# Clone From Existing Course When Converting a Course Application **URL:** \ **Category:** Course administration\ **Tags:** activity\_application\ **Created:** [January 18, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/clone-from-existing-course-when-converting-a-course-application/507 "2019-01-18T20:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lwinzen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.ethosce.com/lwinzen/32/128_2.png) [@lwinzen](https://community.ethosce.com/u/lwinzen)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2019, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/clone-from-existing-course-when-converting-a-course-application/507/1 "2019-01-18T20:19:47Z")
We never create courses from scratch - we always clone from an existing course as similar as possible to the one we’re creating. This saves a lot of time and cuts down on errors. It would be so helpful when a course application has been approved and we are ready to create the course, to have the option to select a course to clone from when creating a course from an application. When you click Create Course \> Convert now, you have to create a course from scratch. Please vote for this feature if it would help you too! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![gmartinez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/898d66/32.png) [@gmartinez](https://community.ethosce.com/u/gmartinez)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 2:41pm UTC](https://community.ethosce.com/t/clone-from-existing-course-when-converting-a-course-application/507/2 "2019-01-22T14:41:28Z")
We are on the verge of rolling out this module and I definitely follow the same protocol. I rarely ever create courses from scratch. We also have alot of repeat courses, so even if it’s a new application it’d be nice to be able to use the course from the previous year. Great idea!