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Office of Curriculum, Assessment and Teaching Transformation
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Basics of UB Learns

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Learn how to login, locate your courses and navigate UB Learns. 

To ensure all course images and external content (Panopto videos, publisher content, etc.) display properly in UB Learns, students may need to do one of the following:

  • Chrome: Set Block third-party cookies in Incognito mode in the Privacy and security section of Settings;
  • Firefox: Add ublearns.buffalo.edu to Manage Exceptions in the Privacy & Security section of Settings;
  • Safari: Turn off Prevent cross-site tracking in Settings.

Guides in This Section

  • Logging in to UB Learns
    6/25/26
    Log in to Brightspace and run a system check to ensure that your browser is properly configured.
  • Navigating the UB Learns Homepage
    6/25/26
    Familiarize yourself with the key navigation features on the UB Learns homepage.
  • Profile, Notification and Account Settings
    6/25/26
    Add a picture to your user account and adjust notifications and other account settings.
  • Finding and Pinning Courses
    6/25/26
    Use the course selector and the My Courses widget to access your active courses.
  • Navigating Course Homepages
    6/25/26
    Familiarize yourself with the key navigation features on course homepages.
  • Brightspace Editor
    6/25/26
    The Brightspace Editor in UB Learns allows you to format text, create bullets and numbering, link to images and add emojis. The editor appears in several tools, including assignments, discussions and quizzes.