---
title: Build a course from your Content Library
sidebarTitle: Reuse library content
description: >-
  Turn videos, articles and files you've already uploaded into course lessons,
  without uploading them again.
audience: luminary
feature: courses
type: guide
availability: live
last_verified: '2026-10-13'
keywords:
  - import from library
  - reuse videos
  - content library to course
  - add existing content
  - course lessons from library
url: >-
  https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/courses/build-from-content-library
---

# Build a course from your Content Library

> Turn videos, articles and files you've already uploaded into course lessons, without uploading them again.

If your material is already in your [Content Library](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/content-library/introduction), you can bring it into a course in a few clicks: a whole collection at once, a handful of items into one module, or one item at a time.

## When to use this

- You've been sharing recordings or guides in your library and want to package them as a course.
- Your library is organized in collections that map to course chapters.
- You want to reuse one video or file in a course lesson.

## Choose how to import

| You want to…                                       | Use                      | Where                              |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | ---------------------------------- |
| Turn a whole collection into modules and lessons   | Import from Collection   | Content builder → Course Structure |
| Add several library items as lessons in one module | Import Lessons           | A module's ⋯ menu                  |
| Use one library video as a video lesson            | From Library             | New Lesson → Video Lesson          |
| Start a page lesson from a library item            | Import from Library      | New Lesson → Page                  |
| Attach a library file to a lesson                  | Add Attachment → Library | Any lesson                         |

## Import a whole collection

**Step 1: Open the Content builder**

Go to [Offerings → Courses](https://portal.bringsoul.life/courses), open the course, and click the Content builder tab.

**Step 2: Pick the collection**

Click Import from Collection: *"Select a collection to import as modules"*. Choose a collection and click Continue.

**Step 3: Check the preview**

The preview shows *"Create N modules with N lessons"*:

- Items sitting directly in the collection become one module, named after the collection.
- Each sub-collection becomes its own module, named after the sub-collection. Anything nested deeper is pulled into that module.

**Step 4: Choose drafts or published**

Tick *"Publish all lessons immediately (instead of saving as drafts)"* if the lessons are ready for members. Leave it unticked to review them first.

**Step 5: Import**

Click Create N Modules. A progress bar shows each lesson as it's created. When it's done you'll see *"Import complete!"*.

## Import items into one module

**Step 1: Open the module menu**

In the Content builder, click the ⋯ on a module and choose Import Lessons.

**Step 2: Select content**

In Select Content to Import, browse your collections or filter by Videos, Audio, Documents and
so on. Tick the items you want, then click Select.

**Step 3: Review and import**

Preview Import lists each item and the lesson it will become. Tick *"Publish all lessons
immediately"* if you like, then click Import N Lessons.

## How library items become lessons

| Library item      | Becomes                                            |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Video             | A Video Lesson with the same video and description |
| Article           | A Page lesson with the article text                |
| Image             | A Page lesson with the image and its description   |
| Link              | A Page lesson with the link                        |
| Audio or document | A Page lesson with the file added as an attachment |

The library item's title becomes the lesson title.

## Good to know

- No re-uploading. Lessons use the files already in your library.
- Lessons are copies. Editing or deleting the library item later doesn't change the lesson, and editing the lesson doesn't change the library item.
- Set the video duration. Imported video lessons start without a duration. Open each one, enter the Duration and click Save Changes so members see how long it is.
- Imports can partly fail. If some items don't import, you'll see _"Import completed with errors"_ with the failed items marked. Add those lessons by hand.
- Library access and course access are separate. Members who buy the course don't get the library items, and people with library access don't get the course.

**Tip:** 
Once you've checked the course works, you can archive the original library items if you no longer
want them sold separately.

## What your members see

Ordinary course lessons: a video player for video lessons, a page with text, images and download buttons for everything else.

## Related

- [Content Library](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/content-library/introduction)
- [Build and publish a self-paced course](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/courses/build-a-self-paced-course)
- [Move a course from another platform](https://help.bringsoul.life/luminaries/offerings/courses/move-a-course-from-another-platform)