Canvas Direct Share

Direct Share allows instructors to copy a single content item from one course to another, or to share a single item with another instructor.  Direct Share works with Assignments, Quizzes, Discussions, Announcements, and Pages.

How To Share An Item

The first step to sharing content is to find the item and click the share link.  You can access the share link from two places.

Sharing from the Main Tool Page

  1. Click on the tool that has the item you want to share (Assignment, Pages, Quizzes, Discussion).
  2. Find the item you want to share.
  3. Click on the More Options icon (3-dots) on the far right.
  4. Click on "Send To" to send the item to another instructor, or "Copy To" to copy the item to one of your other courses.

Sharing from the Item (Announcements can only be shared this way):

  1. Open the item that you want to share.
  2. Click the More Options icon (3-dots) in the upper right.
  3. Click on "Send To" to send the item to another instructor, or "Copy To" to copy the item to one of your other courses.

Note:  If the item being shared or copied includes other course content, only the item selected for sharing will be included.  For example, if you're sharing an assignment that has a file attached, the file will not be included when you share the assignment, so you'll need to share the assignment and the file separately.

Sharing Options

Send To

The "Send To" option is used to send content to another user.  Content can only be sent to users with instructor-based roles. To send content to another user:

  1. Click on "Send To."
  2. Type the name of the person you want to share with into the search box.
  3. Click their name when it appears.
  4. Repeat steps 2 & 3 if you want to send the content to anyone else.
  5. Click "Send" to send the content.

When the content has been sent, the window confirms the content has been shared successfully, and you can close the window.

Copy To

The "Copy To" option allows instructors to copy content to one of their own courses.  To copy content:

  1. Click on "Copy To."
  2. Type the name of the course you want the content sent to in search box
  3. Click on the course title when it appears.
  4. Optional:   To add the content directly to a module, type the name of the module in the "Select a Module" search box and then click on the module name when it appears.
  5. Click the "Copy" button.

When the content has been copied, the window confirms the content copy process has started successfully, and you can close the window.  It may take a few minutes before the content is available in the new course.  

Content Shared With You

How to Access Shared Content

To access content that has been shared with you, go to the Shared Content Page:

  1. Click on the "Account" icon in the Global Navigation on the left.
  2. Click on the "Shared Content" link.

Shared Content Page

On the Shared Content page, you'll see every item that's been shared with you.  Each item will include the title, type of content, the user who sent it, and when it was received.  You can mange the content by clicking the "Actions" menu on the far right of each item

Actions include:

  • Preview:  The content loads in the same window and the user can close the window after reviewing it.
  • Import:  Import the content into a course using the same functionality as copying content into another course.
  • Remove:  Remove the content from the page and take no action.  A separate window will display to confirm the removal.

 

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