Can I edit a course that has been shared to a sub account without affecting the course in the main account? Or are the courses totally linked so that if I modify it in one place, the modifications are visible everywhere else?
If I want to have a slightly different version of the course in my sub account, what is the best practice? To duplicate course and then edit?
Giovanna, I apologize that your question has been here for awhile without getting a response from Instructure. Raheel Alam is correct: a change made in the subaccount will affect the course in the root account as well. We see that you have Bridge Admin access here in the Community, so if this is something you'd like to see changed, please submit a feature idea to Submit and Explore Ideas.*
*Please do continue the conversation in the Admin Lounge feature idea space. We recognize that not every user may have access to this space at this time, but we are working on a new process that we hope will help. For this reason we're marking this question as assumed answered.
Giovanna, actually, you probably won't need to create a new idea, as I just found Sub Account Editing Restrictions from Root Account Courses . If that addresses your described use case, please add your feedback and vote to the existing idea.
on Jun 7, 2017
Giovanna Cruz
i've never had to do this, yet, but I decided to test it out:
I just edited a course in a sub-account as the Account admin and the changes in the sub-account DID affect the master account, and vice versa. I did create a course in the sub-account and was able to see it in the master account but was not to able to edit it even as a super admin, i could just add it to my library. I also did a duplication of an account in the sub-account and again, the master account could not edit it but it could assign it to any group, etc. I'd say the workaround is to create duplicates, rename them slightly so someone in the master account doesn't accidentally edit it and don't add them to any master account groups or the master library.
I suspect Ike Bennion knows the real answer and/or can tell us if this is in the works.
-Raheel