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Edit Content Details

Overview

After you create Content modules and topics, you may want to edit their details. These detail edits can include changing titles, descriptions, availability dates, and restrictions. The instructions on this page provide the steps to make these changes, both for individual modules and topics and in bulk.

Instructions

Edit module & topic titles

Module titles

Step 1. Click the Module from Table of Contents.

Step 2. Click on the title and make your changes.

Step 3. Press Enter or click outside the title field to save your changes.

Labeled screenshot of a Content module named "New Test Content". The screenshot shows 1. the "New Test Content" module in the left menu and 2. an arrow pointing to the modules title at the top of the page.

Labeled screenshot of a Content module named "New Test Content". The screenshot shows 3. the title of the module being edited in the text field at the top of the page.

 

Topic titles

Step 1. Locate the topic on the Table of Contents page, or click on its module from the Table of Contents panel.

Step 2. Click Edit Properties In-place from the topic drop down menu to make the title editable.

Step 3. Click on the topic title and make your changes.

Step 4. Press Enter on your keyboard or click outside the title field to save your changes.

Content module named "New Test Content" showing a content topic called "CamTest". The dropdown menu associated with the content topic is expanded out and there is a red box around the "Edit Properties In-place" option.

Content module named "New Test Content" showing a content topic called "CamTest". The title of the topic is being edited in a text field.

Edit dates & restrictions 

Module dates & restrictions

Click the Module name from the Table of Contents menu.
Click Add dates and restrictions… (if date already exists click directly on the date to edit).
Modify any of the following:

  • To add dates for the module, click Add due date…, Add start date…, and/or Add end date….
  • To edit dates for the module, click directly on the existing date and/or time fields.
  • To delete a date for the module, click the X icon.
  • Browse for or Create and Attach a Release Condition. (Click here for more information about Release Conditions).

Click Update.

Labeled screenshot of a Content module named "Week 2". The screenshot shows 1. the "Week 2" module in the left menu and 2. a red box around clickable text that says "Add dates and restrictions…" below the module title at the top of the page.

Content module named "Week 2" with a red box around the Start Date and Due Date being edited. The start date for the module is July 26, 2017 at 3 PM and the due date is July 27, 2017 at 3 PM

 

Topic dates & restrictions

Locate the topic on the Table of Contents page, or click on its module from the Table of Contents panel.
Do one of the following:

  • Click Edit Properties In-place from the topic’s drop down menu. (Example A)
  • Click directly on the topic name. (Example B)

Click Add dates and restrictions… (if date already exists click directly on the date to edit).
Do any of the following:

  • To add dates for the topic, click Add due date…, Add start date…, and/or Add end date….
  • To edit dates for the topic, click directly on the existing date and/or time fields.
  • To delete a date for the topic, click a date’s X icon.

Click Update.

Example A

Labeled screenshot of a Content module named "New Test Content". The screenshot shows 1. the dropdown menu associated with content topic "CamTest" being expanded out and 2. a red box around the "Edit Properties In-place" option in the dropdown menu.

Content module named "New Test Content" with a content topic called "CamTest", showing editable options for the content topic that include title, start date, due date, end date, release conditions, and published status

Example B

Activity Details panel appearing below a content topic. There is a red box around clickable text that says "Add dates and restrictions…"

Bulk edit

On the Table of Contents page, click Bulk Edit.

Table of Contents page in the D2L Brightspace Content tool, with a red box around a button labeled "Bulk Edit" towards the top of the page. The button is also labeled with a pencil icon.

Make your changes to titles, descriptions, and restrictions by clicking on the appropriate link. You can also delete multiple topics in Bulk Edit mode by clicking the Trash Can icon beside each topic title you want to delete.

Table of Contents page in the D2L Brightspace Content tool with bulk editing enabled. There is a red box around the "Done Editing" button towards the top of the page and a red box encompassing four content topics in a module named "Introduction". The content topics' titles, descriptions, restrictions, completion tracking settings, and published status are all editable at the same time.

Click Update where appropriate and Done Editing when finished.