Import assignments from another course

Import assignments from your own course or from another instructor's course using the Import Assignments wizard

To open the Import Assignments wizard:

  1. In the Assignment Manager, select Create > Import from another course.
    or
    In the Homework/Test Manager, select Create Test > Import/Copy Tests from another program.
  2. Follow the steps in the Import Assignments wizard.
  1. Choose an import option. This step displays only when your textbook questions can be matched with another edition of the book or a similar book.
    • Import assignments from other courses using this book — Assignments from other instructors must be set to allow others to import.
    • Convert and import assignments from courses using a previous edition of your textbook or related books with similar coverage — Only questions that exactly match your current textbook are imported. The questions are renumbered to match your current textbook.
  • Assignments from my courses for this book — Select this option when your course uses the same textbook.
  • Assignments from other instructors' courses at... — Select this option when the course is taught by another instructor at your school.
    If your institution doesn’t display, you can:
    • Select Change to choose an institution from which to import assignments. This change does not impact your account. To change the institution on your account, Edit your account settings.
    • Select the third option, Assignments from instructors at...
  • Assignments from instructors at — Choose a school or learning management system. For MyLab and Mastering, MathXL or MathXL for School, select CourseCompass/XL.
  • ... with this log-in — Enter the other instructor's username. You do not need their password.
  • Reload publisher activities from the master course — Select this option to import the prebuilt assignments that originally came with your course. You might choose this option if:
    • There are new or updated assignments to the prebuilt master course (such as MediaShare assignments) and you want those updates.
    • You edited copies of the prebuilt assignments and want new copies of the original assignments to start fresh.

Select the textbook from the book list, if applicable, and choose a course or program to import from.

  1. Optionally use the filter buttons to display only one category of assignment.
  2. Choose assignments to import from the table or select the checkbox in the table head to import all assignments.
  3. Optionally choose Import Assignment Settings to include settings, such as start and end dates and review options.
  4. Select Import.

After the import, you see a summary of the imported assignments:

  • When you imported from a different book, you see any questions that were excluded because they do not match questions in your existing textbook.
  • If you imported custom questions from a course using a different book, you see these questions and must manually update associations from the Assignment Manager.
  • Personalized homework settings are not imported with assignments.
  • Prerequisites are not imported with assignments.
  • Show Work settings and media are not imported in assignments from a previous edition.
  • Learning Catalytics modules are not imported.

 

See also: Import pre-built assignments by copying sample assignments