BMCC and CUNY are developing a robust set of resources to help migrate their courses from Blackboard to Brightspace. Watch this space for additional resources, which will be added in the coming months.
Getting Started
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How to Access CUNY Brightspace
To access Brightspace, go to https://brightspace.cuny.edu. Continue reading…
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Create a Practice Course in Brightspace
Faculty can create practice course shells that you can use to learn about Brightspace features. Continue reading…
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Find Your Courses
Learn how to locate the courses in which you are enrolled in Brightspace. Continue reading…
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Edit Your Notification Settings
Learn how to change settings such as notifications about course activity, your pronouns, and your profile picture. Continue reading…
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Edit Your Profile
Learn how to change settings such as notifications about course activity, your pronouns, and your profile picture. Continue reading…
Recordings of Training Sessions
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Advanced Quizzes (CUNY Instructor Training Webinar)
This CUNY webinar goes into depth on how to use the Quiz tool in Brightspace. Continue reading…
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Advanced Gradebook (CUNY Instructor Training Webinar)
This CUNY webinar goes into depth on how to use the Grades tool in Brightspace. Continue reading…
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Assessing Learners (CUNY Instructor Training Webinar)
This is this fourth part of CUNY’s Brightspace training series for instructors. Continue reading…
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Engaging Learners (CUNY Instructor Training Webinar)
This is this third part of CUNY’s Brightspace training series for instructors. Continue reading…
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ABCs of Content (CUNY Instructor Training Webinar)
This is the second part of CUNY’s Brightspace training series for instructors. Continue reading…
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Getting Started with Brightspace (CUNY Instructor Training Webinar)
This is the first part of CUNY’s Brightspace training series for instructors. Continue reading…
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BMCC Brightspace Kickoff Recording Available
On November 13, staff from the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs and D2L (the Brightspace parent company) joined more than 180 BMCC faculty and staff for a Brightspace kickoff webinar. View the recording here. Continue reading…
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Brightspace Demo for Faculty
This hour-long webinar goes over basic Brightspace features. Continue reading…
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Why Brightspace?
Recording from a webinar introducing Brightspace to the CUNY community. Continue reading…
From Blackboard to Brightspace
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Migration Schedule
Course migration is an automated process that moves course content from Blackboard to Brightspace, but not student records such as grades. Continue reading…
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Manually Copying Course Content from Blackboard to Brightspace
Courses from before Summer 2022 and Blackboard organizations are not included in the automated migration process, but can be manually copied to Brightspace. Continue reading…
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Cleaning up Your Course after Migration from Blackboard to Brightspace
You will likely need to clean up and reorganize content in these courses that are migrated from Blackboard to Brightspace. Here are some steps to help you get started. Continue reading…
Course Content
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Create Content
Learn about the different options for adding content to your Brightspace course. Continue reading…
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View as a Learner (Student Preview)
The “View as Learner’ preview function is a quick way for instructors to see how course content is displayed to students. Continue reading…
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Edit Content
Learn about the tools available in the Brightspace editor, which enables you to add a variety of content including images, video, and hyperlinks. Continue reading…
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Organizing Course Content
In Brightspace, course content is organized using Modules, Sub-Modules, and Topics. Continue reading…
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Customizing Your Course Banner
Learn how to change the image that appears at the top of your Brightspace course. Continue reading…
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Customizing the Course Homepage
Brightspace offers the opportunity for instructors to customize the course homepage. At the bottom of the page in a Brightspace, there will be three dots. Hovering on the three dots, […] Continue reading…
Navbar, Homepage, and Widgets
Announcements and Messaging
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Creating Announcements in Brightspace
Learn how to create and manage announcements, which appear on the home page for your Brightspace course. Continue reading…
Discussions
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Creating Discussions
Learn how to create online discussion areas for students and how discussion boards are structured in Brightspace. Continue reading…
Assignments
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Creating Assignments
Create individual or group student assignments. Continue reading…
Quizzes and Tests
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Creating Quizzes
Learn how to set up a quiz, add questions, choose settings, and present it to students. Continue reading…
Course Management
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Make Your Course Active (Available to Students)
Make your course available to students by following these steps. Continue reading…
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Import from one Brightspace Course to Another (Course Copy)
This one-minute video shows how to import content (all or selected) from one Brightspace course to another. This method can be used to copy from a course that has already […] Continue reading…
