How to Duplicate Unit Plans
Teachers can duplicate existing units in ManageBac+ to quickly reuse unit plans such as for within classes, across class sections or for use over different academic years. The duplication feature allows you to create a copy of a unit while controlling whether it is immediately active or saved as a draft in your class or other shared classes.
How to Duplicate a Unit
- Navigate to your Class.
- Select your Unit from the Class Overview, or navigate to Tasks & Units to find your complete unit roster.
- Select the unit you wish to duplicate.
- From the right-hand sidebar, click Duplicate Unit.
- A confirmation window will open.
- Select your preferred sharing options upon duplication.
- Select Confirm to confirm copying the unit.
Draft Options When Duplicating
When duplicating a unit, you can control where the new unit will appear as Draft.
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Mark as Draft in This Class | The duplicated unit will be saved as a draft in the current class. This allows you to prepare or edit the unit before making it visible. Drafted units are not visible to Students or Parents, and excluded from your Class Unit roster |
| Mark as Draft in Shared Classes | The duplicated unit will be created as draft in all other classes that share the same subject and grade level. |
If both options are left unchecked, the duplicated unit will be created as Active across all relevant classes immediately.
What Gets Copied When a Unit is Duplicated
Duplicating a unit copies the core structure of the unit plan so you can reuse it as a starting point.
- Unit planner content
- Resource links attached to the unit
The following items are not duplicated:
- Assessment tasks
- Lesson experiences
- Online lessons
Once duplicated, the new unit will appear immediately in the unit list with the title prefix "Duplicated - [Original Unit Title]". You can then edit the unit independently, including its duration, grade levels, pacing, or content.
Best Practices on Copying & Managing Units
- Use duplication to prepare units for a new academic year while keeping existing units unchanged. Export a copy of the original unit to PDF to preserve its current state.
- Mark duplicated units as draft while editing before sharing them with students or other teachers.
- Rename duplicated units after creation to clearly distinguish them from the original.
Learn more about adding Sharing & Managing units in your school →
Populating a Duplicated Unit
If you would like to bring existing resources into your duplicated unit, you can import them from the original unit using the Stream & Resources page.
To add tasks, lessons or resources:
- Open your duplicated unit.
- Select Stream & Resources.
- Click Import Resource to select whole or partial Lessons.
- Select the original unit and class.
- Choose the Lesson Experiences, resources, or assessments you wish to import.
- Click Import.
You can then organise the learning sequence by creating Lesson Experiences, adding resources to the Stream, and attaching materials to Assessment Tasks.
Learn more about adding Unit Resources, Tasks and Lesson Experiences →