Copy and create courses

Important! If your MyLab course is paired with a Learning Management System (LMS) course such as Blackboard Learn, you must create the course in the LMS. For details, go to Choose Your Learning Management System page and click the icon for the LMS you use.

You can create new courses or create copies of a current course at any time.

To create a new course:

  1. Click Home in the course banner.
  2. Click Create a Course.
  3. Type an author’s name, textbook title, ISBN, or program name in the Search by Textbook box

    -or-

    Select Browse by Discipline and then select a discipline from the list.

  4. Click Next at the bottom of the page.

  5. Locate the title of the course you want to create.
  6. Click Select Course.
  7. Enter a name, start and end dates, and description for the new course.
  8. Click Finish at the bottom of the page.

To copy a course you already teach:

  1. Click Home in the course banner.
  2. Select Copy as Instructor Course from the options menu of your current course.

    Enter a name and description for the new course. Leave the rest of the information as is.

  3. Click Copy.

Note: Assignments in the original course that are past due appear in the assignment calendar of the copied course as assigned but without a due date.