Exporting materials from a course

Please see an updated version of Export materials from a course in D2L Brightspace. This wiki page will be retired on January 07, 2027. 

How do I export materials from a course?

Course export zip packages can only be opened in a D2L Brightspace environment. To download course files that can be opened outside of a D2L environment, download from the Manage Files area of your course.  

Export a course using Import/Export/Copy Components feature

1. Click on "⚙" in the navigation bar.
2. Click "Import / Export / Copy Components".
3. Select the bubble for "Export Components".
4. Leave checked the box for "Include course files in the export package".
5. Click the "Start" button.
6. Choose what materials to export.
   • If you want to export everything from the course:
     1. Check the "Select All Components" box.
   • If you want to export only materials from within certain tools (e.g. Content, Quizzes, Surveys):
     1. Check the box next each tool from which you want to export materials.
     2. If you want to export only certain materials from within a given tool, click the bubble next to "Select individual items to export" under that tool.
7. Click the "Continue" button.
8. If you did not choose "Select individual items to export" for any tools, skip this step. For each tool for which you chose ""Select individual items to export":
   1. Check the box to the left of each item you wish to export. Click the "+" controls, if available, to reveal individual items inside groupings.
   2. When you have checked the box for each item you want to copy, click the "Continue" button.
   3. Repeat as necessary for additional tools.
9. Make sure "Include course files in the export package" is checked.
10. Click the "Continue" button.
11. Wait for D2L to gather together the materials in your course.
12. Click the "Finish" button.
13. Click the text, "Click here to download the export Zip package".
14. Save ZIP file to a secure location, one in which you'll be able to find the file again. You may adjust the name of the file as you save it, but do not change the file extension from ".zip".
15. Click the "Done" button.

Download files from the course Manage Files area

1. Click on "⚙" in the navigation bar.
2. Click "Manage Files".
3. Check off the upper most checkbox atop the list of folder and files to select all.
4. Click the download icon from the icons atop the list of folder and files names.
5. A pop-up will display with "We are preparing the zip file". Once name of zip package appears, click on zip file name to trigger download.