Import a course from Canvas, Blackboard, Schoology or D2L (Common Cartridge)

Common Cartridge is the standard course export format used by most learning platforms. Acatudy reads versions 1.0 to 1.3, including Canvas's extra data (course name, syllabus, unpublished modules and the full version of each quiz). Coming from Moodle? Use the course backup instead: Import a Moodle course (.mbz). For students, see Migrate from other platforms.

1. Export the course from your platform

Upload the file exactly as your platform gives it to you, without unzipping it.

2. Upload and review

1. Open the course importer

   Go to Import and click Import a whole course. Under Migrate from another platform you'll also find the steps for each platform.

2. Upload the .imscc

   Drag the file onto the box (up to 2 GB; it uploads in parts and resumes if the connection drops). Acatudy recognizes whether it's a Moodle backup or a Common Cartridge package by its content.

3. Check the preview

   Every module, page, file, link, assignment and quiz is listed with what it becomes in Acatudy, or the reason it's skipped. Choose the subject name, the academic course and, for each quiz, whether it's a practice test (doesn't count for the grade) or an official exam. Canvas practice quizzes are proposed as practice tests; quizzes named "final", "exam" or "midterm" as official exams.

4. Import

   Large courses import in the background with a progress bar. At the end you can download a CSV summary with every item, its result and the reason. Nothing unpublished in the source is published in Acatudy.

3. What becomes what

In visual (Cards) mode the course becomes a topic, modules become subtopics, files go to Documents and practice quizzes go to the practice bank.

4. Only quizzes or question banks (QTI)

To bring questions without the course, open Practice bank → Import or Exam bank → Import questions and upload:

• A Canvas quiz export (Settings → Export Course Content → Quiz): a QTI 1.2 .zip.
• A Canvas New Quizzes export (Quizzes → Options → Build → Exports) or a Blackboard Ultra QTI 2.1 Package.
• A single QTI 1.2 or 2.1/2.2 XML file, or a whole .imscc (only its quizzes are read).

The first image of a question (JPG, PNG or WebP up to 5 MB) is kept when it's inside the package.

What is skipped and why

• Discussions, LTI tools (for example Turnitin or publisher tools), surveys and student grades or submissions.
• Question types Acatudy doesn't have: matching, multiple answers, multiple blanks, dropdowns, ordering, hotspots, drag and drop, formula/calculated and file upload.
• Files with a blocked type (for example .exe) or whose content doesn't match their extension, and files that don't fit in your plan's storage.
• Items that point to content outside the package.

Every skipped item appears with its reason in the preview and in the downloadable summary. For security, the package is unpacked in a temporary folder with size limits, nothing in it is executed, XML with a DOCTYPE or entities is rejected, and the folder is deleted when the import finishes.

Importing the same course again

If you upload a course you already imported, the preview warns you and doesn't import it again unless you tick Import again as a copy. The previous subject is never changed.