Duplicate a session

Reuse a session you’ve already built by copying it into a new, unstarted session. The copy has the same questions and settings, but none of the original’s answers.

When to use it: You’re running the same material with another class, giving a class a fresh attempt, or want to tweak a past session without rebuilding it.

If you ended a session by mistake and want the same class to carry on, you don’t need a copy. Resume or reopen it instead.

Where to find Duplicate

• The Sessions page: open Sessions in the side menu, then the three dots on the session’s card, and choose Duplicate.
• A classroom: on the classroom’s Sessions tab, the same three dots menu has Duplicate, alongside Edit, Save as template and Delete.
• Inside the session: open the three dots menu at the top of the session page and choose Duplicate session.

You can duplicate sessions you created, and sessions in a classroom you share with other teachers.

Duplicate a session

1. Choose Duplicate (or Duplicate session) from any of the places above.
2. Check the Duplicating from box at the top so you know which session you’re copying. It also tells you what will be copied, for example “5 questions will be copied as drafts. Answer keys are preserved.”
3. Check the session type. For a live quiz or Assessment, choose Change if you want the copy to be the other type. An Engage session stays an Engage session.
4. Edit the New session name. It starts as the original’s name with “(copy)” on the end, so give it something you’ll recognise, such as the class or the date.
5. Check Your display name, the name students see you as.
6. Under Classroom (optional), choose where to file the copy. It starts on the original’s classroom. Pick another classroom, No classroom, or Create classroom to make a new one.
7. Set when it runs:
   • Engage or live quiz: choose Start now or Prepare for later.
   • Assessment: choose the Feedback timing (After submitting or After each question) and set a Due date, with Allow late submissions if you want it.
8. Open Settings to change anything else for the copy, such as guest students, comments or reactions.
9. Choose Duplicate session.

You see “Session duplicated” and you’re taken straight to the copy. It hasn’t started yet, so start or publish it when you’re ready.

What carries over

• Questions and prepared check-ins come across as drafts, with their answer keys. Open or send each one when you’re ready.
• Settings start the same as the original’s, and you can change any of them before you duplicate.
• Student responses, reactions and replies stay with the original. The copy starts with no answers, so each set of results stays separate.
• Dates: a due date carries over only if it’s still in the future. A scheduled start time doesn’t carry over.
• AI-written questions need checking again. Before you start or publish the copy, Signal asks you to confirm you’ve checked the correct answers and explanations of any AI-written questions you haven’t opened in it yet.

Same rules as creating a session

A copy is a brand-new session, so everything that applies when you create one applies here too:

• You can only choose session types your school lets you create.
• If the original has an open-answer question or a rating-scale poll and your school no longer has those switched on, the copy can’t be made. The Duplicating from box explains why.
• A scheduled time or due date must be in the future.
• An Assessment can’t be filed in a classroom linked to a Canvas course. Signal tells you: “Assessments for this classroom are managed in Canvas. Create it from the course, or choose another classroom.”
• Personalised feedback on an Assessment is a Premium feature. On the Standard plan the setting is shown but locked.

Tip: Want to reuse a session next term, or share it with colleagues? Save it to your Library with Save as template. Library items don’t change when you edit the original session.