Brightspace Content is Getting Upgraded
Beginning with the Fall 2027 semester, Brightspace courses will begin using the New Content Experience by default. Additionally, Instructors now have the ability to enable or disable the New Content Experience in their own courses ahead of the change in Fall 2027. For more information about this transition, see our New Content Experience Transition page.
Note: This process is only available in courses using the Classic Content view. If your course is using the New Content Experience, this feature is not available. In that case, students can download materials individually.
At the end of the semester, it’s a good idea to download all course content in case you need it for future reference. Courses are only available to students for one year, so be sure to do this before your access is restricted.
There is a simple process to download all the files that were available to you in the content area of the course. You may also choose to only download content from a specific module. This guide will explain the simple steps to accomplish both of these tasks.
Updated Summer 2026
Download Content
1. In the content area of your course, click on Table of Contents in the left sidebar to open the Table of Contents (this also works for any module).
2. Click the drop-down menu to the right of the Table of Content heading.
3. Select Download.
4. Your computer will open a download window, where you can navigate to a save location and rename the zip archive file. Everything will be downloaded into one zip file, which you can then open to display a folder containing all the course files.