Back-Up Your Course

If you want to save con­tent from a Bright­space course, whether to cre­ate a secure back­up, keep an extra copy for future ref­er­ence, or move mate­ri­als to anoth­er course, the Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents tool makes it sim­ple. Using a Mas­ter course is still rec­om­mend­ed because it keeps all con­tent up to date in a sin­gle Bright­space course that instruc­tors can eas­i­ly access; how­ev­er, the export­ed course acts as an addi­tion­al safe­guard in case any­thing hap­pens to the mas­ter.

Things to consider when exporting your course

  • The export pack­age is a zipped fold­er that needs to stay in tact (no edit­ing file names, adding new files or mov­ing things around), oth­er­wise it can­not be import­ed back into Bright­space
  • You must export all asso­ci­at­ed com­po­nents (e.g., if you have assess­ments or top­ics with release con­di­tions — you must export both the assess­ment or top­ic as well as the release con­di­tion). If you fail to export asso­ci­at­ed com­po­nents, links to between them will break.
  • NO STUDENT DATA is includ­ed in the export (e.g., sub­mis­sions, grades, quiz attempts, dis­cus­sion posts, etc.)

  1. Access the course you want to export from.
  2. Click the cog wheel icon in the top right cor­ner and select Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents.
  3. Select Export as Bright­space Pack­age and click Start.
  4. Click Select All Com­po­nents.
  5. Click Con­tin­ue.
  6. Under Addi­tion­al Com­po­nents to Export, check Include course files in the export pack­age.
  7. Click Export.
  8. In the Export start­ed win­dow, click Done.
  9. Under the noti­fi­ca­tions (bell) icon click the noti­fi­ca­tion that your export has fin­ished.
  10. On the Export Sum­ma­ry page, select Click here to down­load the export Zip pack­age.
  11. Once you have down­loaded the file, click Done. The down­loaded file has been saved to your Down­loads fold­er.
  1. Access the course you want to export from.
  2. Click the cog wheel icon in the top right cor­ner and select Import/Export/Copy Com­po­nents.
  3. Select Export as Bright­space Pack­age and click Start.
  4. On the Select Course Mate­r­i­al page, choose select com­po­nents.
  5. Click Con­tin­ue.
  6. On the Con­firm Com­po­nents to Export page, review the items to be export­ed. You can go back by select­ing Go Back or Mod­i­fy to make changes as need­ed.
  7. Under Addi­tion­al Com­po­nents to Export, check Include course files in the export pack­age.
  8. Click Export.
  9. In the Export start­ed win­dow, click Done.
  10. Under the noti­fi­ca­tions (bell) icon click the noti­fi­ca­tion that your export has fin­ished.
  11. On the Export Sum­ma­ry page, select Click here to down­load the export Zip pack­age.
  12. Once you have down­loaded the file, click Done. The down­loaded file has been saved to your Down­loads fold­er.

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