U098 – How do I copy a WebQuest (or Planner)?

If you find a nice widget with a colleague, in one of our groups or elsewhere online, you can easily use the Duplicate option in a group, or the Make copy to my account button if you've received a teacher link, in order to make a copy of the widget that you can edit as you please and use for your own purposes.
However, if such a widget happens to contain links to other widgets, which this article will refer to as "nested" widgets from now on, and which is commonly the case with WebQuest and Planner widgets, creating a successful copy for yourself may not be as straight-forward.

Duplicate

If you create a duplicate of a widget with nested widgets in it from anywhere in the Create section of your account, a dialog pop-up will appear that asks what you wish to do with the nested widgets. Depending on the exact context, the following options may be available:

• Use the original link;
• Make a duplicate;
• Use existing duplicate.

If the short codes are red and have a warning icon next to them, it means that while the main widget is available to you, the nested widget isn't because it is in a location to which you don't have access (e.g.: 'My widgets' in the owner's BookWidgets account). Try to get in touch with the widget owner and ask to move the nested widget(s) to the same location as the main widget, so that it becomes possible for yourself and others to make a duplicate. If there is no means of contacting the widget owner or they refuse, you can't create a duplicate of the nested widget and can only opt to use the original owner's widget.

Teacher link

If you have a teacher link of a widget, the aforementioned dialog will not pop up if you try to make a copy. In order to copy a main widget from a teacher links, you will also require (teacher) links to the nested widgets so you can copy them as well. Then, open the duplicate of your main widget, and exchange the links to the nested widgets with those of your own duplicates.

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