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How do I create modules and add content to them?

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Creating Units and Lessons in the New Content Experience

In the New Content Experience you must create a Unit before you can add content items. You can create sub-unit items called Lessons or Folders to establish a deeper hierarchy. Once you create Units, you can add dates, restrictions, or a description, and you can populate them with topics. You can drag and drop files from your computer into a module, or you can select from the Content tool鈥檚 Add Existing or Create New buttons to create new topics or add existing course objects.

  1. Click on the Content tab in your course's navbar
  2. Select the Unit you want to add items to
  3. Click Add Existing to upload files, add external learning tools (like Perusall or Video Assignments)
  4. Click Create New to create a new HTML page, a new activity like an Assignment, Discussion, or Quiz, or to create a new Lesson sub-unit.

Creating Modules in Classic Content

In the Classic Content Experience you must create a module before you can add topics (content items). You can create sub-modules (modules within existing modules) to establish a deeper hierarchy. Once you create modules, you can add dates, restrictions, or a description, and you can populate them with topics. You can drag and drop files from your computer into a module, or you can select from the Content tool鈥檚 New and Add Activities buttons to create new topics or add existing course objects.

Creating Modules and Adding Content

  1. Click on the Content tab in your NavBar.
  2. Under Table of Contents, enter a module name in the Add a Module field found at the bottom. Hit Enter/Return when you鈥檙e done to create the module.
  3. Drag the reorder icon to the left of the module title to move them up or down the list.聽
  4. To add content items聽to the module, click聽Upload/Create聽and select the item,聽or聽drag and drop聽content into the module.

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