DWC Educational Technology

Move, Copy or Rearrange Items

Introduction
You may want to move files around from the way they were imported from BlackBoard or change the order of a reading, an assignment or quiz, etc. This is easy to do in Angel.

Move an Item Within a Course
 To move a content item from one Lesson folder to another:

  • Display the item you want to move by clicking on it in the course map.

  • Hold your cursor over the item till you see the settings  reports  utilities  delete commands.

  • Click Utilities.

  • On the Utilities Menu, click Move Item.

  • On the map that displays, click the name of the folder into which you want the item moved.

  • The original page returns minus the item you moved.

Copy an Item to Another Place in the Same Course
To make a duplicate of any item in a course

  • Navigate to the place in the course where you want the second copy to appear.

  • Click Add Content

  • Click Copy Items under the More Options heading

  • All the items in the course display in a tree structure. Click the item you want to copy.
    The item is copied to the current folder.

Rearrange Top Level Folders or Files
To rearrange the order of a top level file or folder in the Lessons area:

  • Under Lessons, Click the Rearrange link

  • Drag and drop the items to the desired location

Copy an Item to Another Course (Export)
You can copy any item from your course to another course in which you have editor rights

  • Display the item you want to move by clicking on it in the course map.

  • Hold your cursor over the item till you see the settings  reports  utilities  delete commands

  • Click Utilities.

  • On the Utilities Menu, click Export Item.

  • Choose the course to which you want to move the item from the drop down menu which lists all the courses to which you have editor access.

  • On the map that displays, click the name of the folder into which you want the item moved.

 

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