Assignments | How to copy an Assignment
Assignments are used to easily assess and evaluate the work of students. Lecturers can use the Assignment tool to create, edit and copy Assignments for their course activities.
This article shows how to:
Navigating to an Assignment
In your Course homepage, in the green navigation,
1. Click on Assessment, a drop-down menu will appear
2. Click on Assignments
Copying an Assignment
The Assignment homepage will open,
1. Click on the downward arrow next to the Assignment name, a drop-down menu will appear
2. Click on Copy Assignment
This will open the Copied Assignment page. It is possible to directly edit the copied assignment
Copying an assignment to other courses you teach
If you teach several courses you can copy your assignments from one of your courses to another.
Only users with the roles of Course Coordinator, Course Administrator, Lecturer, Teaching Assistant and Student Assistant have the permission to Copy Assignments to other Courses.
In the Assignment homepage:
1. Click on the downward arrow next to the Assignment name, a drop-down menu will appear
2. Click on Copy to Other Courses
This will open the Copy Assignments dialog.
- Here you can select if you want to copy the assignment with the associated rubric and grade item.
- The Choose Destinations area enables you to search by keyword or semester to find the destination courses for the assignment. Only course offerings for which a user has the Copy to Other Courses permission appear in the Choose Destinations list. By default, the maximum number of courses you can select is 10.
What can be copied, what not
| Assignment attributes |
Can be copied | Assignment attributes |
Cannot be copied |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment folder with instructions, assignment categories and visibility | ✔️ |
Instruction quicklinks and attachment resources created with the Attach link to existing activity action |
❌ |
| Description and attachments (direct file attachments, uploaded from Google Workspace or OneDrive, and audio and video files) | ✔️ |
Instruction images added using Insert Image that were saved to course files |
❌ |
| Grade item and grade category | ✔️ |
Availability release conditions and special access settings |
❌ |
| Availability dates | ✔️ |
Submission and completion information including group assignment designation |
❌ |
| Submission and completion information (with optional grade item and course scheme) | ✔️ |
Evaluation and Feedback information including Turnitin associations, competency, and outcome associations |
❌ |
|
Rubric(s) associated with the assignment* |
✔️ |
Content topic associations (for example, if the assignment is linked from content) |
❌ |
* When copying an assignment that uses a shared rubric, the rubric is also copied. The copied assignment links to the copied rubric. If an assignment uses a rubric that is archived, the rubric is copied and retains the archived state in the destination courses
In some cases, references to links and images that are not copied may result in broken links.
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Now you know how to Copy an Assignment in Brightspace!
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