How To: Backup and Import Course Components

To create a zip file of your course or course components, do the following:

Select Edit Course from the navigation bar.
Select Import/Export/Copy Components
Select Export as Brightspace Package 
 

Click Start
Click the checkbox next to "Select All Components" OR some components of the course
Click Continue

The next page will allow you to confirm or modify the selection.
Check the box next to "Include Course Files in the Export Package"
Click Export

The export process may take a while if you have lots of things to export.
 

Once the export is finished, you will see a dot on the notification bell

Click on the notification bell,
You will see "Export finished"
Click on this notification

You will see "The course export was successful.
 

Export Grades

The Export tool includes only course files; it does not include student data, such as student grades and their assignment submissions.  To archive student grades, do the following.

Select Grades under the Assessments menu on the course navigation bar. Select Enter Grades and then select Export.

By default, all users and all grade items are selected, though you can change the selections.

Select either Export to CSV or Export to Excel
 

The next page will give you a link to download and save the export file.

You can export all or select D2L course components and then import them into a D2L course site.  This is useful if are seeking access to course components from a colleague.

• Click the Import / Export/ Copy Components from the Edit Course main navbar.
• Select Import Components.

Drag and drop the zip file.  (Keep the file zipped.)  The other option is to use the Upload button to browse your files.  (Maximum file upload is 2 GB.)

To Import All: 

• Select Import All Components.  A pop-up message will appear with three green checkmarks if it was a successful import.  Conversion duration is determined by factors such as file size, complexity and internet connection speed. Normally it should not take longer than 5-10 minutes. If you want to navigate away and receive an alert on completion, select "Send me an alert when this step completes".

To Import Select Components:

• If you would like to only import select components, select Advanced Options.
• Customize your course package:

• Select components to import [1].
• Advanced Option (optional): Select where you would like file to import.  If you want to import files into a sub-directory under the root directory of your course offering, enter the sub-directory path in the Import file to field. If you leave this field blank (default behavior), imported files are saved in the root directory of your course [2].
• Advanced Option (optional): When an existing file is encountered, select to overwrite or do not overwrite the existing file [3].
• Advanced Option (optional): Import metadata.  Metadata is associated with the learning objects in your course (e.g., topics, modules), and are used to describe them in a structured way. The purpose of metadata is to support reusability, discoverability and interoperability of the learning objects. Examples of metadata can be ‘language’, ‘keywords’, ‘catalog’, etc.  If your course package contains metadata and you choose to import it, you can edit it later through the Content Tool [4].
• Advanced Option (optional): Offset all dates of imported components by either direction and range or enter dates for the system to calculate range between two dates [5].
• Click Continue [6]. 
• A pop-up message will appear to provide a progress for the three stages: Uploaded, Converted and Imported.  A green checkmark indicates a successful import. The View Processing Logs link provides a detailed conversion log summary.  Links to View Content, Import Another Package and Review and Manage Dates are available.

Note: View Import History link is available on the Import/ Export / Copy Components main page.