Brightspace & Blackboard
Brightspace is an online course management system which provides access to course materials, assignments and class discussions. Increasingly, class lectures are made available in video format for review and further study. Blackboard has been replaced by Brightspace since the Summer 2024 Term. However, you can still access Blackboard until the end of 2025. Click the Log In button below to log in to either Brightspace or Blackboard.
BRIGHTSPACE STATUS / ALERTS
Baruch College has transitioned from Blackboard Learn to D2L Brightspace starting in the Summer 2024 term. Courses will no longer be taught on Blackboard.
Courses at Baruch will now be taught only on Brightspace. Please click here to access Brightspace.
Visit the transition website to learn more about the project and when courses for the other colleges will be delivered in Brightspace. |
Change to Adding Teaching Assistants, Observers, or Co-Instructors to Brightspace
As of March 1st, 2023, the process to adding users to Blackboard has changed. Instructors are no longer able to add users to courses themselves. In order to add a Teaching Assistant, Observer, or Co-Instructor to Blackboard, please follow the web link below to download and fill out the form, the email address to return it to is within the form:
Form to Add a Teaching Assistant, Observer, or Co-Instructor to Brightspace
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Attention Graduating Seniors — Message from the Starr Career Development Center
As this chapter of your academic career comes to a close, we kindly ask that you share your with post-graduation plans with us so we can capture your class’ employment status and grad school plans. If you are still unsure of your post graduate plans, we hope to use this brief survey to better assist you with your transition to your next professional destination.
Access your school-specific survey below:
Marxe – https://bit.ly/Marxe2023postgradsurvey
Weissman – https://bit.ly/Weissman2023postgradsurvey
Zicklin – https://bit.ly/Zicklin2023postgradsurvey
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Akademos Textbook Adoption & Analytics Platform
Faculty Members — Don’t forget to upload your textbook information into Baruch College’s new textbook platform. It’s called Akademos. More information on how to use Akademos to improve the education experience for your students can be found at the website below:
AKADEMOS — TEXTBOOK ADOPTION AND ANALYTICS PLATFORM
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Make Your Course Available
At the beginning of every semester, Brightspace courses are unavailable to students, and instructors have to manually enable their courses. Instructions on how to make your course available can be found by clicking the link below:
How to Make a Course Available on Blackboard