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Fall 2023 – Start of Semester
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Welcome to Brightspace Fall 2023 Highlights In this Newsletter: · Beginning of Semester FAQs for Brightspace and

Fall 2022 – Start of Semester
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Welcome to Brightspace Fall 2022 Highlights In this Newsletter: · Beginning of Semester FAQs for Brightspace and

Fall 2021 – Midterm Preparation
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Keeping You Up-to-Date Below are highlights of new features and settings in a variety of tools that

Fall 2021 – Start of Semester
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Welcome to Brightspace Fall 2021 Highlights In this Newsletter: Beginning of Semester FAQs for Brightspace and Zoom

Summer 2021 – End of Semester
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Every ending is a new beginning… Whether you’re focused on wrapping up the current semester, or getting

Summer 2021 – Start of Semester and Updates
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Welcome to Brightspace Summer 2021 As you prepare for the start of the term, keep in mind

Spring 2021 – End of Term
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Every Ending is a new beginning… Whether you’re focused on wrapping up the current semester, or getting

Spring 2021 – Updates Edition
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Keeping You Up-to-Date The remote world is always changing, always progressing. Below are highlights of new features

Fall 2020 – End of Semester
Tech 4 U: Making Technology Work for You Every ending is a new beginning… Whether you’re focused on wrapping up the current semester, or getting

Fall 2020 – Midterm Edition
Tech 4 U Making Technology Work for You (Brightspace Newsletter, rebranded for YOU) Midterm Reminders Below are direct links to the most common middle-of-the-semester tasks: How

Fall 2020 -Getting started
Tech 4 U Making Technology Work for You (Brightspace Newsletter, rebranded for YOU) These past several months have put additional demands on all of you, including the need

Summer 2020 -Midterm
Summer 2020 | Midterm Spreading sunshine all over the place… As midterms quickly approach, we continue to focus on students by informing them of their progress

Summer 2020 – Beginning of Term
Welcome to Brightspace Summer 2020! As you prepare for the start of the term, keep in mind that how you use Brightspace is up to

Brightspace Student Help @CCC
CCC Brightspace Quick Guide doc for Students There is no formalized training on Brightspace for students. Every class is is unique. Instructors control activities within

Fall 2019 – End of Semester
Every ending is a new beginning… Whether you’re focused on wrapping up the current semester, or getting ready for the next, we have the tools

Fall 2019 – Assessments
Assessments Tests and Quizzes, Assignments, TurnItIn and Rubrics are tools within Brightspace you can use to evaluate students and measure student learning. Use the knowledgebase

Fall 2019 – Student Engagement
Engagement More and more research in the instructional technology field shows that retention and completion rates increase when instructors maintain an online presence in their
Fall 2019 – Making the Grade
Grades. What are they good for? Absolutely everything! Rushing out the door fumbling for your keys, thinking of your next destination, juggling books and bags,

Fall 2019 | Start of Semester Reminders
Welcome to Brightspace Fall 2019! As you prepare for the fall term, keep in mind that how you use Brightspace is up to you. You

Summer 2019 | End of Term Reminders
It’s the end of Brightspace Summer 2019! As finals quickly approach, we reflect on the educational journey you guided your students on. Before you go,

Summer 2019 | Mid-Semester Reminders
It’s the middle of Brightspace Summer 2019! As midterms quickly approach, we continue to focus on students by informing them of their progress and grades.

Brightspace Foundation Class
Whether you are teaching with Brightspace this fall or next spring, the best place to start is with our Brightspace Foundations class, taught by both
Oh, the places you’ll go (with Brightspace)!
Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! Here are some Brightspace tools you can use. Exploit them in
Blackboard is going away…
How Do I Save My Blackboard Course Content? Fall 2017, Spring 2018 and Summer 2018 courses were migrated to Brightspace for you. Login to Brightspace to view them.
What you need to know about the transition to Brightspace
When is Blackboard going away? Our contract with Blackboard expires on December 31st Blackboard will no longer be available to the CCC community after this
Already signed up to teach in Brightspace this fall?
If you already completed the form and do not see your classes in Brightspace, please confirm with your Office of Instruction that the class has
Want to teach in Brightspace this fall??
Submit a request and/or speak to your Office of Instruction as soon as possible. Blackboard will still be available this fall; however, all classes must
Blackboard course migration
95%* of fall 2017 Blackboard courses have been migrated to Brightspace. You will now need to review and perform any needed clean up using our
Brightspace Foundation class
Whether you are teaching with Brightspace this fall or next spring, the best place to start is with our Brightspace Foundations class, taught by both
Fall 2018 Brightspace course shell creation
Fall 2018 course shells will be created in Brightspace beginning August 6, 2018. If you signed up to teach in Brightspace this fall and do