection.

By selecting Import Course, we can import a previously exported package, which we will have saved on our PC.

When importing content, the original visibility settings are maintained, as well as the original conditions in the new course. For example, content that was hidden in the course from which it was copied remains hidden in the recipient course.

Exporting a Package

By exporting, we will be creating a package that we can import into a different course.

When we select this export option, two lists will appear: one for manual exports and one for automatic exports, which are course backups automatically made by the system every day.

You can download them by clicking on them.

If you prefer a manual copy, click again on Course Export Packages.

When clicking on this option, we will be asked if we also want to export student data, thus creating a "snapshot" of everything that has happened in the course up to that moment (this would be a copy aimed at maintaining all course data, including student interactions).