Brightspace
Brightspace is Stony Brook's official learning management system (LMS). All courses have a Brightspace site and it is up to the Instructor if they wish to use the system. Staff who are seeking to offer online training can request sites for their departments as well!
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August 15, 2025
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Looking for your Brightspace course?
By default, when you log into Brightspace, you will see ALL courses. You can either scroll across to the Fall 2025 term OR click the waffle at the top to find a course using the Course Selector. Pin courses that you would like to access frequently.
Instructors: Please make your course available so students can access it.
Students: Not all courses use Brightspace. You will only see courses that instructors make active. SOLAR shows all courses that you are enrolled in.
Learn more about using Brightspace for teaching, learning, and non-credit course and organizations at Stony Brook University.
Need a course shell created for a non-credit bearing course and/or organization?
Get Help
Having an issue with one of our services? Looking for documentation? Interested in training? DoIT has a number of resources available for our different services to help you better use them to meet your needs.
The SUNY Online Support Services Help Desk provides primary Tier 1 support for Brightspace LMS for many of the 64 SUNY colleges and universities across New York State. Current students, faculty, and campus staff may contact us for any questions or requests specifically related to their online courses.
View Brightspace Community page for documentation, tutorials and events.
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Need Help? The fastest way to get support is by submitting a request through our ticketing system.
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