From within the course, select Settings from the left-hand-side navigation menu. Next select Import Content into this Course from the right-hand-side menu. Find out if this is the file you want to import. Note that Canvas supports import a variety of different formats, including native exports from some other LMS platforms. Make your selection from the choice of content types. At this point, you are prompted whether to import all or some of the content and there may be additional options. Importing a course starts a process and you will be alerted when the process is complete. Exporting a Course from Canvas The basic process is covered in the Canvas documentation, here: From within the course, select Settings from the left-hand-side navigation menu. Next select Export Course Content from the menu. Choose whether to export the entire course or quizzes. Exporting a course starts a process When complete, is a link to download the course export. You should also get an email notification. The download file will have the extension and is an IMS Common Cartridge version 1.1 file. You can upload this file to Skills “.imscc” Commons. Note that the process to export a quiz, except that the result is an IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) file.
From within the course, select Settings from the left-hand-side navigation menu. Next select Import Content into this Course from the right-hand-side menu. Find out if this is the file you want to import. Note that Canvas supports import a variety of different formats, including native exports from some other LMS platforms. Make your selection from the choice of content types. At this point, you are prompted whether to import all or some of the content and there may be additional options. Importing a course starts a process and you will be alerted when the process is complete. Exporting a Course from Canvas The basic process is covered in the Canvas documentation, here: From within the course, select Settings from the left-hand-side navigation menu. Next select Export Course Content from the menu. Choose whether to export the entire course or quizzes. Exporting a course starts a process When complete, is a link to download the course export. You should also get an email notification. The download file will have the extension “.imscc” and is an IMS Common Cartridge version 1.1 file. You can upload this file to Skills Commons. Note that the process to export a quiz, except that the result is an IMS Question and Test Interoperability (QTI) file.
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