The CUNY Transition teams are busy developing training for the Brightspace platform. There are several pathways to begin learning and exploring the new LMS. The page below will be updated as new opportunities are released.
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Faculty and Staff Training
Brightspace Day is May 15 – Save the Date
If you missed the first Brightspace Day on April 15, you’re in luck! We will be holding another Brightspace Day on May 15, virtual sessions only, for students, faculty, and staff. The OFDIT Team will facilitate a day of activities to ready you for a smooth transition to our new learning management system, Brightspace. You will be able to explore, get trained, or work in your course with guidance and support.
Office Hours for Faculty and Staff
OFDIT is offering Open Office Hours in morning, afternoon, and early evening sessions for faculty and staff. Drop by office hours as often as you like to get a question answered! Check the updated schedule here: Brightspace Office Hours
Brightspace Essentials
Brightspace Essentials is your first step in mastering the basics. It’s set up as a series of self-paced mini-lessons crafted to equip you with the fundamental skills for using the Brightspace Learning Management System (LMS). The first few lessons will help you:
- Get familiar with the fundamental navigation and functions of Brightspace
- Create content modules
- Learn about the great features in the Brightspace Editor
- Become familiar with communication tools
- Manage discussions
These 15-minute lessons are a terrific launching point for your Brightspace explorations.
Spring 2024 Workshops
Live workshops both during day and evening sessions are offered on preparing to teach in Brightspace and working with migrated courses. These sessions provide opportunities to ask questions regarding specific LMS needs. Workshops are delivered in different modules:
- Getting Started in Brightspace
- ABCs of Content
- Engaging Learners
- Assessing Learning
- Quizzes
- Gradebook
The above series of trainings have been recorded and curated into a YouTube playlist. Watch any of the session titles by visiting the Brightspace LMS Transition YouTube Playlist.
Create a Practice Site
Faculty and staff can now access the new LMS at brightspace.cuny.edu. Faculty can create practice sites using a widget found on the dashboard after logging in. There are two limitations: practice sites may not include SPS-specific tools like VoiceThread, Digication, and Panopto, and faculty cannot enroll students despite the default text in the widget. Staff cannot create practice sites, but are welcome to reach out to the SPS Transition Team if they would like to set up practice sites for their unit.
Brightspace Resource Course for Instructors
Faculty at CUNY SPS are enrolled in a Brightspace Resource Course for Instructors. This self-paced training introduces the basics of course building, assignments, and quizzes, as well as resources to get started. Faculty will see the course in the dashboard when logging in at brightspace.cuny.edu.
Brightspace Community Knowledge Base
The Brightspace Community is an extensive resource that SPS Faculty are encouraged to explore. This resource can also be accessed by clicking the “Brightspace Help” in the upper left corner of the top navigation bar in Brightspace.
Student Training
Brightspace Access
Access to Brightspace starts now! Students may log into the new system. Go to: https://www.cuny.edu/cuny-login/ and click on Brightspace. Use CUNY First login credentials.
Brightspace Overview for SPS Students
To help students get started, the SPS transition team created a Brightspace Overview video stepping through the most common learning activities in Brightspace. Watch the video to get familiar with the new look and feel.
Brightspace Day is May 15 – Save the Date!
We will be holding Brightspace Day for students on May 15, virtual sessions only. The OFDIT Team will facilitate a day of activities to ready you for a smooth transition to our new learning management system, Brightspace. You will be able to explore, get trained, or work in your course with guidance and support.
Getting Started in Brightspace for SPS Students
SPS returning students have been enrolled into an optional mini-course full of helpful resources for hands-on practice. SPS students can log into Brightspace to find this resource. The whole course from start to finish in less than an hour and is available anytime for reference. We highly encourage students spend some time testing out the space before May 29, the launch of CUNY SPS Brightspace this summer.
