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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 from the Course Admin page.
User data and exporting a course package
User data is not exported with the course package. For example, if you export the assignment folders, none of the assignment submission to those folders are exported in the course package.
What items cannot be exported in a course package
The following Brightspace items cannot be exported in a Brightspace package:
- Attendance registers and schemes,
- Award certificates and badges,
- ePortfolio Forms,
- Grade Settings (not Personal Display, ePortfolio Artifacts options, nor Automatic Zero selection),
- Groups with automatic enrollments,
- Homepages (custom and institution),
- Learning Outcomes (course, program, and institution),
- Links (categories and links) in the Links tool,
- Navbars (custom and institution),
- Tool custom names, and
- Widgets (custom and institution).
To export a package of your course materials
To export a package of course materials and learning activities, you can use Export Components.
- Navigate to the course you want to export.
- In the course navigation bar, select the Course Tools menu, then select Course Admin.
- On the Course Admin screen, select the Import/Export/Copy Components link.
- Select the Export from Brightspace button.
- Select Start.
- Select the items you want to export and click Continue.
- Important: On the next page, make sure to scroll down the page and select the "Include course files in the export package" checkbox before selecting export.
- Select Export.
- Select Done.
- Select the minibar alert Export finished link.
- Select the link to download the zip package to your device.
