Content365 Authoring: duplicate a course

Introduction

Required role: catalog admin. Course admin can edit and manage the course after it's created.

The duplicate Content365 Authoring course feature enables you to create a new course based on another one. You might find this particularly useful if you want to create courses that have similar settings but vary slightly in terms of content. The course is duplicated in the same catalog.

This article provides information about how to create a duplicate of an existing Content365 Authoring course, how to edit and manage it, and how the content of the duplicated course will be affected.

Create a duplicate of a course

1. Go to the Learn365 Admin Center > Training Management > select the relevant course > Duplicate course in Content365 Authoring. The Duplicate course in Content365 Authoring panel opens. This option is grayed out if a catalog admin has converted the content package generated by the original Content365 Authoring course to standalone SCORM.

The course opens on the Start screen. The course title is displayed near the top of the panel. The title is the same as the original course and is appended with (Copy).

All other course content and settings, including narrations and translations, are identical to the original course.

2. Give the duplicated course a new title.

3. Edit your duplicated course. For more information, see this article. Changes you make to the duplicated course don't affect the original course.

4. You can set the Preview toggle to On, so you can navigate through the screens to see what your new course would look like to your learners. We advise you to look around the course, check the course content, and so on.

5. Select Create at the bottom of the panel to save the duplicated course in the current catalog. By default, duplicated courses are unpublished. The Duplicate course in Content365 Authoring panel closes and you return to the Training Management page, where your new course is displayed.

Alternatively, select Discard to cancel course duplication without saving then confirm this action.

If you select the X icon at the top of the Duplicate course in Content365 Authoring panel, you're warned that all unsaved changes will be lost. Here, you can choose to Create or Discard your duplicated course before closing the panel.

For more information about what happens when you select Create, see this article.

Next steps

Once you've created a duplicate course, you can return to it and further edit the content, configure course settings, and publish the course.

Edit Content365 Authoring courses

Required role: catalog admin or course admin.

After you create a course, you can edit your course and the Content365 Authoring course settings. For more information, see this article.

Add screens to your course

Required role: catalog admin during course creation. Course admin can add screens to the course after it's created.

After you create a course, you can continue to add and edit screens. For more information, see this article.

Configure courses in Learn365

Required role: catalog admin or course admin.

Once the Content365 Authoring course is created in Learn365, you can configure your new e-learning course in the usual way. For more information, see this article.

Publish your courses in Learn365

Required role: catalog admin. Course admin can manage the publishing status and dates of the course after the course is created.

Once you've configured your course in Learn365, you can publish it in the usual way. For more information, see the Publish the course section of this article.

Content365 Authoring data handling, AI usage, and compliance

For information about data storage, subcontractors, data flows, and AI usage in Content365 Authoring, see this article on the Trust Center.