Duplicating a site

Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

When you duplicate a course site, you create a copy of the site that's not exactly like the original. The duplicate site won't include any student-entered material; only content posted by instructors will be included.

When you duplicate a project site, you create a copy of the site that's exactly like the original. All participant-entered materials will be included.

To duplicate your site, follow these steps:

1. While you have the site open, from the menubar, click Site Info.
   
   
2. Click Duplicate Site.
   
   
3. In the "Site Title:" field, type in a name for the duplicate site, select the Academic term, and then click Duplicate.

   Note: If you don't have sufficient rights to create a site, you'll receive the message, "Alert: You are not allowed to create a new site."