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Automated course template distribution

Overview

Course templates in Schoology Learning help districts and schools standardize course setup and accelerate course creation. Templates can be marked Active or Inactive to control availability while preserving existing courses.

Templates can be mapped to courses using:

  • The Template Mappings interface

  • Manual import

  • Auto‑imports

This article explains template status behavior, how mappings work, and how to manage mappings through imports.

Turn on course template mapping

  1. Navigate to Permissions in your admin settings.  

  2. From the Course Template section, select the Automated Course Template Distribution permission for the desired user roles.  

  3. Click Save. Users with this permission will now have access to course template mapping. 

Template status and mapping behavior

Active templates

  • Are displayed on the Active tab of the Course Templates page

  • Can be mapped to courses using the Template Mapping interface or a CSV import.

  • Can be used to distribute content and structure to courses

Active templates are intended for current and ongoing use.

When you apply multiple course templates to a course, each template adds its grading categories to the course. This ensures assignments associated with those categories sync correctly.

Inactive templates

  • Are displayed on the Inactive tab of the Course Templates page

  • Cannot be mapped to courses using the Template Mapping interface of a CSV import

  • Are not available for distributing content to courses

  • Do not affect existing courses

CSV import and auto‑imports cannot activate inactive templates.

Managing template status

Make a course template inactive

  1. Navigate to Courses.

  2. Select Course Templates.

  3. Ensure the Active tab is selected.

  4. Select the gear icon for the selected template.

  5. Choose Make template inactive.

  6. In the confirmation modal, select Make inactive.

Inactive templates are removed from future course‑template mappings.

Reactivate an inactive template

  1. Navigate to Courses.

  2. Select Course Templates.

  3. Select the Inactive tab.

  4. Select the gear icon for the selected template.

  5. Choose Make template active.

After it is reactivated, the template will be available for mapping and distribution.