Instructor's Guide to Brightspace
News/Updates
Virtual Classroom should be held using Zoom –
How to Add a Zoom Portal to a BrightSpace Course:
https://support.qc.cuny.edu/support/solutions/articles/15000104835
How to Schedule Zoom Meetings for Your Brightspace Course: https://support.qc.cuny.edu/support/solutions/articles/15000104836
Manual enrollments (adding in users as Learners, Designers, Graders, and Observers) should be done by sending a request to ITS –
Request to Add User to a Brightspace Course : Queens College Helpdesk (cuny.edu)
Adding in TAs and Instructors will be completed by your department’s administrative assistant/chair. They will add in users via CourseDog, once completed, the changes will reflect in Brightspace the next business day. The registrar will be able to assist with any issues with CourseDog enrollments.
Course/Section merges can only be done by LMS Administrators and requested by the following –
Request Section/Course Merge in Brightspace : Queens College Helpdesk (cuny.edu)
In order for courses to be seen by your students, please make sure that you have made your course active/available. You can see instructions on how to do so following –
https://support.qc.cuny.edu/support/solutions/articles/15000096802
Please visit the CETLL website for faculty resources
Fall 2024 Training for Instructors by CUNY
Faculty are invited to register for Fall 2024 Training for Instructors hosted by CUNYOver the Fall 2024 semester, CUNY will be offering the following live-webinar style Brightspace Basic Series of Training. Each module description follows. Please REGISTER for one or more of the workshops (delivered via Zoom).
- Getting Started in Brightspace: overview of key features and tools, course management – class list, groups/sections, communicating with students, adding content basics, assignment basics, quiz basics, adaptive release, key terms and resources for instructors.
- ABCs of Content: overview and table of contents, modules; adding content to courses (from existing course content, building it from scratch), creating activities for learners, instructor settings for assignments, discussions and quizzes.
- Engaging Learners: brief UDL overview and overview of accessibility in Brightspace, tools and features for communication (announcements, activity feed, discussions and virtual classroom), tools and features for engagement (calendar, progress)
- Assessing Learning: assignments, quizzes, evaluating learners via quick eval and submissions, rubrics, gradebook basics.
Setting Up Courses in Brightspace
Course Layout in Brightspace
Blackboard to Brightspace
Getting Started
To get ready for the move to the Brightspace environment, faculty are encouraged to do some clean up on their current Blackboard courses. Once cleaned up, it is advised that courses be backed up by exporting the course. Learn more about this HERE.
Office Information
Brightspace Learning Management System
Email: brightspace@qc.cuny.edu