Export a D2L Course

Exporting a Course in D2L

If you teach the same course each semester or each year, you typically copy materials forward into the next semester and will not lose your materials; however, if you do not plan to teach a course for an extended period, it is advisable to export the entire course.

Exported courses are saved to a zip package which can be imported into a new D2L shell. The export only contains course materials--no student data is included, such as grades and submissions.

  1. In D2L, enter the course you wish to Export
  2. Select Course Tools in the Navbar, then select Course Admin
  3. Select Import/Export/Copy Components
  4. Select one of the Export Components options and leave the check mark to include course files
    • The Brightspace Package is the standard export for Brightspace LMS, it contains all the necessary resources you need to share your course with another Brightspace site.
    • Common Cartridge is a specification developed by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. The specification describes a set of open standards for content, assessment, and digital content that allows publishers and content creators to create LMS-independent course packages. Brightspace exports as IMS Common Cartridge 1.3.
    • Thin Common Cartridge (Thin CC) is a specification developed by the IMS Global Learning Consortium. The Thin CC standard is a subset of Common Cartridge developed to package Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) Links, Web Links, and metadata. Brightspace exports as IMS Thin CC 1.3.
  5. Select Start
  6. Select the components to Export or select the box at the top of the list to Select All Components.
  7. Select Continue
  8. Scroll to the bottom of the page and check the box for Include course files
  9. Select Export, and you will see a message stating the Export has started. You will receive a notification in the Updates Alerts when it has completed.
  10. Select Done
  11. Select the Update Alert in the upper right of your D2L page, and then select the Notification.
  12. In the Export Summary popup box, select the link to download the Zip package, and Save the file to your computer.

 

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