Organization Basics
Units, Lessons, and Folders
The Content area in Brightspace can be visualized and broken up into a folder-based system. The main folders, called Units, are the first content item created. Sub-folders, called Lessons, can be created using the Create New button. Within lessons, a final set of sub-folders called Folders can be made. Folders are as deep as the folder system can go in the Content Area.
Various content items can be stored in each of the folders using the Create New and Add Existing buttons. They will appear to be indented to align with the proper folder.
To learn more about content items, visit New Content Page and External Tools
Keep in mind: Units, Lessons, and Folders cannot be changed into each other once created. This means that if you decide a lesson would be better off as a unit, a new unit must be created, and then move all the content over before deleting the lesson.
Moving Content Items
Content items can be moved throughout various Units, Lessons, and Folders by hovering over the content item, and then clicking and dragging the 8-dotted icon that appears next to them.
Content items can also be moved by selecting the item, clicking the Editor tool on the top right-hand side of the screen, and then choosing Move to.
In the Content tool use Units to keep related course resources, activities, and content together in one place. For instance you can create a Unit called “Site Resources” and upload all course readings to that folder. Likewise you can name a folder “Unit 1: Poetry” and compile all relevant activities, tasks and assessments to the folder (see picture below).
The most common practice in organizing Course Content is to organize content Units, by Topic unit or by Term week (i.e. Week 7). You may also want to consider creating “sub-units” to further organize course content into applicable themes or tasks. I.e. create a sub unit titled “To do” and compile tasks and resources in this space for easy access.
Here are some examples of how content units (pages) might be organized:
Tip: Major Content Units (or folders) have a dark red folder colour, whereas sub-units are indented and have a lighter red colour.
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