Brightspace Learning Management System (LMS) Transition
As of Summer 2024, all Baruch College courses use D2L’s Brightspace as our official learning management system (LMS). Brightspace is a modern and mobile-friendly platform that will better support teaching and learning across multiple modalities and will help our students succeed.
Resources and Support
As the Fall 2024 semester approaches, there are a variety of resources available.
- Brightspace offers 24/7 support. You can call D2L’s dedicated CUNY phone number: 1-888-895-2511. You can also initiate support on any page in Brightspace by clicking the blue and white dialogue box in the bottom right corner. Note: faculty must identify their school as CUNY. (It is a CUNY contract with Brightspace, so saying Baruch slows down the support agent.) Please provide your CUNYfirst login email when prompted (firstname.lastname##@login.cuny.edu).
- For internal support, please email brightspace@baruch.cuny.edu. This resource account is overseen by colleagues from the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Digital Learning Hub, BCTC, and the Baruch Brightspace Transition Team.
- Open a Brightspace LMS Support Ticket in ServiceNow.
- Join the Baruch’s Transition Team for office hours Tuesdays from 1–2 pm in the Information and Technology Building, Room 655, or join Fridays from 1-2 pm via Zoom.
- Visit the CUNY Brightspace page for additional resources.
Forms
- Request a Sandbox Course Space
- Request a Course Merge
- Request a Copy of an Older Blackboard Course (pre-Spring 2020)
- Request Course Access for a TA or Another Faculty Member
Participate in Workshops
- Browse and sign-up for workshops hosted by CUNY.
- Register for Baruch-specific training. Each session lasts 90 minutes and delves into a specific topics including reviewing the basics, refreshing your Blackboard content, and building a course from scratch. This training is delivered via Zoom.
- Enroll in asynchronous training sessions:
- Encourage your students to take the Getting Started in Brightspace training session.
- Visit the Brightspace YouTube page and watch tutorials.
Brightspace Guides
Faculty and Staff
Students
FAQs
Transition Timeline
When does Baruch’s Brightspace transition begin?
Course Content Migration
How will course content be brought over from Blackboard to Brightspace?
How much course content will be transferred into Brightspace?
Are Blackboard organization sites being migrated to Brightspace?
Other Questions
Are faculty required to use Brightspace?
Who owns the content put in Brightspace?
Who else uses Brightspace?
Brightspace Basics
How do I make my course active (visible) to students?
How do I copy content from one Brightspace course to another?
How do I merge two of my courses into one course space?
Message Archive
As communications are disseminated to the community about the migration, the area below will serve as an archive and house messages and important updates.
2024 Communications
2023 Communications
Please email Brightspace@baruch.cuny.edu with additional questions.