Dear Faculty, I write with two updates regarding our transition to Brightspace. As a reminder, summer courses will be taught in Brightspace, not Blackboard (although you will continue to have access to both). Course Merges One important difference has to do with merging courses. In Blackboard, faculty were able to merge classes themselves. Faculty cannot […]
Dear Faculty, I write with the exciting update that, if you are teaching this summer, your course is now live in Brightspace. Fall courses will be available, as always, the first Wednesday in June. If you would to copy items from an existing course into your summer course, I highly encourage you to attend next […]
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Brightspace Training & Practice Courses
Dear Faculty, I hope this message finds you enjoying the New Year! I write today with two Brightspace-related announcements. 1. Training CUNY Online is offering the Brightspace Demo for Faculty three times in January: Wed., 1/10/24 at 12 PM Thurs., 1/18/24 at 1 PM Tues., 1/23/24 at 11 AM If you are interested, please register […]
Dear Faculty, I have been asked to send around the following policy and memo from Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost Hensel. Starting in fall 2024, all online courses, asynchronous and synchronous, must be delivered through the University-supported learning management system (Brightspace). This also applies to the online components of hybrid courses. According to Provost Hensel, she has given […]
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Brightspace Access & Training
Dear Faculty, Many of you may have seen or heard about the email from CUNY EVC Hensel just after Thanksgiving describing access to Brightspace. I write today to amplify and clarify that message. For those of you interested in seeing the environment, you can log in at http://brightspace.cuny.edu. This will take you the CUNY login […]
Dear Faculty, I write with a few important announcements regarding the transition to Brightspace. First, I have been told that faculty will be able to access Brightspace as of 11/22. I expect that an announcement from CUNY Online with instructions is forthcoming. When you are able to access Brightspace, one item you will see is […]
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Brightspace Introductions in November
Dear Faculty, Please see the following message from CUNY’s CIS Training Team. There are weekly sessions throughout November for faculty in Wave 1 schools. Please register using the link below. Best, Andrew Andrew H. SidmanInterim Dean of Academic Programs Professor of Political ScienceJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY212-237-8179 “I am a responsible employee” As […]
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Brightspace Transition Update
Dear Faculty, I write today to provide an update on our campus’ transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. First, and most welcome, CUNY has given us and the other wave 1 campuses permission to go live in Summer 2024. We will not go live in Winter or Spring. This change gives us much more time to transition […]
