If you are importing course material from publishers (E.g., test banks), or receiving content from another instructor who has provided it in a file to be uploaded, follow these instructions to Import the Content into your own course offering. The content should already have been prepared in .zip file format. Note: These instructions are for […]
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Exporting Course Content to Share
If you would like to share content from one of your courses with another instructor but don’t want to grant them access to your course, you can use the “Export” capability in D2L. Exporting your course will create a file in a .zip format that can subsequently be imported by another instructor into their D2L […]
Sharing Content Between Instructors
If you wish to share your course content with another instructor, or if another instructor is willing to share their content with you, this can be easily accomplished with Brightspace’s Import/Export/Copy Components tool. A link to the Import/Export/Copy Components tool can be found on the Course Home page of your Brightspace course. A Two Step […]
Copying Groups and Workspaces into a new Course
When you copy groups and workspaces (Assignments, Discussion Topics, etc.) into a new course in preparation for a new semester, there are some important considerations based on the type of groups and workspace areas you have set up. It is recommended to wait until students have registered before copying content with groups and group workspaces from another […]
Copy Content from Another Course
Empty Brightspace shells are automatically created near the beginning of each semester. If you have been assigned to a course, you will be enrolled in it automatically. Once your empty Brightspace course shells are available to you, you can copy the entire contents of your existing courses, or copy selected content items, into the appropriate new Brightspace […]
Selecting Course Tools
The course navigation bar includes common tools by default that you may or may not want to use, or to be visible in your course. For example the Assessments tab on the navigation bar contains a link to Quizzes, Self-Assessments and Surveys by default. You may or may not use any of these items. You […]
