Add course materials in Content in D2L Brightspace

Add course materials in Content

As an instructor, you can organize your learning materials in Content. Navigate to Content from the course navigation bar. In Content, you can upload the course schedule and syllabus, lectures, and learning materials so students can access them.  Add documents, images, media, and links to websites or course activities as topics organized using modules. Check out this create course content video in MediaSpace to learn more. 

Create your structure

To organize your course materials, you can create modules. To create a module:

  1. Navigate to Content from the Communication menu in the course navigation bar.
  2. Click on the Table of Contents link, then click Add a module… field.
    Add a module field in the Content tool > Table of Contents screen.
  3. Enter the name, and press Enter.
    Example of entering a title in the 'Add a module' field
  4. The newly created module is added to the bottom of the module list.
    The newly created module displays in the Table of Contents

To upload a file

  1. Click the Upload/Create button, and select Upload Files.
    The Upload files option from the Upload/Create button
  2. Select the location of the document.
    • Select My Computer to upload from your device.
    • Select Course Offering Files to select from your course files. 
    • Select One Drive Files (if available). Note: If you are not signed in, click the Sign in to your Microsoft 365 account button and then sign in with StarID@minnstate.edu along with your StarID password.
      On the Selected Documents tab, confirm the files you want to add, and then click Add.
  3. Click Upload, select the file you want to upload, and then click Add.
    Example of uploading a file in the Add a File window

To create a HTML page

  1. Click the Upload/Create button, and select Create a File.
  2. Enter a Title for the page.
  3. Optionally: Select a HTML template from the Select a Document Template menu to use the outline for your content. 
  4. Enter your content for the page.
  5. Click Save and Close.
    An example of a HTML page for a content topic

To add a link to an existing course activity

  1. Click the Existing Activities button and select the activity from the menu.
  2. The activity is added to the bottom of the list in the module, but you can move it using the six-dot icon.

Change a file for a topic

You can change the file that is linked to a topic from the topic's menu. For example, you may want to change the file for your syllabus topic so it reflects the current course. 

  1. Navigate to the Content tool. 
  2. Click on the module containing the topic.
  3. Click on topic's drop-down menu, and select Change File.
    From the topic's drop-down menu, select Change File.
  4. You can create a new content topic (Create a File), upload a file (Upload), or select an existing course file (Choose Existing) to replace the current file.
  5. When finished, click Update.

Set the availability dates for content

Learn more about setting dates on content, including start, due, end dates and hiding content. 

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