Brightspace Orientation and Resources
Manhattanville is moving to Brightspace!
Beginning with the Summer I term (beginning May 28), we will no longer be using Blackboard. Instead, all courses will be taught using Brightspace to host your class materials and activities. Please check back regularly for updates.
Faculty Members
Frequently Asked Questions
Workshop Information
May
Build in Brightspace Workshops
May 9, Thursday, 10:30 am - Adding and Creating Course Content
May 10, Friday, 10:00 am - Grades
May 14, Tuesday, 10:00 am - Assignments
May 17, Friday, 10:00 am - Discussions
May 21, Tuesday, 10:00 am - Quizzes
May 23, Thursday, 10:30 am - QuickEval (Scoring and providing feedback on assignments and quizzes)
We invite you to sign up at this Brightspace Workshop Registration.
Faculty Support
Peer Mentors
These Peer Mentors are fellow faculty who are part of our Brightspace Champions group in Spring 2024. They are available for help with migrating your course out of Blackboard and building it in Brightspace.
School of Arts and Sciences: Prof. Steffi Shook.
School of Education: Associate Dean Gerald Ardito.
School of Nursing and Health Science: Associate Dean Orhan Hakli.
Office of Instructional Technology
Feel free to reach out to us with questions about the migration process, using Brightspace, and all things instructional technology related.
Manhattanville Help Desk
Submit a ticket to the Manhattanville Help Desk
for questions around login issues, enrollments of you or your students in courses,
and other deeper level technical issues.
914.323.7200
Online Resources
Brightspace Courses
Within Brightspace, there are tutorial courses to help you get started setting up and managing your courses. To self-enroll, log into Brightspace and in the red navbar, click, “Discover” to find and explore the below.
Build Your Course – A quick start guide to introduce you to the basics of adding your syllabus and other files, as well as entering content directly into Brightspace.
Launch into Brightspace – A more complete resource with tutorials on how to create modules, announcements, assignments, quizzes, discussions, grade books, etc.
Instructor Lounge – Resources produced and curated by the Office of Instructional technology focusing on migrating content, copying courses, and other tips and tricks.
D2L Community
The D2L Community features vast and detailed information on all things Brightspace. Create your own account to check out documentation, discussion forums, videos, mini-courses, and more!
Students
Get started with Brightspace
Support
Launch into Brightspace
Once in Brightspace, click, “Discover” in the red navbar, and enroll in the how-to course, Launch into Brightspace. It features tutorials on how to access your course materials, participate in discussions, submit assignments, take quizzes, etc.
Brightspace YouTube Channel
Explore the videos below to start familiarizing yourself with Brightspace.
- Navigating Content
- Assignments - Submit and Confirm a Submission
- How to Take a Quiz
- Create a Discussion Post
- Visit the full playlist, Learner.
D2L Community
The D2L Community features vast and detailed information on all things Brightspace. Create your own account to check out documentation, discussion forums, videos, mini-courses, and more!
Find student-specific guides at
D2L Community | Learner.
Manhattanville Help Desk
If you can’t log in, or see your course, etc., contact the Manhattanville Help Desk for questions and other technical issues.
914.323.7200
Office of Instructional Technology
If you are having trouble using Brightspace to complete your coursework, feel free to e-mail us.
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Contact Us
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Office of Instructional Technology
Bancha Srikacha
Bancha.Srikacha@mville.edu
Rob Garfield
Rob.Garfield@mville.edu
