LaGuardia Community College is transitioning from Blackboard to Brightspace in the Fall 2025. This section provides information and resources to help you get started, navigate, and use the platform successfully in your courses.
Getting Started with Brightspace
For more information check out the Brightspace Tutorial Video on how to set up your User Profile.
Brightspace Course
If you are interested in learning more about Brightspace and how to use it for your courses, you can complete the Brightspace Basics for LaGuardia Faculty course. This course covers essential topics, including navigating Brightspace, creating course content, and assessing students.
Follow these steps to access and self-enroll in the course:
- Log into Brightspace using your CUNYfirst credentials.
- Click on “Discover” in the navigation bar.
- In the search bar on the Discover page, type: Brightspace Basics for LaGuardia Faculty.
- From the list of results, click on Brightspace Basics for LaGuardia Faculty.
- On the course page, click “Enroll in Course.”
- A confirmation message will appear stating “Successfully Enrolled.” Click “OK.”
- You will then see the course page with an option to “Open Course.”
Brightspace Resource Hub
The Resource Hub is here to support you as you continue exploring Brightspace. Below, you will find resources organized by topic and subtopic.
If you would like download the full Blackboard to Brightspace: Comparing Features and Tools
Assessment and Feedback
- Create a Discussion Topic (Video)
- Create an Assignment (Video)
- Create a Quiz (Video)
- Grade in Brightspace (Video)
In addition to the resources available in the Resource Hub, you can explore the below support options:
- YouTube Playlist for Instructors: Access a playlist of instructional videos to help guide you through tasks and features in Brightspace.
- CUNY IT Support: Search for Brightspace-related items. You can find a few helpful links listed below:
Brightspace Training for Faculty
As part of our transition to Brightspace, optional training sessions will be offered to faculty and staff. The transition team will offer campus-wide training for faculty and staff. Additionally, faculty will offer department-based training support. All training sessions will cover Brightspace basics and focus on specific tools and features you may use in your courses. Sessions will begin in the Spring semester and will continue through the Summer 2025, with flexible dates and modalities.
You can find a list of faculty trainers by department below, along with access to training topics and participant agendas for these sessions.
Business and Technology: Jennifer Arroyo, Sada Hye Jaman
Community Health & Wellness: Jasmine Edwards, Cynthia Vazquez
Education & Language Acquisition: Jose Fabara, Givanni Ildefonso-Sanchez
English: Lalit Bajaj, Md Rezaul Haque
Health Sciences: Philip Gimber, Lisa O’Donnell
Humanities: Arianne Fernandez, Jaime Riccio
Library: Ann Matsuuchi, M. Anne O’Reilly
Mathematics, Engineering & Computer Science: Nana Osei Bonsu, Shaoshao Yang
Natural Sciences: Daniel Capic, Marta Kowalczyk
Social Science: Janet Michello, Miguelina Rodriguez
Training Handouts
See the list of training topics below, and click on the topic name to download the participant agenda for that particular topic. Note: Best Practices, and Assessment training packets will be linked once they are available.
For additional opportunities, feel free to sign up to a remote training session offered by CUNY Central. For general information about our transition to Brightspace, check out the Brightspace LaGuardia homepage.
Training Schedule
Date |
Time |
Modality |
Room/Zoom Registration |
Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tuesday, March 18 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-255* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Tuesday, March 18 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
In Person |
E-273* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Thursday, March 20 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-273* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Thursday, March 20 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
In Person |
E-273* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Tuesday, March 25 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-255* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Tuesday, March 25 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
In Person |
E-255* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Thursday, March 27 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-255* |
Getting Started in Brightspace |
|
Thursday, March 27 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
Remote |
ABC’s Of Content | |
|
Friday, March 28 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
Remote |
Grade Center | |
|
Monday, March 31 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
Remote |
ABC’s Of Content | |
|
Monday, March 31 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
Remote |
ABC’s Of Content |
Date |
Time |
Modality |
Room/Zoom Registration |
Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Tuesday, April 1 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-255* |
ABC’s of Content |
|
Tuesday, April 1 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
Remote |
ABC’s of Content | |
|
Friday, April 4 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
Remote |
Grade Center | |
|
Tuesday, April 8 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-255* |
ABC’s of Content |
|
Tuesday, April 8 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
In Person |
E-255* |
ABC’s of Content |
|
Thursday, April 10 |
10:30AM – 11:30AM |
In Person |
E-255* |
ABC’s of Content |
|
Thursday, April 10 |
3:25PM – 4:25PM |
In Person |
E-255* |
ABC’s of Content |
Additional training sessions for the remainder of the Spring and Summer sessions will be posted at a later time.
Note: Capacity limit for E255 is 20 participants; E273 is 30 participants.
Acknowledgements
This Brightspace Resource Site has been developed to support faculty, staff and students in the transition from Blackboard to Brightspace. This site would not be possible without the dedication and commitment of the transition team who gathered and created resources for this site.
Please note that we are continuously updating this site to better serve the needs of the LaGuardia community. If you have feedback or suggestions, please reach out to [email protected].
