{"id":138,"date":"2023-12-14T14:38:10","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/brightspaceessentials\/?page_id=138"},"modified":"2024-04-16T18:45:29","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:45:29","slug":"brightspace-login-and-navigation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/brightspaceessentials\/brightspace-login-and-navigation\/","title":{"rendered":"Brightspace Login and Navigation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The first step in your journey with Brightspace is to log in and learn how to find your way around. By the end of this unit, you will be comfortable accessing Brightspace and locating your courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Brightspace LMS is made up of layered \u201corganizations\u201d (\u201corgs\u201d, for short), and courses are created within orgs. At CUNY, we have the university-level org, and within it, each college has its own org. Orgs and courses all<\/em> have their own homepages: there is a CUNY Homepage, each college has its own homepage, and each course will have its own homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To orient yourself within Brightspace, you can identify which org you are in by looking for the name of the college in the top left corner of the window. If you are in a course, you will see the course name at the top of the window, just to the right of the college name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Homepage<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The front page, or landing page, for a Brightspace org or course. It will display different widgets, or modules, for commonly accessed places and tools, such as the My Courses widget on the org homepage, and the Visual Table of Contents widget on the course homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Minibar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A toolbar along the top right side of the Brightspace browser window that is accessible from anywhere in Brightspace. It includes the Course Selector, messaging tools, notifications, and settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Navbar<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A toolbar displayed at the top of a homepage, above the banner. The tools in the navbar vary depending on whether you are on your organization homepage or on a course homepage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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Quick Tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Getting oriented<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Look at the top of the Brightspace window. The name of the \u2018org\u2019 you are in will be displayed in the top left corner (CUNY or your college). To the right of the org name, if there is blank space, you are on the org homepage. If you see the name of a course, you are in that course.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Finding your courses <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can always find the full list of your courses by clicking on the waffle icon (the \u201cCourse Selector\u201d) at the top of your browser window. The waffle icon is visible from anywhere in Brightspace.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The Course Homepage link<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re in a course, the name of the course will be displayed as a link at the top of your screen. Clicking on this link will take you to the Course Homepage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

How to<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Access CUNY Brightspace<\/summary>\n