diff --git a/Management.Test/Markdown/CouresDifferencesTests.cs b/Management.Test/Markdown/CouresDifferencesTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ab6bb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management.Test/Markdown/CouresDifferencesTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+
+
+using LocalModels;
+
+public class CoursesDifferencesTests
+{
+  [Fact]
+  public void CanDetectNewSettings()
+  {
+    LocalCourse oldCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = []
+    };
+    LocalCourse newCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "new course name" },
+      Modules = []
+    };
+    var differences = CourseDifferences.GetNewChanges(newCourse, oldCourse);
+
+    differences.Modules.Should().BeEmpty();
+    differences.Settings.Should().NotBeNull();
+    differences.Settings?.Name.Should().Be("new course name");
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void CanDetectNewModule()
+  {
+
+    LocalCourse oldCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = []
+    };
+    LocalCourse newCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = [
+        new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    var differences = CourseDifferences.GetNewChanges(newCourse, oldCourse);
+
+    differences.Modules.Should().NotBeNull();
+    differences.Modules?.Count().Should().Be(1);
+    differences.Modules?.First().Name.Should().Be("new module");
+  }
+
+  [Fact]
+  public void CanDetectChangedAssignment()
+  {
+    LocalCourse oldCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = [
+        new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+          Assignments = [
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = new DateTime(),
+              SubmissionTypes = [],
+              Rubric = []
+            }
+          ]
+        }]
+    };
+    LocalCourse newCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = [
+        new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+          Assignments = [
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment",
+              Description = "new description",
+              DueAt = new DateTime(),
+              SubmissionTypes = [],
+              Rubric = []
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    var differences = CourseDifferences.GetNewChanges(newCourse, oldCourse);
+
+    differences.Modules.Should().NotBeNull();
+    differences.Modules?.Count().Should().Be(1);
+    differences.Modules?.First().Assignments.First().Description.Should().Be("new description");
+  }
+  
+  [Fact]
+  public void CanProperlyIgnoreUnchangedModules()
+  {
+    var commonDate = new DateTime();
+    LocalCourse oldCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = [new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+          Assignments = [
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = commonDate,
+              SubmissionTypes = [],
+              Rubric = []
+            }
+          ]
+        }]
+    };
+    LocalCourse newCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = [new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+          Assignments = [
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = commonDate,
+              SubmissionTypes = [],
+              Rubric = []
+            }
+          ]
+        }]
+    };
+    var differences = CourseDifferences.GetNewChanges(newCourse, oldCourse);
+
+    differences.Modules.Should().BeEmpty();
+  }
+  
+  [Fact]
+  public void OnlyChangedAssignmentRepresented()
+  {
+    var commonDate = new DateTime();
+    LocalCourse oldCourse = new()
+    {
+      Settings = new() { Name = "Test Course" },
+      Modules = [new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+          Assignments = [
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = commonDate,
+              SubmissionTypes = [AssignmentSubmissionType.ONLINE_UPLOAD],
+              Rubric = [ new() {Points = 1, Label = "rubric"} ],
+            },
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment 2",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = commonDate,
+              SubmissionTypes = [],
+              Rubric = [],
+            }
+          ]
+        }]
+    };
+    LocalCourse newCourse = oldCourse with {
+      Modules = [
+        new()
+        {
+          Name = "new module",
+          Assignments = [
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = commonDate,
+              SubmissionTypes = [AssignmentSubmissionType.ONLINE_UPLOAD],
+              Rubric = [ new() {Points = 1, Label = "rubric"} ],
+            },
+            new()
+            {
+              Name = "test assignment 2 with a new name",
+              Description = "",
+              DueAt = commonDate,
+              SubmissionTypes = [],
+              Rubric = []
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    };
+    var differences = CourseDifferences.GetNewChanges(newCourse, oldCourse);
+
+    differences.Modules.First().Assignments.Count().Should().Be(1);
+    differences.Modules.First().Assignments.First().Name.Should().Be("test assignment 2 with a new name");
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/Management.Web/Pages/Course/Module/ModuleDetail.razor b/Management.Web/Pages/Course/Module/ModuleDetail.razor
index 91220a6..f7a007d 100644
--- a/Management.Web/Pages/Course/Module/ModuleDetail.razor
+++ b/Management.Web/Pages/Course/Module/ModuleDetail.razor
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@
         {
           <QuizListItem Quiz="quiz" />
         } *@
-        @foreach(var item in Module.SortedModuleItems)
+        @foreach(var item in Module.GetSortedModuleItems())
         {
           @(item switch
           {
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
index d61c306..f016182 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/Assignment/LocalAssignment.cs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 namespace LocalModels;
 
-public record LocalAssignment : IModuleItem
+public sealed record LocalAssignment : IModuleItem
 {
   private string _name = "";
   public string Name
@@ -37,4 +37,13 @@ public record LocalAssignment : IModuleItem
   public string RubricToMarkdown() => this.AssignmentRubricToMarkdown();
   public static LocalAssignment ParseMarkdown(string input) => LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.ParseMarkdown(input);
   public static IEnumerable<RubricItem> ParseRubricMarkdown(string rawMarkdown) => LocalAssignmentMarkdownParser.ParseRubricMarkdown(rawMarkdown);
+
+
+  public bool Equals(LocalAssignment? otherAssignment)
+  {
+    return ToMarkdown() == otherAssignment?.ToMarkdown();
+  }
+
+  public override int GetHashCode() => ToMarkdown().GetHashCode();
+
 }
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/LocalCourse.cs b/Management/Models/Local/LocalCourse.cs
index 374c3a1..f4ad997 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/LocalCourse.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/LocalCourse.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ namespace LocalModels;
 public record LocalCourse
 {
   public IEnumerable<LocalModule> Modules { get; init; } = Enumerable.Empty<LocalModule>();
-  public required LocalCourseSettings Settings { get; set; }
+  public required LocalCourseSettings Settings { get; init; }
 }
 
 public record SimpleTimeOnly
diff --git a/Management/Models/Local/LocalModules.cs b/Management/Models/Local/LocalModules.cs
index 5b87e6d..c0b0f23 100644
--- a/Management/Models/Local/LocalModules.cs
+++ b/Management/Models/Local/LocalModules.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 namespace LocalModels;
 
-public record LocalModule
+public sealed record LocalModule
 {
   public string Name { get; init; } = string.Empty;
   public string Notes { get; set; } = string.Empty;
@@ -8,10 +8,57 @@ public record LocalModule
   public IEnumerable<LocalQuiz> Quizzes { get; init; } = [];
   public IEnumerable<LocalCoursePage> Pages { get; init; } = [];
 
-  public IEnumerable<IModuleItem> SortedModuleItems =>
+  public IEnumerable<IModuleItem> GetSortedModuleItems() =>
     Enumerable.Empty<IModuleItem>()
       .Concat(Assignments)
       .Concat(Quizzes)
       .Concat(Pages)
       .OrderBy(i => i.DueAt);
+
+  public bool Equals(LocalModule? otherModule)
+  {
+    var areEqual =
+      string.Equals(Name, otherModule?.Name, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+      && string.Equals(Notes, otherModule?.Notes, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+      && CompareCollections(Assignments.OrderBy(x => x.Name), otherModule?.Assignments.OrderBy(x => x.Name))
+      && CompareCollections(Quizzes.OrderBy(x => x.Name), otherModule?.Quizzes.OrderBy(x => x.Name))
+      && CompareCollections(Pages.OrderBy(x => x.Name), otherModule?.Pages.OrderBy(x => x.Name));
+    return areEqual;
+  }
+
+  private static bool CompareCollections<T>(IEnumerable<T> first, IEnumerable<T>? second)
+  {
+    var firstList = first.ToList();
+    var secondList = second?.ToList();
+
+    if (firstList.Count != secondList?.Count)
+      return false;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < firstList.Count; i++)
+    {
+      if (!Equals(firstList[i], secondList[i]))
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  public override int GetHashCode()
+  {
+    HashCode hash = new HashCode();
+    hash.Add(Name, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    hash.Add(Notes, StringComparer.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+    AddRangeToHash(hash, Assignments.OrderBy(x => x.Name));
+    AddRangeToHash(hash, Quizzes.OrderBy(x => x.Name));
+    AddRangeToHash(hash, Pages.OrderBy(x => x.Name));
+    return hash.ToHashCode();
+  }
+
+  private void AddRangeToHash<T>(HashCode hash, IEnumerable<T> items)
+  {
+    foreach (var item in items)
+    {
+      hash.Add(item);
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/Management/Services/Files/CourseDifferences.cs b/Management/Services/Files/CourseDifferences.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..672aba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Management/Services/Files/CourseDifferences.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+using LocalModels;
+
+public static class CourseDifferences
+{
+  public static NewCourseChanges GetNewChanges(LocalCourse newCourse, LocalCourse oldCourse)
+  {
+    if (newCourse == oldCourse)
+      return new NewCourseChanges();
+
+    var differentModules = newCourse.Modules
+      .Where(newModule =>
+        !oldCourse.Modules.Any(oldModule => oldModule.Equals(newModule))
+      )
+      .Select(newModule =>
+      {
+        var oldModule = oldCourse.Modules.FirstOrDefault(m => m.Name == newModule.Name);
+        if (oldModule == null)
+          return newModule;
+
+        var newAssignments = newModule.Assignments.Where(
+          newAssignment => !oldModule.Assignments.Any(oldAssignment => newAssignment == oldAssignment)
+        );
+        return newModule with { Assignments = newAssignments };
+      })
+      .ToArray();
+
+    return new NewCourseChanges
+    {
+      Settings = newCourse.Settings,
+      Modules = differentModules,
+    };
+  }
+
+}
+
+public record NewCourseChanges
+{
+  public IEnumerable<LocalModule> Modules { get; init; } = [];
+  public LocalCourseSettings? Settings { get; init; }
+}
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