Getting Started With Brightspace

Get started on your Brightspace course creation by learning how to access, identify, and navigate the global settings and features. 

Training in This Section

  • Logging in and Navigating Brightspace
    5/31/23
    Familiarize yourself with the key navigation features on the UB Learns homepage and your course homepage.
  • Setting Up Fall 2023 Courses in Brightspace
    8/23/23
    Beginning with the Fall 2023 semester, all courses will be delivered using Brightspace.
  • Cleaning up Your Copied Course in Brightspace
    5/11/23
    Your course has been migrated from Blackboard to Brightspace. Now it is time to review it to ensure it is organized, easily navigable, and accessible for your students.
  • Enrolling and Managing Users
    9/2/23
    Enroll additional users in a course who are not officially registered through HUB.
  • Basics of Course Layout in Brightspace
    5/24/23
    Your course should have a logical, consistent and uncluttered layout. Making your course layout predictable and free of extraneous tools and information helps students focus on learning the content, not searching for it.
  • Blackboard to Brightspace: Comparing Features and Tools
    5/31/23
    Many of the features in Blackboard are available in Brightspace. This chart provides a comprehensive list of what features under Blackboard crossover into Brightspace.
  • Request a Brightspace Administrative Course
    5/2/23
    This page is to request a Brightspace Administrative Course. Administrative courses are sites that are not affiliated with classes offered by registration numbers.
  • Request Course Combinations in Brightspace
    8/24/23
    The form on this page is for combining Brightspace course sites only. Course combinations are processed manually by the UB Learns support team and can take up to one business day to complete.
All Fall 2023 courses will be delivered using Brightspace only

For Fall 2023 and onward, all courses will be in Brightspace. For any incomplete courses in Blackboard, content will be accessible until Dec. 1, 2023.