Brightspace

Brightspace 101 for Faculty

CTL has created an orientation course to help instructors get familiar with D2L Brightspace. All instructors at Suffolk have been enrolled in the course. It can be found in your list of courses when you log in to Brightspace.

Every course, regardless of modality (fully online to traditional, in-person), has a home on Brightspace. The orientation is asynchronous and self-paced. To receive a certificate of completion, take the optional survey.

Faculty who complete this mini course, will be able to:

• Explore the faculty resources offered by CTL
• Experience a well-organized, easy to navigate course site
• Use Brightspace tools to communicate with students
• Create modules to organize course content
• Set up the gradebook
• Enter grades so students can monitor their progress
• Create or upload course materials such as documents, link, or videos
• Create accessible content as required by ADA policy
• Create discussions, assignments, and quizzes to assess student learning
• Use MS Teams for meeting with students
• Use Lumi Pro, the AI tool in Brightspace
• Use YuJa, the video library to create and share videos
• Discover where you can get Brightspace help for you and your students

Questions? Email CTL@sunysuffolk.edu

Other Tutorials

Other tutorials are found below. In addition, please check out the Brightspace YouTube channel and the Brightspace Community site. For questions, email brightspace@sunysuffolk.edu or for more immediate assistance, call the SUNY Online help desk at 1-844-673-6786.