Welcome to the D2L Brightspace Faculty Resources page. Here you’ll find a comprehensive collection of guides, tutorials, and support materials to help you effectively utilize the Brightspace LMS.

Training for Instructors

CUNY is offering live-webinar style Brightspace Basic Series of Training (delivered via Zoom), the available modules are: Getting Started in Brightspace, ABCs of Content, Engaging Learners, Assessing Learning and more.

Login to Brightspace

Contact

For Brightspace Support contact D2L at 1-888-895-2511

For Brightspace Access Issues contact IT Service Desk
IT Support Request
ServiceDesk@slu.cuny.edu
(646) 313-8440

We appreciate any feedback you may have to offer, contact us at AcademicTech@slu.cuny.edu

General Information

What is D2L and what’s Brightspace?

D2L Brightspace is the full name of our new learning management system (LMS). D2L stands for “Desire to Learn,” which is the founding company behind the creation of the Brightspace LMS platform. In essence, D2L is the company, and Brightspace is the software application.

CUNY BrightSpace FAQ

CUNY Policy for Use of a Learning Management System for Online Classes

Please review the Policy for the Use of a Learning Management System (LMS) for online classes. For additional information, please refer to the LMS Use Policy Q&A.

Faculty Documentation and Guides

Faculty Getting Started Checklist Faculty Training Sessions Registration

CUNY Brightspace Faculty Training Videos

Overview and training videos jointly developed by CUNY and D2L(the developer of Brightspace LMS) to aid in CUNY’s Brightspace LMS transition and adaptation. Video playlist.

Brightspace Course for Instructors

Faculty are now enrolled in a self-paced training courser that introduces the basics of course building, assignments, and quizzes, as well as resources to get started. Faculty will see the course in the LMS dashboard when logging in at brightspace.cuny.edu

Topic Specific Guides

CUNY IT Help Knowledge Base Articles

Setting Up Courses in Brightspace

Navigating Brightspace

Course Layout in Brightspace

Designing an Accessible Course

Instructor D2L Brightspace Resources

  • Guided Training – Developed to help you onboard onto Brightspace at the pace that’s right for you. Intended for anyone building, teaching, or facilitating courses within Brightspace. If you are new to online learning, new to Brightspace, or just looking for how to do something new in your Brightspace classroom, this is the perfect starting place for you.
  • Instructor Video Tutorials – How-to’s and instructional videos for instructors.
  • Brightspace Instructor Documentation – General Brightspace documentation for instructors.