Why you might want to remove announcements
Announcements are often unique to the communication needs of a particular semester and student cohort, so many instructors find that they do not want to bring over their old announcements when they copy course content into a new course. This page will show you how to remove announcements when you are doing a course import. The following instructions work for any Selective Import of content.
How to remove announcements while doing a selective import
1. In your new course site, click on “Settings” in the course menu on the left side of the page.
![](https://cteresources.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2018/12/click-settings.png)
2. Then, click “Import Content into this Course” on the right side of the screen.
![](https://cteresources.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2018/12/import-course-content.png)
On the Import Content page:
1. Pull down the Content Type menu and select Copy a Canvas Course.
2. Then select the course from the drop-down menu.
3. Choose “Select specific content”.
4. Click the “Import” button. Canvas, won’t begin to copy until you finish making your selections.
![](https://cteresources.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2018/12/import-content-settings.png)
Click the “Select Content” button. It may take a while for content to appear as Canvas gathers content. (There will be another Select content in step 8.)
![](https://cteresources.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2018/12/select-content-for-specific-import-1.png)
1. Check off the categories you want to import.
2. Do not check the box by Announcements.
3. Click the “Select Content” button.
![](https://cteresources.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2018/12/do-not-check-announcements.png)
If you wish, you can be even more selective and bring over some announcements and not others:
1. Click the arrow by Announcements, which will reveal a list of all announcements in the site you are importing.
2. Check off any announcements you want to include in the current site.
3. Click “Select Content”.
![](https://cteresources.bc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/147/2018/12/select-specific-announcements.png)
Keep in mind: If you’ve neglected to import something you want, you can repeat the process selecting only the missing item.