How do I download content from an old module?
This answer tells you about two ways that you can download your content from a previous module.
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If you're going to lose access to a module, you might want to download some of the content first, so that you can use it in future. There are a number of ways that you could do this.
To select any number of individual files in the module:
- Within the Brightspace module, select 'Control Panel' from the navbar.
- Select 'Manage Files'.
- Check the boxes of the files or folders that you wish to download.
- Select the 'download' icon (which looks like a cloud with a down arrow).
- Brightspace will then prepare a zip folder containing all of the files that you selected. Click the filename to choose where to save it.
- Select 'save'.
- You'll then just need to unzip / extract the files as you normally would with a compressed folder.
Equally, you could download the entire course content.
- Within the Brightspace module, select your profile picture, and choose 'View as Student'.
- Select 'Content' from the navbar.
- Select 'Table of Contents' from the sidebar.
- A download button will appear towards the top of the page. Select this and wait for the zip file to prepare.
- Save it in your preferred location.
- You'll then just need to unzip / extract the files as you normally would with a compressed folder.
Be aware that if you only want to do this so that you can re-use content in a different Brightspace module, there's a tool that makes this very easy. See this related FAQ entry: https://uos.libanswers.com/brightspace/faq/191067