Brightspace Announcements
Resources
Faculty Training Options
There are several ways for you to learn Brightspace, including live hands-on training, demonstrations and recorded training:
- SUNY Training Provided Training
- DoIT Provided Training
- Brightspace Provided Training
Brightspace Community
Join the Brightspace Community* to get help and suggestions from other Brightspace users, and then search topics, suggest ideas, and register for Brightspace-provided guided training.
*The Brightspace Community does not use NetID, so you need to set up your account/password for access
Timeline, News and SUNY Implementation
Learn about the Brightspace timeline, news and the SUNY project site.
Brightspace for Students
Tips for Students
Is your Instructor using Brightspace?
We encourage all students to read through the tips in the link below!
Download the Pulse App
The Brightspace mobile app is called Pulse. All students should download Pulse to get course notifications, content and much more!
Brightspace Resources
Looking for additional resources?
After you log into Brightspace, you can find Brightspace Resources for Learners on the top Navigation Bar.
Featured Tools
Turnitin®
Are you interested in having your student's work checked for plagiarism? Turnitin® is available in Brightspace for instructors who are looking for a solution similar to SafeAssign.
Class Progress Tool
The Class Progress tool tracks your learners' overall progress as a course and individually. This tool can be used to:
- Monitor progress for any or all users in your course
- Prepare progress reports
- Track when a user accesses the course and downloads course content
- And more!
Quick Eval
The Quick Eval tool offers instructors a single location to view all learner submissions that are awaiting evaluation including quizzes, assignments, and discussions. Instructors can sort, filter, and search submissions to prioritize their evaluation work.
Intelligent Agents
Intelligent Agents in Brightspace can assist instructors, administrators, and students by providing an automated message when:
- A defined student activity occurs in a course
- An activity does not take place in a course
- A student does or doesn't login to Brightspace
- A student does or doesn't enter a particular course
Checklists
Give your students the power of crossing off to-dos or steps in an assignment with checklists:
Create a checklist, and add it to a Content Module. Then, students can check off items as they complete them.
HTML Templates
Make engaging and accessible course content
Use HTML Templates, which adjust based on screen size, are accessible and interactive, to style course content pages without having to write code!
3rd Party Tools
There are many add-ons or LTI tools that have been added to Brightspace. This is a list of what is currently available with links to more information about each one.
FAQs
Additional Information
Files & Links
Please Contact
Brightspace Support via SUNY Helpdesk
- Phone: 1-844-673-6786
- Submit a ticket or chat online
Academic Technology Services
- AcademicTechnologies@stonybrook.edu
- (631) 632-9800
- Submit a ticket