{"id":24131,"date":"2023-03-09T14:42:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=24131"},"modified":"2023-08-10T22:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T02:42:25","slug":"brightspace-course-builder","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/article\/brightspace-course-builder\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace &#8211; Course Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Using the Brightspace Course Builder<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Course Builder Overview\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The <strong>Course Builder\u202ftool <\/strong>is useful for creating a draft of a new course, even if you have not created all the activities yet. You can create modules, as well as content, links and activities. You can also create empty items (placeholders) for your course, which can be very beneficial as your building, both for structure and consistency.\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To access Course Builder, on the top navigation bar, select <strong>Course Tools<\/strong>, and then select <strong>Course Builder<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. You will see a page similar to this, without the \u201cWeek 1\/etc.\u201d nodes:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24189\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing-300x300.png\" alt=\"Brightspace Course Builder Accessing \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-Builder-Accessing.png 827w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Course Builder Page Sections<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p aria-level=\"2\">    \t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle  \"  >\r\n    \t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__title\"><h3><strong>Course Builder Page Sections<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__content\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__contentwrap\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder.png\" rel=\"lightbox-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24182\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-300x144.png\" alt=\"Course Builder Menu\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-300x144.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-1024x492.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-768x369.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-50x24.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-1536x737.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-60x29.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder-100x48.png 100w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightspace-Course-builder.png 1877w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The Course Builder\u202fpage has three sections:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Center:<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> In the center, you\u2019ll see the tree structure of your course. This area will be empty if you have not added anything yet to the course. The grey block at the top of the tree structure showcases your course&#8217;s name. Below this you will see the modules and sub-modules, as you build them. More detail about the Tree Structure can be found below<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Left Section:<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The leftmost section contains your build options:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Using the <strong>Build Outline\u202f<\/strong>tools<strong>, <\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you can create placeholders for modules, links, files, discussions, assignments and quizzes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Using the <strong>Add Content\u202f<\/strong>area<strong>, <\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you can create content directly in the preferred location of your course. You can add links, files, discussions, assignments, quizzes, grade items, and learning objectives.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Using the Browse Tools area, you can access content that you\u2019ve already created and added to Brightspace.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>Right Section: Information Column<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On the right side of the screen you will find an information column that shows the details of the selected part of the tree structure. Here\u2019s an example:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">From here, you can do a number of things:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Click <strong>Edit Notes<\/strong> to add or alter notes. These notes are not visible for students, but instead are for your personal use. They can only be read and altered in the Course<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Select <strong>Edit &#8230;\u202f<\/strong>to alter the module or the component. Note that there are limited possibilities here, so it is easier to alter the component in the activity or module itself.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Change the status of the component from <strong>Published\u202f<\/strong>to <strong>Draft\u202f<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">(or the other way around).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/ht-toggle-content -->\r\n    \t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Course Builder Tree Structure\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p aria-level=\"2\">    \t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle  \"  >\r\n    \t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__title\"><h3><strong>Course Builder Tree Structure<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__content\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__contentwrap\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p aria-level=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure.png\" rel=\"lightbox-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24183\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure-258x300.png\" alt=\"Brightsapce Course Builder Tree Structure\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure-258x300.png 258w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure-43x50.png 43w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure-52x60.png 52w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure-86x100.png 86w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Tree-Structure.png 686w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 258px) 100vw, 258px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As you begin to build your course, the tree structure in the center of the page will start to look like the example below:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The grey sections represent modules and sub-modules, and the blue sections are the topics within the (sub)modules.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The light blue sections with a dotted line are placeholders (<em>the example above shows &#8216;Discussion on reading week 1&#8217; as a placeholder).\u202f<\/em>If the section is a darker blue with an uninterrupted line, it means you have already added content <em>(the example above shows &#8216;Group assignment&#8217;)<\/em><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. When a section displays the word Draft, it means the section is set to &#8216;hidden.\u2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> You can select the plus sign and minus sign in every section to expand and contract the section.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> From the tree view, you have a number of options for items as you build, as you can see in the menu in the image above.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/ht-toggle-content -->\r\n    \t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Using the Course Builder Tools<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p aria-level=\"1\">    \t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle  \"  >\r\n    \t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__title\"><h3><strong>Using the Course Builder Tools<\/strong><\/h3><\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__content\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t<div class=\"hts-toggle__contentwrap\">\r\n    \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">There are three different ways to approach your building process, using the available tools. You can use these separately, or in combination with each other, for flexibility. Let\u2019s take a look at each:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Option 1: Build Outline<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can easily create the structure of your course using\u202fBuild Outline, even if you don\u2019t have any course items built yet.<strong>\u202f<\/strong>To use Build Outline most effectively, it is important to give some thought to how you want to structure the course before you start.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline.png\" rel=\"lightbox-3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline-300x185.png\" alt=\"Brightsapce Course Builder Outline\" width=\"300\" height=\"185\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline-300x185.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline-50x31.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline-60x37.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline-100x62.png 100w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Outline.png 559w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One of the main benefits of using Build Outline to create an empty structure with placeholders is that you can set up one module and then copy it for further modules. For example, if <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">you want to divide your course into weeks, with each week&#8217;s module containing a standard structure with elements like Readings, Lecture Material, Discussion Board, Assignment, and Quiz, you can create that structure once using placeholders, and then copy that structure into all weeks of the course, saving a considerable amount of time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To add elements to your tree view, all you need to do is click on the icons above, and placeholders will automatically be added where you direct them to be placed. If you\u2019d like to utilize copying\/pasting, it\u2019s very simple to build out one complete module, and then copy it to all others.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When creating a placeholder from the Build Outline section, you can give it a name and description, and then select\u202f<strong>Create.\u202f<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder.png\" rel=\"lightbox-4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24185\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder-300x273.png\" alt=\"Brightsapce Course Builder Placeholder\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder-300x273.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder-50x45.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder-60x55.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder-100x91.png 100w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Placeholder.png 734w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Note: Placeholders will not be visible in the Content view as long as they do not have any content, so students will not see these placeholders.\u202f\u202f<\/em><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Option 2: Add Content\u00a0<\/strong><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can use the <strong>Add Content\u202f<\/strong>area to create new content, and then place the content in a (sub)module or placeholder.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content.png\" rel=\"lightbox-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24187\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content-300x192.png\" alt=\"Brightsapce Course Builder Add Content\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content-50x32.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content-60x38.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content-100x64.png 100w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Add-Content.png 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can click the icons to create a new link, HTML-file, discussion topic, submission folder, quiz or grade item, respectively. You can also drag the icon to a preferred spot within your tree structure. When you select an icon, the first thing you have to do is choose where in the structure you want to add the icon. Then, you are directed to a screen where you can change the settings.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can add content to a placeholder by dragging an icon to the placeholder, if the icon and placeholder are similar (for example, you can drag a &#8216;discussion&#8217; icon to a discussion placeholder).\u202f<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Option 3: Browse Tools\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You can add previously-created files and activities using the <strong>Browse Tools<\/strong> area.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools.png\" rel=\"lightbox-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-24186\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools-300x300.png\" alt=\"Brightsapce Course Builder Browse Tools\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools-50x50.png 50w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools-60x60.png 60w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/it\/dev\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Brightsapce-Course-Builder-Browse-Tools.png 554w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">To use this effectively, do the following:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Select the arrow relating to the desired content type.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> For a particular item, click the arrow to display its<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Select the desired component, and then click\u202f<strong>Add to Course\u202f<\/strong>to add the component to the tree structure. Next, you\u2019ll select where it is that you want to add the component.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> From left to right, the icons at the top of this window will allow you to:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Create a new file or activity. Note that in\u202f<strong>Course Files\u202f<\/strong>there will be an additional icon that will allow you to upload files from your computer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Reload the page (for example if you have created a new file\/activity in a different window and this does not show yet).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Open the\u202f<strong>Activity\u202f<\/strong>page of the selected component in a new window.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> To return to the Browse Tools list, click\u202f<strong>Browse Tools<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">You will find all the files and documents you have previously created under\u202f<strong>Course Files.\u202f<\/strong>If you have an elaborate file structure, there could be several levels you have to search to find the desired document.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><em>Note: If you use Safari as browser, it is possible that certain items (for example Submissions) cannot be opened due to your browser settings.\u202f<\/em><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n    \t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t\t<\/div><!-- \/ht-toggle-content -->\r\n    \t\t<\/div>\r\n    \t\t<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"none\"><strong>Course Builder Considerations<\/strong><\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134245418&quot;:true,&quot;134245529&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Here are a few considerations to be aware of as you decide whether or not you\u2019d like to try this tool:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Course Builder works much better as a tool for new course builds, rather than course updates and\/or migrations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> The file structure in Brightspace allows for hierarchical structuring, unlike Blackboard. This can be hugely beneficial to the build process, as you can now create structure in the file area that can then be easily reflected into the Course Builder. Some instructors find it most efficient to organize the file structure cleanly, load all files there, and then open Course Builder to pull everything into place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Course Builder can be hugely beneficial to course consistency, with its placeholder and copy\/paste functionality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Brightspace gives the opportunity to build things in so many ways, which makes it very flexible. That can sometimes also cause <em>where-do-I-start?<\/em> paralysis, so we recommend using the Course Builder, as it groups functions and items very cleanly, giving you flexibility, but also helpful borders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Brightspace Course Builder\u00a0 \u00a0Course Builder Overview\u00a0\u00a0 The Course Builder\u202ftool is useful for creating a draft of a new course, even if you have not created all the activities yet. You can create modules, as well as content, links and activities. 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