💡 A new semester is coming up? You don't need to rebuild your course. The recommendation is to duplicate your existing course.
Why duplicate a course?
When you duplicate a course, all content and descriptions are reused, while learner data stays with the existing course.
Content is preserved: materials, quiz questions, the course description and settings don't have to be created again.
Clean separation between cohorts: chats, quiz results and feedback from the last semester stay in the old course.
Learners keep their access: participants from the last cohort can always revisit their earlier OneTutor course.
Comparable statistics: you can easily compare usage from semester to semester.
Before duplicating: improve your course
Usage and learner data are not copied into the new course. It is therefore worth taking a close look at the existing course first.
Analyse usage patterns in the dashboard: which topics were asked about most? Where were the gaps in understanding?
Revise or delete weak or negatively rated quiz questions.
Add missing materials or replace outdated ones.
☝🏻 Improve your course before you duplicate it — that way the new cohort benefits right away. For how to evaluate usage, see: Analytics & Course Improvement
How to duplicate a course
Duplicating is simple and takes just a few clicks. There are two ways to do it:
When creating a new course
In your course overview, click the plus symbol (+) to create a new course.
Choose the option to create a course from an existing course.
In the basic settings, select the existing course you want to duplicate.
From the course settings
For convenience, you can also duplicate a course directly from the course settings of the existing course.
What gets duplicated?
Copied automatically
Course description
Course settings (e.g. language, answer strictness, additional instructions for the chat)
Selectable while duplicating
Quiz questions: copy over all existing questions
Materials: take over the existing learning materials and supporting resources
Course managers: bring the existing course team along
Configurable while duplicating
Semester: if your institution has semester management activated, you can set which semester the new course should appear in.
Password: you can set a new password for the new course.
Not copied
Learner and usage data (chat history, quiz results, feedback and statistics) stays with the existing course.
After duplicating
You can always adjust all information afterwards: delete individual questions, replace materials or change settings — exactly as your new cohort needs it.
Share the new course link
The duplicated course has a new link. Copy it via "Share Course" and share it with your learners, for example through Moodle.
⚠️ Note: the old link still points to the previous course. Make sure to update the link in your LMS. More on this: Sharing your course, visibility & security