Brightspace: Move Content within Brightspace

Summary

Learn how to move content within a Brightspace course by dragging and dropping items in the Content area so you can reorganize your course materials more easily.

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Overview

This article describes how to move course content within your course. 

Instructions

1. Navigate to the Content area of your course. 

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2. Locate the item you'd like to move.

Note- Moving a unit will move all of the content within it. To move items within a unit, use the drop down arrow to the left of the unit title.

Moving Course Content using Drag & Drop 
  1. Click, drag, and drop items to reorder them as desired. 

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Moving Course Content using Double-click

1. Place your mouse on the content item you intend to move.

 Screenshot of Brightspace Content list, cursor on the item and a red arrow pointing to the area.

2. Locate the squares on the left of the item and double-click to display arrows.

 Screenshot of Brightspace Content list, with an item selected and the four-arrow cursor on the gray squares. A red arrow points to the area.

3. Click arrows to move content. 

 ​​​​​Screenshot of Brightspace Content list, cursor on the up/down arrows and a red arrow pointing to the area.

 

Note: If you are moving content between courses, follow instructions on how to copy content.

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Article ID: 159555
Created
Fri 12/5/25 3:27 PM
Modified
Tue 8/18/26 3:33 PM