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EdTech Tips

Brightspace Course Management Tips

Practical tips for managing your Brightspace courses before, during, and after the semester.

Exporting a Course Package

Exporting a Brightspace Course Package

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When a course ends, most of us move on without thinking twice about what happens to it in Brightspace. But if you’ve built something you’re proud of and want to make sure you always have access to it, it’s worth taking a few minutes to export a copy for yourself.

Brightspace makes it easy to download a complete course package, which is a snapshot of your course content, structure, and settings that you can store on your own device or in cloud storage.

There are a few situations where having your own copy makes a lot of sense. If you’re going on leave, moving between institutions, or just want a clean archive of a course you’ve refined over several semesters, a local copy is a more reliable long-term solution than a DVP course. It also keeps things tidy for everyone, since DVP courses accumulate over time and add to the overall storage load in Brightspace.

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Unlike a Development (DVP) course, which lives in Brightspace and requires the system to stay accessible, a downloaded package belongs to you. You control it, it doesn’t depend on any platform, and it can be re-imported into Brightspace later if you need it. Note that a course export does not include student data like grades, quiz attempts, or submission folder files.

Important: When your export is complete, save the .zip file as-is. Do not open it or re-compress it, as doing either will make the package unusable and it cannot be imported back into Brightspace. If you have a large course and the export times out, try exporting in smaller chunks, for example, content and course files first, then other components separately. For best results, export on a wired internet connection rather than WiFi.

If you’d like help with the export process, D2L’s documentation on exporting course components walks you through it step by step. As always, feel free to reach out to the EdTech team if you have questions.

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