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Content

In Brightspace you can create content on three levels::

  • “Unit” an overall level.
  • “Lesson”
  • "Folder”

In addition, you can create HTML pages at all three levels.

Units, lessons, folders and HTML pages together make up the content of your Brightspace page and appear in the course's vertical menu structure.

Below, we have provided you with a guide to:

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1. Create a unit

This guide shows you how to create a Unit.

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2. Create Lessons, Folders and HTML-pages and add a template

This guide shows you how to create Lesson, Folders, and HTML pages and their relationship to Units.

Once you have created a unit, lesson, folder or HTML page, you can add a template to give yourself a starting point. You can see how to add a template in the guide here:

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3. Moving content

This guide shows you how to move the content of your course around.

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4. Editing content

This guide shows you how to edit the content of your course.

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5. Copying content

This guide shows you how to copy the content of your course and make as few corrections as possible.

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6. Deleting content

This guide shows you how to delete content in your course.

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7. Accessibility check (visual impairment)

This guide shows how to ensure that your content is also accessible by students with visual impairments.

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8. Turn a Lesson into a Unit and vice versa

This guide shows how you can change the type of folder you have created. If you created a Unit and would like to create a lesson or a folder, this guide shows where to change the type.

9. Change color on a unit

This guide shows how you can change the color of a unit. You can use this to give the content of your course your own touch.