• Downloading PowerPoint Presentations Embedded in Brightspace as PPT or PPTX

    Adding a PowerPoint presentation to your course site embeds the file in the Content view so that students can review the slides without having to launch the PowerPoint application. Sometimes, you want to allow student to download the original PPT/PPTX file though, or you would as the instructor prior to…

  • Checking Class Roster in Albert/SiS

    Information from the Law School registration system (COURSES) is imported into the University system (Albert). During the first week of classes you may notice some inconsistencies with your various class rosters.   Please note that your Albert class roster will be the most up to date. Update times for each system/class roster…

  • Changing the Classroom Video Camera View Setting

    All Law School lecture halls are equipped with video cameras for the use in lecture capture and video conferencing. The default setting is Wide Angle which shows the front of room with the podium, whiteboards, and front desks visible. Two additional views are available: Close-up which zooms in on the…

  • Manually migrate a Zoom Recording to Panopto

    If a Zoom Meeting was not scheduled via an NYU Brightspace Course Site, any recordings from that session will not be automatically migrated to the associated Panopto Course Folder. There may also be instances where the integration between Zoom and Panopto fails which will also result in the recording not…

  • Bulk import users from a file to the Classlist

    As a school admin at the school or department level or as a course admin at the course site level, you can bulk import users to a course site in NYU Brightspace by uploading a .txt file or .csv file that contains user data. To bulk import users to a…

  • Editing a video in Panopto

    Video recordings scheduled directly in Panopto, migrated Zoom Meeting recordings, and upload video files can all be edited in Panopto. Panopto’s video editor is non-destructive, cut/removed sections can always be added back into your video at any time if necessary. The following support article on Panopto’s knowledge base website provides…

  • Using the Attendance tool in your Course Site

    The Attendance tool enables instructors to track attendance for activities within the course. Use the Attendance tool to create sessions to track attendance and define attendance statuses for course activities. Instructors can assign grades for user attendance, view attendance results, and track users that have poor attendance. We do NOT recommend using the Attendance…

  • Step 5: Setting up your Course Site

    NYU Brightspace is the University’s learning management system (LMS). Instructors can use this service to design full-featured online course environments for the participants of their class. Participants may access course materials, collaborate with others, engage with interactive assessments and assignments, and track their progress in a course gradebook. The following…

  • Step 4: Getting started with Zoom

    Zoom is a cloud-based, full-featured web, video, and audio conferencing service which allows online meetings and webinars. The service is used for online teaching, training, remote support, audio calls, and meetings. Zoom can be used instead of hardware-focused video conferencing services such as Polycom and Cisco with comparable results. The…

  • Step 3: Setting up and managing NYU Email

    You can access your email from any web browser by going to email.nyu.edu and signing in with your existing NYU NetID and password (or through NYUHome, if eligible). No configuration is necessary if you choose to use the web interface. Creating or modifying a personal email address Log into NYUHome (home.nyu.edu). Click your name in…