Brightspace User Guides For Students

CUNY Guides: D2L Brightspace is a cutting-edge learning Management System (LMS) adopted across all City University of New York (CUNY) schools by the end of Fall 2025. It’s designed to be user-friendly for faculty, learners, and staff, supporting various teaching and learning modalities.

Accessing Brightspace

• Student Log-in Instructions (pdf)

Getting Started

• CUNY Brightspace Student Guide (pdf)

• Brightspace Frequently Asked Questions -Student (pdf)

Working in Your Course

• Submitting an Assignment (video)

• Submitting an Assignment (webpage)

• Taking Quizzes Online   (video)

• Taking Quizzes Online (webpage)

• Checking Your Grades (video)

• Using Discussion Board (video)

• Using Discussion Board (web page)

• Communicate with Discussions (web page)

Staying Organized and Communicating

• Sending Email From Brightspace (web page)

• Managing Course Event with Calendar Tool (web page)

For more user guides and information click CUNY Brightspace link.