IDD How to Transfer Content into the Template

Working with the online classroom template on a brand new course is easier than transferring existing course content into the template, especially if you have a lot of content.

Moving Content into the Template

This video will demonstrate the tricks we use to efficiently transfer content and avoid common pitfalls that we have discovered by doing this ourselves, answering the question, "Where do I start?"

Quick Check

Which of the following is NOT a helpful tip for transferring content into the Template?

Adjust the naming conventions in the previous course before moving it into the template.

Adjusting naming conventions is a helpful tip because it will help you differentiate between what is old and what is new content.

Move all your content from your previous course at once.

CORRECT! It is not a good idea to move all your content at once. Moving a module or two at a time will help you avoid confusion.

Use the "Select Specific Content" option when importing content.

Selecting specific content is a helpful tip because moving a module or two at a time will help you avoid confusion.

Open pages in Tabs so you can move back and forth between old and new modules.

Opening pages in tabs is a helpful tip because it will help you save time not having to navigate back and forth.

Learning Target

Objective 2 - Customize template pages and containers to reflect your course content.

Objective 8 - Understand the nuances and refresh/update patterns of the template home page.