Duplicating a Learnlist: Two different ways

There are two different ways to duplicate a Learnlist: Mirroring or Duplicating.

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There are two different ways to duplicate a Learnlist. This article will explain both ways and the difference between the two options.

Where do I go to duplicate a Learnlist? 

Go to the ‘Manage Learnlists’ page:

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Select the ‘three pips’ of the Learnlist you'd like to duplicate:

Option 1: Create mirror Learnlist

• If you create a mirror Learnlist, this will only duplicate the original Learnlist.

• The new mirror Learnlist will contain exactly the same Items as the original Learnlist.

• This means that whatever permanent changes you make to the original Learnlist (e.g. adding new Items, deleting Items, renaming Items, etc.), these changes will also occur to the mirror Learnlist.

• E.g. If the original Learnlist has 10 Items and you delete an Item so that it has 9 Items, the new mirror Learnlist will now also have 9 Items. 

In summary: whatever permanent changes are made to the original Learnlist, the exact same changes will also happen to the new mirror Learnlist.

Option 2: Duplicate Learnlist and clone each Item

• This option will duplicate both the Learnlist and each of its individual Items. 

• i.e. Documents, Quizzes, Items, Surveys, Events, and e-learning packages will all be duplicated.

What does this mean?

• This means that any changes you make to the original Learnlist will not occur in the new duplicated Learnlist.

• E.g. If you delete Items from the original Learnlist, these Items will remain in the new duplicated Learnlist.

• E.g. If you rename Items in the original Learnlist, the original names will remain in the new duplicated Learnlist.

In summary: The two Learnlists will be completely independent of each other, and changes made in one will not occur in the other.

Reporting on the completion of Learnlists:

Mirrored Learnlist:

• Items within a mirrored Learnlist will only be reported as completed once. 

• So even though there are two Items, you will only see the completion of one Item as it is the same Item.

Duplicated Learnlist:

• If you complete a Learnlist that has been duplicated, if you complete one Learnlist, the other Learnlist will not be marked as completed.