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NYU LMS (Brightspace) Information Session and Workshop Recordings

This page hosts Zoom recordings of NYU LMS (Brightspace) information sessions and the summer training series. Videos will be posted within 48 hours of each event.

Transition Information Sessions

The information sessions covered a range of topics in preparation for the migration from NYU Classes (Sakai) to NYU LMS (Brightspace) in the Fall 2021 term. These service status and training announcements precede a Summer Training Series where faculty and faculty support staff can have hands-on experience in the new learning management system.

  • About
  • April 15
  • May 24

Topics include:
1. Status update for NYU LMS.
2. Auto-migration of Previous Course Sites.
3. Self-service Migrating NYU Classes course sites.
4. New Adjunct Faculty Onboarded Late.
5. Current resources and online training available.
6. Summer NYU LMS Training Schedule.
7. In-person Hybrid Classroom Training.

Click on the tabs above to view recordings of each Zoom session.


If you are unable to attend the training sessions, we highly recommend you review the recordings before preparing your Fall 2021 course sites

Summer Training Series

The Summer Training Series consists of monthly workshops of increasing complexity in the use and management of NYU LMS (Brightspace) course sites. Each month will focus on a set of topics that build upon previous sessions and include everything from course site migrations to content building and tool usage.

June Sessions

  • About
  • June 8
  • June 17

Topics include:
1. Migrating NYU Classes course sites
2. Understanding NYU LMS Reference Sites
3. Using the Create Course Site tool
4. NYU LMS introduction
— Where is Zoom and Panopto?
— Basic course site layout and tools
5. Copying content from your Reference Site

Click on the tabs above to view recordings of each Zoom session.

Click here to download the June session slideshow

July Sessions

  • About
  • July 13
  • July 22

Topics include:
1. Building your course site
2. Units, Lessons, and HTML Docs
3. Uploading Course Materials
4. Adding documents to a Unit/Lesson or HTML Doc
— Inline viewer
— HTML page link
— External link (Google Drive, Google Doc, etc.)
5. Commonly Used Tools
— Announcements
— Assignments
— Classlist

Click on the tabs above to view recordings of each Zoom session.

Click here to download the July session slideshow

August Sessions

  • About
  • August 5
  • August 10
  • August 12 (Support Admins)
  • August 24

Topics include:
1. Assessments in NYU LMS
2. Quizzes
3. Assignments
4. Checklists
5. Class Progress
6. Grading

Click on the tabs above to view recordings of each Zoom session.

Click here to download the August session slideshow