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Copying Videos from Older Courses

Canvas instructors can copy video content from an older course to a new course using either Panopto Course Copy or batch copying of select videos manually. Please reference the flow chart below for help on deciding which option is right for you.

 

Panopto Course Copy

Beginning Summer 2025, Panopto Course Copy will automatically copy your content when using Canvas Course Copy for the full course. Please review your Panopto course materials after the Canvas Course Copy to ensure that all transferred video content is FERPA compliant!

 

Important notes for automatic course copy:

  • Course Copy only works with a FULL course copy. If you are only pulling certain Panopto content, we recommend using Batch Copy. 
  • Your Panopto course copy may take up to 48 hours for transfer after beginning your Canvas Course Copy. It usually doesn't take more than 24 hours, but this may take longer based on the amount of content in your course and general tenant traffic. 
  • The Panopto Video item needs to be added in your previous course and destination course. This is the default, but if you have removed the Panopto Video section for any reason, you will need to restore Panopto Video in the Navigation Menu before copying the course over.
  • The course videos and embedded links using the LTI tool will automatically update, but plain text links will not update automatically! Review any plain text links in your materials and opt to either manually update each to the new links in your Panopto folder or using the Panopto LTI button in the rich text editor to future-proof your course work. 
  • Check here for more information on what is and is not transferred between courses. Links to an external site.

 

 

Manual Batch Copy 

If you only need a few videos or you are not doing a copy of a previous course, the recommended path is to batch copy videos.

1. Open the original course from which you want to copy videos, and go to the Panopto Video section

2. Click the Arrow icon on the top right to Open in Panopto. This will open the course in the Panopto portal from which you can perform batch copies.

An image of the top right of the Canvas Panopto view highlighting the "Open in Panopto" icon, which will open the Panopto folder in the Panopto portal view.

3. Click the checkboxes to the left of the videos that you want to copy. You can select multiple on the same page.

4. Click the Copy icon at the top of the screen

A screenshot of the Panopto portal view highlighting the Copy icon once videos are checkboxed for action

5. Search for the name of your new course's Panopto folder and select it.

6. Click Copy