Set Copy Content preferences

Updated 19 Feb 2024

Use the Preferences > Copy Content page to determine which course materials you can copy between the courses in which you are enrolled. You can set preferences that let you copy materials to and from the Course Materials Library, Question Bank, and My Course sections of your course or from a Pearson-provided shared library.

If you enable copying, you can navigate to other courses (from the same Pearson course URL) in which you are enrolled and copy and paste materials into your current course or into another course in which you are enrolled.

You may not be able to copy materials between all of your courses. See Use the Change Source menu to copy materials for more details.

The Preferences pages are never available to teaching assistants. (MyLab Languages only)

  1. Click Today's View or Course Materials > Add From Library or Course Materials > Manage Course Materials.
  2. Click the preferences icon .
  3. Close the Basic Preferences dialog box that appears.
  4. Click Copy Content in the Instructor column.

In the Copy Content To This Course section, you set whether or not you can copy material into the current course. If you select this option, the Change Source menu is available on the Course Materials > Add from Library and Course Materials > Manage Question Bank pages.

  • Enabled: Select to allow access to other courses from the current course. This access includes the ability to access shared library material from the current course. When selected, the Change source menu appears for the Course Materials Library and Question Bank. This option lets you preview, copy, and paste material from one course to another, as well as within the current course.
  • Disabled: Select to restrict access to other courses from this course. When selected, the Change source menu does not appear in the Course Materials Library or Question Bank.

In the Copy Content From This Course section, you specify what types of material (if any) users can copy from the current course. You also select how you want to restrict the movement of material.

  • Instructors/TAs can access this course's Course Materials Library from: Select an option to access the Course Materials Library from:
    • Any other course in which they are enrolled: Select to access the Course Materials Library from any other courses in which you are enrolled. When selected, if you are signed in to another course (the course can be from another discipline or product), you can use the Change Source menu on the Course Materials > Add from Library page to copy materials from the Course Materials Library of this course.
    • Only those courses that were created from the same course in the course catalog: Select to access only the Course Materials Library of courses that are derived from the same published course and in which you are enrolled. When selected, if you are signed in to a derived course, you can use the Change Source menu on the Course Materials > Add from Library page to copy materials from the Course Materials Library of this course.
    • No other courses: Select to restrict access to the Course Materials Library of the course. When selected, neither you nor other instructors can copy any materials from the Course Materials Library of this course.
  • Instructors/TAs can access this course's Course Materials from: Select an option to access My Course assets from:
    • Any other course in which they are enrolled: Choose this option to access My Course assets from any other courses in which you are enrolled. When selected, if you are signed in to another course (the course can be from another discipline or product), you can use the Change Source menu on the Course Materials > Add from Library page to copy My Course materials from this course.
    • Only those courses that were created from the same course in the course catalog: Select to access My Course assets only from courses that are derived (child) courses of the same published course, and in which you are enrolled. When selected, if you are signed in to a derived course, you can use the Change Source menu on the Course Materials > Add from Library page to copy My Course assets from this course.
    • No other courses: Select to restrict access to My Course assets. When selected, you cannot copy any My Course assets from this course.
  • Instructors/TAs can access this course's Question Bank from: Select an option to allow access to the Question Bank from:
    • Any other course in which they are enrolled: Choose this option to access the Question Bank from any other courses in which you are enrolled. When selected, if you are signed in to another course (the course can be from another discipline or product), you can use the Change Source menu on the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page to copy materials from the Question Bank of this course.
    • Only those courses that were created from the same course in the course catalog: Select to access the Question Bank only from courses that are derived (child) courses from the same published course and in which you are enrolled. When selected, if you are signed in to a derived course, you can use the Change Source menu on the Course Materials > Manage Question Bank page to copy material from the Question Bank of this course.
    • No other courses: Select to restrict access to the Question Bank of the course. When selected, you cannot copy any material from the Question Bank of this course.

Save preferences

To save your choices, click Save Preferences. When you finish setting preferences, click Save and Close.

If you go to another page before you save your changes, your changes are discarded and the previous settings are maintained.

Additional actions

On any Preference page, you can:

  • Save your changes by clicking Save Preferences. If you go to another page before you save your changes, your changes are ignored and the previous settings are maintained.
  • Generate a report of the settings you selected by clicking the download icon .