Copy a course into my D2L Brightspace course

Summary

What’s a quick way to copy or import course materials in to my course? I have a course package; how do I add it to my course?

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Import/Export/Copy Components

Copy or import in your learning materials in Import/Export/Copy Components.  You can use the Import/Export/Copy Components tool to copy from one of your courses or import from a course package so that you can easily reuse course materials and learning activities.  The Import/Export/Copy Components tool is available in your course navigation bar, found under Course Admin.

The Import/Export/Copy Components tool link from the Course Admin page

To copy from another one of your courses

To copy course materials and learning activities from one of your courses at the same institution, you can use Copy Components. 

  1. Navigate to Course Admin, then click the Import/Export/Copy Components link.
  2. Under Copy Components from another Org Unit, click Search for org unit.
    Search for offering button
  3. Search for a course to copy from and add it.
    Sample of searching for a course, selecting it, and clicking Add Selected
  4. Click Copy All Components.
    The Copy All Components button

To import a course package into your course

To import a course from a different institution or a publisher, you can use Import Components.

  1. Navigate to Course Admin, then click the Import/Export/Copy Components link.
  2. Select the Import Components button.
  3. Click Start.
    The Import Components option and Start button
  4. Click Upload.
    The Upload button
  5. Select the zipped file you want to upload.
  6. Click Import All Components.
    Note: Once it’s finished importing, click View Content to navigate to the course Content tool.
    The Import All Components button

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Article ID: 56
Created
Thu 5/30/24 10:03 AM
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Thu 2/27/25 12:09 PM
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