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Welcome to Brightspace
Brightspace is the Learning Digital Learning Environment that SUNY has selected as a system-wide tool. This tool allows for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, and delivery of courses for all modalities of instruction; face-to-face, online, hybrid, hyflex and blended.
Training Resources for Faculty
Online Learning Teaching Academy in conjunction with the SUNY DLE Team has built, continues to run, and has provided recorded sessions for faculty to learn how to use this system. Below are many resources that you can choose from based on your learning skills, and the choice of training methods that best suits your way of learning (asynchronous, live training, written material, videos, and recorded sessions).
Brightspace Pre-Flight Course “Go Live” Checklist
The Brightspace Pre-Flight Course “Go Live” Checklist will provide you with a copy of the checklist with editing rights to keep track of your course creation/updates.
Copy a Brightspace Course into Another Brightspace Course
Instructions (step-by-step or video)
End of Semester (Instructions) – How to download the Brightspace Grade Book and Attendance.
Building Content
This document will show you how to download a SUNY Niagara Brightspace Template and import the content into a Brightspace course. You can also contact onlinelearning@niagaracc.suny.edu to ask for assistance or to have a template loaded to your course shell.
SUNY Niagara Brightspace Training:
Join the Brightspace Tips (YouTube Channel)
Please review the Getting Started Videos listed below for the basics.
Presentation Recordings/Handouts
Getting Started Videos:
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- How to Navigate the SUNY Niagara Brightspace Home page
- How to Use the Email Tool in Brightspace
- How to Create a Module and Upload a File
- How to Pin a Course in Brightspace
SUNY CPD Webinars / Recordings:
SUNY CPD offered webinars on Brightspace training as we migrated to Brightspace. The recorded sessions are housed on the SUNY DLE website for all to view https://dle.suny.edu/recordings/. No login is required to view the recordings.
Brightspace Community:
Getting Started with Brightspace Resources – Here you can learn Brightspace, join the Community, and follow the articles to receive updates.
Contact:
Online Learning:
– Faculty call Donna Simiele @ 716-614-6487 or visit D106C
– Students call Glory Fox @ 716-614-6487 or visit D106D
Merging Courses – submit an OIT Help Desk ticket. Specify what course you want as the “Parent” course (this is the course where content will be placed) and specify what course(s) will be “Child” courses. The Child course(s) will be merged into the Parent course.
For night and weekend help with Brightspace please reach out to the SUNY Online HelpDesk at 1-844-673-6786 or submit a ticket.
Please reach out to the SUNY Niagara OIT HelpDesk with questions about issues logging into Brightspace. Call 716-614-6730, visit A133, or submit a ticket.
Virtual Classrooms
The Virtual Classrooms tool in Brightspace allows you to: Schedule, hold, and record live video conferencing sessions without ever leaving Brightspace. Give distance education courses an engaging classroom experience using real-time video-based live communication between instructors and students.
- How do I Navigate a Virtual Classroom interface? (Vanderbilt University)
- Bongo Support Page – Virtual Classroom and Video Assignment Documentation and Resources
- Virtual Classroom for Brightspace (Video)
Video Assignments
Brightspace by D2L has an integrated feature called the Video Assignment Tool or Bongo. This can be used to implement structured, video-based assessments that evaluate learners of speeches, foreign languages, demonstrations, class projects, filmmaking and more.
Getting Started with Video Assignments/Bongo – Instructor & Student Version (Vanderbilt University)
Bongo Support Page – Virtual Classroom and Video Assignment Documentation and Resources
Contact
- T-Wolves & Brightspace Username/Password Help:
- Call OIT at 716-210-2505
- Visit A131
- Online Learning Support & Brightspace Assistance:
- Faculty: Call 716-614-6487 or Visit D106C
- Students: Call 716-614-6488 or Visit D106D
- Additional Brightspace Assistance:
- Contact SUNY Online HelpDesk at 1-844-673-6786 (Available nights and weekends!)