Brightspace for Students
Brightspace tutorials and resources for students
Starting in Summer 2024, York College will use Brightspace (BrS) as the Learning Management System (LMS) instead of Bb.
To access BrS, go to https://brightspace.cuny.edu/ page and log in with your CUNY Login username and password.
- Your Email Address in Brightspace
- Customize your personal settings in your BrS
- Finding and accessing your courses
- Navigating your courses
- Submitting Assignments
- Using the Quizzes tool
- Posting on Discussion Topics
- Viewing Grades and Feedback
- Viewing Class Progress
- Using Brightsapce Mobile App Pulse
- Need more help? Contact the CTLET LMS Support Team
Your Email Address in Brightspace
Your email address in Brightspace is linked to your preferred email you set in your CUNYfirst account. In order to receive your proefssors' messages about your courses, please make sure that your preferred email iis your York email. This is a tutorial on how to check and change your preferred email in CUNYfirst.
To find more information on how to activate your York email and get help with your York email, please check out the Student Accounts Activation page.
Customize your personal settings in your BrS
It is very important to customize your Brightspace settings to fit your learning needs. Folllow the instructions in the linked web page below to add an avatar for your BrS account, set the frequency to receive course notifications, choose for which course activities you want to receive notifications, select your font size, time zone and more.
Customize your personal settings in Brightspace
Finding and accessing your courses
After logging in Brightspace, you can find your courses and access them in two places. Follow the instructions in the linked web page below to find your courses.
Finding your courses in Brightspace
Navigating your courses
Based on which tools a course uses, your professor may customize the course menu to fit the course needs. Although you may see some differences in the course user interfaces, the top navigation bar and the Content module links on the left of the Content page enable you to access different areas of the courses such as your Grades, your Class Progress, Quizzes, Assignments. Review the linked web page below to familiarize yourself with your course nagivations.
Submitting Assignments
You can access assignments from Assignments link on the course top navigation bar or from a Content page.
Understanding due dates and end dates
Watch the videos below to learn how to work in Assignments page, submit and confirm assignments, as well as re-submit an assignment.
Troubleshoot issues with submitting assignments
If you encounter issues to submit an assignment, get an error message when trying to submit an assignment, go to the web page linked below and scroll down to the section on Troubleshoot Assignments.
Using the Quizzes tool
You can access quizzes, tests and exams from Quizzes link on the course top navigation bar or a Content page where your professor posts each of them.
Take a closer look at the Quiz Details page to understand each of the quiz information.
Watch a short video below to learn how to take a quiz, test or exam.
Posting on Discussion Topics
You can access discussion forums and topics from Discussions link on the course top navigation bar or a Content page where your professor posts each of them.
For all aspects of the Discussion tool, check out Communicate and interact with others using Discussions.
Viewing Grades and Feedback
Viewing Class Progress
Using Brightsapce Mobile App Pulse
You can keep track of your course work using Brightspace's Pulse app. Check out the linked web pages below to learn what Pulse can do and how to get it.
- About Brightspace Pulse
- Download Pulse app from Apple store or Google Play
- Sign into Brightspace Pulse
- Manage your course workload with Brightspace Pulse
- Navigate in Brightspace Pulse
- View upcoming work in Brightsapce Pulse
- View courses and course content in Brightspace Pulse
- View grades for a course in Brightspace Pulse
- View and configure push notifications in Brightspace Pulse
- Troubleshoot Brightspace Pulse
Need more help? Contact the CTLET LMS Support Team
Email: lmshelp@york.cuny.edu
Walk-in Offices: AC-4EA1 and AC-4G01
Phone: (718) 262 - 5219
Online Live Support Room can be found in the CTLET site in Brightspace. After logging in to Brightspace, look at My Courses > Organizations tab.