The import process is performed in the "Destination" course or the course that you'll import content into. For example, if you want to bring content from an old course to a new course, you'll go to the new course to perform the steps below.

Click Import and you should arrive on the Import page. You see a note at the top reminding you to make sure that you are performing the import in the Destination course instead of in the Origin course.

You should also see a list of courses that you have access to to import content from. If you do not see the course you need, you may use the search field at the bottom of the list to search for that course. Once you locate the course needed, select it, and click the blue Continue button.

On the "Initial settings" page, check or uncheck boxes to specify the content types you'd like to import. Typically, you do not need to change the default settings on this page. Click Next to continue.

All of the activities and resources in the Origin course should be listed out for you. Check or uncheck items you would like to be imported. To avoid duplicates, we recommend unchecking the following three items in the General section because every course comes with these items already.

• The Announcements forum
• The "Welcome! By default, courses are hidden from students..." paragraph
• The "Welcome Students!" paragraph

Click Next to continue.

Anything you chose to import will be marked with a green check mark, and anything you chose to omit will be marked with a red cross. Go to the bottom of the screen to click "Perform import" when ready.

In both the origin and destination courses, you must add the Sharing Cart block first if it is not already present:

1. Toggle Edit mode on.
2. In the Block drawer on the right, click Add a block at the top.
3. Select Sharing Cart from the list to add it to the course.

The Sharing Cart block has two main areas:

• Copies queued. Displays the status of items or sections while they are being pasted from the cart into a course.
• Items. Shows the items or sections that have been copied into the cart. These stored items can then be copied into other courses.

Once the Sharing Cart block has been added, basket icons will appear to the right of each activity and section in the course.

1. Click the basket icon next to any activity or section you want to copy into the Sharing Cart.
2. A pop-up window will appear asking whether you want to copy user data. In most cases, leave this option unchecked so the copied item does not include any student information or activity data from the origin course.
3. Click Copy to add the selected item to the Sharing Cart. You should now see the copied activity or section listed under Items in the Sharing Cart block.

If the Sharing Cart block is not yet added to the destination course, add it now. If the block is already present, refresh the page so the items you copied from the origin course appear in the Sharing Cart block.

To copy content from the cart into a course:

1. Click the copy icon next to the item or section you want to paste (for example, to the right of "Announcements" in the screenshot).
2. After clicking the copy icon, a dotted rectangle with a downward arrow will appear at the top of each course section.
3. Navigate to the section where you want the copied item to go, then click the dotted rectangle.
4. In the pop-up window, click Copy to confirm.

What to expect during the copy process

• While an item or section is being copied, you may see the “Add content” spinning wheel in the Sharing Cart block under Copies queued.
• Once copying is complete, a brief yellow notification will appear at the top of the page, reminding you to refresh the page if the new content does not immediately appear.

Copying entire sections

When copying a full section from the cart to the course, after clicking the dotted rectangle, you will be prompted to select which item(s) within that section to copy into the destination course.

“Old” vs. “New” Stored Content in the Sharing Cart

If you copied and stored items in the Sharing Cart before November 2025, you may notice different icons as shown in the screenshot below:

• Teal circles represent older copied activities or resources.
• Yellow triangles are older sections or "folders".
• Black and white line-style icons are the newly copied content (e.g., the “Add Content” and “Announcements” in the screenshot).

This difference appears because the Sharing Cart block has been upgraded in November 2025.

Copying older stored content from the Sharing Cart to the Course

To copy an old activity or resource, click the copy button next to the item, just as you would with newer items. To copy an old section, click the section name first to expand it and reveal the items inside, then copy each item individually. Older sections cannot be copied as a full section in one step.

When importing more sections than is currently available in the destination course, Moodle will import items over but mark them as "orphaned activities" when edit mode is toggled until more sections are created. To remedy this issue:

1. Click on settings in the navigation area under the course title at the top of the page.
2. Locate the section labled Course format.
3. In the dropdown for Number of sections, change the number to the total number of sections needed for your course
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save and Display. Your activities should now all have a section and be visible again.

If you imported your course twice and have several duplicate items, you can use the Mass Actions block to delete all the duplicates at once. Visit Using Mass Actions Block for Bulk Editing for more detailed information on how to add and use the block.