Clear everything from your Brightspace courses

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Hey, stuff happens. It is easy to accidentally copy the wrong course from a past term into your empty course shell for the upcoming semester. Or even accidentally copy part or all of a course into your shell twice.

This article describes the steps involved in removing all or large parts of a course in Brightspace.

Assignments

Follow these steps to remove assignments from your course:

  1. Click on Assessments in the main navigation bar and select Assignments.
  2. Select the assignments you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the checkbox above the first column in the table to select all of the assignments, OR
    2. Select the individual assignments to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of the assignment names.
  3. Click the More Actions button above the table of assignments and select Delete from the dropdown menu.
  4. Click the Delete button in the pop-up window to remove the assignments.

Checklists

Follow these steps to remove checklists from your course:

  1. Click on Materials in the main navigation bar and select Checklists.
  2. Click the More Actions button above the table of checklists and select Delete from the dropdown menu.
  3. Select the checklists you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the checkbox above the first column in the table to select all of the checklists, OR
    2. Select the individual checklists to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of the checklist names.
  4. Click the Delete Selected button in the bottom of the window to remove the checklists. Be sure you have made your selections correctly because the delete is immediate once you click Delete Selected.

Content

Follow these steps to remove content from your course:

Remove all content

  1. Click on Materials in the main navigation bar and select Content.
  2. Click on Table of Contents in the left column of the content page. This will give you an outline of all the content in the right column.
  3. Click the arrow after the words Table of Contents in the right column and select Delete All Modules from the dropdown menu.
  4. Select the content you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the Remove all modules and topics from Content but keep all associated files and activities in the course. radio button to remove the content from the student's view but not the other files and documents the content links to (this keeps things like Word docs and PDFs in the course files so you do not have to re-upload them later if you choose to use them.), OR
    2. Click on the Permanently delete all modules, topics, and all associated files and activities from the course. button to remove the content students see AND the files that support them. (This tidies up your course and saves storage space.)
  5. Click Delete. Be sure you are ready to delete all of the content modules because the delete is immediate once you click the button.

Remove a module

  • Click on Materials in the main navigation bar and select Content.
  • Click on the name of the module to remove in the left column of the content page. This will give you an outline of the module in the right column.
  • Click the arrow after the the module's name in the right column and select Delete Module from the dropdown menu.
  • Select the content you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the Remove all modules and topics from Content but keep all associated files and activities in the course. radio button to remove the content from the student's view but not the other files and documents the content links to (this keeps things like Word docs and PDFs in the course files so you do not have to re-upload them later if you choose to use them.), OR
    2. Click on the Permanently delete all modules, topics, and all associated files and activities from the course. button to remove the content students see AND the files that support them. (This tidies up your course and saves storage space.)
  • Click Delete. Be sure you are ready to delete the module because the delete is immediate once you click the button.

Remove a topic

  • Click on Materials in the main navigation bar and select Content.
  • Click on the name of the module that contains the topic to remove in the left column of the content page. This will give you an outline of the module in the right column.
  • Click the arrow after the the topic's name in the right column and select Delete Topic from the dropdown menu.
  • Select the content you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the Remove all modules and topics from Content but keep all associated files and activities in the course. radio button to remove the content from the student's view but not the other files and documents the content links to (this keeps things like Word docs and PDFs in the course files so you do not have to re-upload them later if you choose to use them.), OR
    2. Click on the Permanently delete all modules, topics, and all associated files and activities from the course. button to remove the content students see AND the files that support them. (This tidies up your course and saves storage space.)
  • Click Delete. Be sure you are ready to delete the module because the delete is immediate once you click the button.

Discussions

Follow these steps to remove discussions from your course:

  1. Click on Communication in the main navigation bar and select Discussions.
  2. Click the More Actions button above the table of discussions and select Delete from the dropdown menu.
  3. Select the discussions you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the checkbox next to Select All to select all of the discussion forums and topics, OR
    2. Select the individual forums and topics to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of their names.
  4. Click the Delete button in the bottom of the window to remove the discussion forums and topics. Be sure you have selected the right forums and topics because the delete is immediate when you click the Delete button.

Grades

Deleting grades is a bit of a special case. Since grade items can be associated with individual assignments, discussion topics, and quizzes, we need to treat grade-item deletion differently.

Grade item associated with a quiz.

In the image on the right, we clicked on Assessments, selected Grades, and then clicked the Manage Grades tab at the top of the page. That gave us a list of all the grade items. This particular grade item is associated with a quiz (as shown in the fourth column). That means that when the quiz is graded by Brightspace, the score is stored directly into this grade item. You can determine the quiz that holds the association by clicking the little circle with the "?" in it, just to the right of the word Quizzes.

Grade items that include that question-mark-in-a-circle icon cannot be deleted until the association is removed.

  • To remove an association with an Assignment, go to Assessments, select Assignments, click the arrow after the name of the assignment, and select Edit Assignment. Scroll down the Properties tab and change the grade item from the one you want to delete to None at the top of the pulldown menu. Optionally, deleting the assignment will also break the association.
  • To remove an association with a Discussion, go to Communication, select Discussions, click the arrow after the name of the topic, and select Edit Topic. Select the Assessments tab and change the grade item from the one you want to delete to Choose a grade item at the top of the pulldown menu. Optionally, deleting the topic will also break the association.
  • To remove an association with a Quiz, go to Assessments, select Quizzes, click the arrow after the name of the quiz, and select Edit. Click on the Assessment tab and change the grade item from the one you want to delete to None at the top of the pulldown menu. Optionally, deleting the quiz will also break the association.

Once the grade items are not associated with any other elements, they can be deleted as follows:

  1. Click on Assessments in the main navigation bar and select Grades.
  2. Click on the Manage Grades tab.
  3. Click the More Actions button and select the grades you wish to delete. (Items that are still associated with assessable entities are grayed out on this list and cannot be selected.)
    1. Click on the checkbox at the top of the first column to select all of the grade items, OR
    2. Select the individual grade items to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of their names.
  4. Click the Delete button.

Groups

Follow these steps to remove groups from your course:

  1. Click on Communication in the main navigation bar and select Groups.
  2. Select the group category to delete from the dropdown menu under View Categories.
  3. Select the groups you wish to delete from the selected category.
    1. Click on the checkbox above the first column in the table to select all of the groups, OR
    2. Select the individual groups to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of the group names.
  4. Click the trash-can icon above the second column of the table of groups.
  5. Click the Delete Groups/Categories button in the pop-up window to remove the groups.

Repeat this process for each group category you wish to remove from the course.

Quizzes

Follow these steps to remove quizzes from your course:

  1. Click on Assessments in the main navigation bar and select Quizzes.
  2. Select the quizzes you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the checkbox above the first column in the table to select all of the quizzes, OR
    2. Select the individual quizzes to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of the quiz names.
  3. Click the More Actions button at the top of the window and select Delete.
  4. Click the Delete button in the pop-up window to remove the quizzes.

Rubrics

Follow these steps to remove rubrics from your course:

  1. Click on Assessments in the main navigation bar and select Rubrics.
  2. Select the rubrics you wish to delete.
    1. Click on the checkbox above the first column in the table to select all of the rubrics, OR
    2. Select the individual rubrics to delete by clicking the checkboxes to the left of the rubric names.
  3. Click the trash-can icon above the first column of the table of rubrics.
  4. Click the Delete button in the pop-up window to remove the rubrics.

You can also get help from TLT

You can also contact TLT for assistance if you wish.

Email TLT any time for assistance. Be sure to include the course ID and specific instructions on what needs to be deleted.

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