• Click on Course Admin in the navbar, then click on Course Builder.

You will arrive on the Course Builder homepage. Here, you will see several components.

1. In the Course Builder, you will find three main sections. In the center, you’ll see the course structure of your course (if you haven’t added anything yet, this area will be empty). The top grey block in the course structure displays the name of your course. Below that, you’ll find the Units and Lessons.
2. Under Build Outline, you can create placeholders for modules, links, files, discussions, assignments, and quizzes.
3. Under Add Content, you can create content directly in the appropriate place in your course. You can add links, files, discussions, assignments, quizzes, grade items, and learning objectives.
4. Previously created content can be selected and added through Browse Tools.
5. When you select an item in the course structure, the right-hand menu displays the settings for that item (for example, the course status).

• Use the plus and minus signs in each block to expand or collapse the underlying structure.
• The grey blocks represent Units and Lessons, while the blue blocks represent topics within the Units or Lessons. These can be pages, assignments, or other types of content.
• Placeholders are light blue blocks with a dotted outline (in the example above, Test placeholder is a placeholder). A darker blue block with a solid outline indicates that content has already been added. If a block is labeled Draft, it means it has not yet been published.
• Click the arrow next to a Unit or Lesson, a content block, or a placeholder to:
  • Select
  • Cut or Copy Placeholder to paste it elsewhere in a Unit or Lesson
  • Move Up or Move Down within a Unit or Lesson, or Move To another Unit or Lesson Note: You can also move any block by clicking and dragging it to the desired location.
  • Remove

With Build Outline, you can easily create the structure of your course without needing to fill it with content or activities yet. It is important that you already have an idea in mind of how you want to structure your course.

You can use the different icons to add various types of content, such as Quizzes or Assignments. You select one of the icons and then specify under which Unit or Lesson you want to add it. Alternatively, you can also drag the icon to the Unit or Lesson where you want it to be placed.

The name and text you see under Notes are automatically generated by Brightspace. Make sure to update this so that it clearly describes what you have just created.

Under Add Content, you create new content and place it in a Unit, Lesson, or in a placeholder.

Click on one of the icons to create new content. Hover over the icon to see what it represents. You can also drag an icon to the place in the structure where you want to add it.
When you click on an icon, you first select where in the structure you want to add the item. After that, you’ll be taken to a screen where you can adjust the settings of the content item. How to create different types of content is explained in the following articles:

• How do I add an HTML page to my content?
• How do I create an Assignment?
• How do I create a quiz?
• How do I create a Discussion Forum and Topic?
• Create Grade Items

You can create content within a placeholder by dragging the icon that matches the type of placeholder into it for example, drag the Discussion icon into a Discussion-type placeholder.
You can also click on the placeholder and then click New... (Link, Discussion, etc.) in the panel on the right side of the screen.
Note: If it’s a placeholder for a file, you can click Add File in the right-hand panel to add an existing file from your computer or from the course.

Under Browse Tools, you can add previously created content such as Assignments and Quizzes

• Click on the arrow next to the desired content type.

1. Click the arrow to display the details of the item.
2. Check the desired item and click Add to Course to add it to the course structure. Then select where you want to place the item..
3. Using the icons from left to right, you can:
   • Create a new file or activity. Note: Next to this icon, under Course Files, there is an extra icon to upload files from your computer.
   • Reload the page (for example, if you created a new file or activity in another window and it does not yet appear in the list).
   • Open the Activity page of the selected item in a new window.
4. Click Browse Tools to return to the browse tools overview.

On the right side of the screen, you see an information panel that displays the details of the Unit, Lesson, or placeholder you have selected.

• Click on Edit Notes to add or change notes.
  Note: These notes are not visible to students and can only be viewed and edited in the course builder.
• Click on Edit ... (for example, Edit Link) to modify the module or item.
  Note: The options here are very limited, so it’s usually easier to edit the item directly in the activity or module itself.
• Change the status of the item from Published to Draft (or vice versa).