Reorder assets

Updated 19 Feb 2024

Typically, assets of course materials are organized to align with the course textbook. However, you can reorder assets to meet your needs.

Teaching assistants must have permission to organize assets. Within a course, you can give teaching assistants the ability to create or edit course materials on the Preferences > Permissions page. (MyLab Languages)

On the Course Materials > Add from Library page you can reorder assets in both the Course Materials Library and My Course lists. On the Course Materials > Manage Course Materials page, you can reorder only assets in the My Course list that are available to students.

Changes you make to list order apply only to the list in which you make the change. For example, if you change asset order in the Course Materials Library and the same assets also appear in the My Course list, the assets in the My Course list remain in their original order.

There are different ways to move course materials to other locations within a list:

  • Order icon (two-headed arrow): Drag and drop a single asset. You can reorder any asset that displays the order icon.
  • Cut and Paste: Move one or more assets. 
  1. Click Course Materials > Add from Library or Course Materials > Manage Course Materials.
  2. Click the order icon (two-headed arrow) for the asset you want to move.

    The asset is highlighted in a box and arrows on the sides indicate the locations where you can drop the asset.

  3. Drag and drop the asset to a new location.

    The re-ordered asset appears in the new location with a highlighted background.

  1. Click Course Materials > Add from Library or Course Materials > Manage Course Materials.
  2. Click Advanced Options. (MyLab Languages only)
  3. Select one or more assets that you want to move.

    To cut and paste assets in the Course Materials Library or the Add from Library page, click Advanced Options before you select the assets you want to move.

  4. From the toolbar, click Cut.

    The assets are copied to the clipboard, and appear dimmed. The Clipboard Items number reflects the number of check boxes you selected, not the total number of assets. For example, if you select the box for a folder that contains three assets, the folder counts as one Clipboard item. However, when you paste the folder, you create a copy of the folder as well as all the assets in the folder.

  5. To paste assets to the top or bottom of a list, click Paste and select Paste At Top or Paste At Bottom.

    - or -

    To paste assets before or after a specific asset, select the asset, click Paste and select Paste Before Selected or Paste After Selected. If you select multiple assets, the pasted assets appear before or after the last asset.

    The re-ordered material appears with a highlighted background.