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Access Brightspace

Once you have activated your Suffolk email, you should have access to Brightspace within the next 24 hours. To access Brightspace:

1. Log in to the Suffolk Login Portal

2. Click on the Brightspace tile

Brightspace Icon

Please note the following:

  • You will not have access to Brightspace until you activate your Suffolk email.
  • Brightspace access to new students will be available a couple of weeks prior to the first day of the semester. 
  • Registered courses will show in Brightspace a couple of weeks prior to the first day of the semester. 
  • Courses in Brightspace will be accessible on the first day of the semester unless the course instructor sets up an earlier date for students to access it.
  • Brightspace is updated once daily with new accounts and enrollments. If you created your account, enrolled or dropped a course, expect to see it in Brightspace within 24 hours. 
  • When you add a class to your schedule, it will be available within the next 24 hours.

For more information about Brightspace go to sunysuffolk.edu/brightspace. For general assistance contact the Open SUNY Help Desk. If you have issues accessing Brightspace through the Suffolk Login Portal or accessing your courses, email brightspace@sunysuffolk.edu make sure to include your name, ID and course CRN number.