Brightspace
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LaGuardia’s transition from Blackboard to Brightspace, CUNY’s new Learning Management System (LMS), will take effect in the Fall of 2025. The College has formed a Brightspace Team, which includes staff and administrators from Academic Affairs (AA), the Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL), and Information Technology (IT). This team will provide regular updates to the College community and will update this webpage with additional information about info sessions, the training schedule, and other relevant information about the transition.
Timeline
- Spring 2024: Info sessions available for faculty and staff to learn about Brightspace.
- Summer (Spring II) 2024: Blackboard will undergo minor changes, specifically to the organization and look of the home dashboard, but the functionality of the platform will remain unchanged.
- Fall 2024: Info sessions for faculty and staff to learn about Brightspace will continue. Recruitment of faculty from all departments interested in training other faculty will begin.
- Winter (Fall II) 2025: Training for faculty and staff
- Spring 2025: Training for faculty and staff
- Summer (Spring II) 2025: Training for faculty and staff
- Fall 2025: Course delivery in Brightspace. Blackboard will be available till the end of Fall 2025.
Info Sessions
These sessions will be a brief introduction of Brightspace, including key features of the system. Each session will include Q&A time. Sessions are open to faculty and staff.
- Wednesday, May 22 from 12 – 1 p.m. in room E-255 (This session is in person only and has a room capacity of 25 people). Register link.
- Thursday, May 23 from 6 – 7 p.m. via Zoom (This session is fully remote). Registration link.
Training Sessions
Training sessions will begin in the Winter of 2025 and a schedule will be posted on this webpage by then.
FAQ
LaGuardia is in the final CUNY implementation wave (Transition Group 4). Structured implementation will begin in Spring 2025, with the system going live in the Fall of 2025. Course migration of at least two years of Blackboard courses is scheduled for Spring 2025. Visit this webpage regularly to learn more specifics before our transition.
Yes, faculty will see courses from at least the previous four years once they login to the Brightspace platform.
Yes, faculty can log on to https://cuny.brightspace.com/ using their @login.cuny.edu credentials. This interface is available as a sandbox, so faculty will have a chance to use the platform, but they won’t see their actual courses yet.
Training sessions for faculty will begin in January 2025. More information will be posted on this webpage before then. Training sessions will be offered in different modalities, including in person, remotely via zoom, and we’ll have a separate site with additional how-to videos and guides for all users.