ALLY for Accessibility within Brightspace
ALLY is automatically available within Brightspace and will allow students to download course materials in ePub, Electronic Braille (BRF), Audio (MP3), and BeeLine Reader.
For instructors, Ally also provides a Course Accessibility Report. Instructors can add it as a Content item.
For more information: https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/ally-for-accessibility-within-brightspace
Join our customer success manager, Leann from Turnitin to learn how to set up Turnitin in Brightspace, utilize feedback tools; access and understand reports.
To Register: https://web.cvent.com/event/0dcce4a0-18f0-4608-9df6-610b8f4eb711/regProcessStep1
Minibyte: Don’t Flag This! – Using Templates in Turnitin
If you want to prevent Turnitin from marking specific text as plagiarism (perhaps text that explains the assignment), use Turnitin Templates. We’ll focus on how to Enable Turnitin on a Brightspace assignment as well as how to use turnitin templates for assignments.
To Register: https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_dht1o3rNzlZhHka?source=ats+blog&session=0225251100turnitin
The semester starts on Monday, January 27th!
Students will log into Brightspace expecting to see their spring courses. Please make them available before the semester starts.
Visit our Brightspace tips for Instructors for more information: https://it.stonybrook.edu/help/kb/start-of-the-semester-top-10-brightspace-tips
Turnitin webinars for Stony Brook InstructorsJoin our customer success manager, Leann from Turnitin to learn how to set up Turnitin in Brightspace, utilize feedback tools; access and understand reports.
To Register: https://web.cvent.com/event/0dcce4a0-18f0-4608-9df6-610b8f4eb711/regProcessStep1
Join our customer success manager, Leann from Turnitin to learn how to set up Turnitin in Brightspace, utilize feedback tools; access and understand reports.
Register here: https://cvent.me/5gAYEN
NotebookLM is a cutting-edge, cloud-based AI service designed to revolutionize personal research and knowledge management. It offers a secure, personalized space where users can upload diverse sources – PDFs, web links, videos, audio files, Google Workspace documents, and more – to create a customized AI model.
For more information, visit: https://it.stonybrook.edu/services/notebooklm
Wishing you all a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Some users have reported the following issue in Brightspace:
Issue:
In Brightspace, using Quizzes, some Instructors may encounter a very small number of quiz attempts where the quiz did not auto-grade.
This issue applies to (but may not be limited to) Brightspace 20.24.10.
Work Around:
As a workaround to this issue:
On the grade page for the attempt that did not auto-grade, please select the “Reset Evaluation” option and this will trigger the attempt to be auto-graded.
Course sites have been created for all Winter & Spring ’25 (West Campus, HSC & Southampton) courses. To access your course site, go to brightspace.stonybrook.edu and click the Login button. Login with your NetID username and password. If you do not see a course you are teaching, check SOLAR to be sure you are the instructor on record before submitting a service ticket at service.stonybrook.edu
Students DO NOT have access! All courses are set to inactive. Your students will NOT be able to access the course until you make your class active.
Once your course is active, all students who are registered will have access & you can add TA’s and other instructors to your course if you wish.
Students assume a class is using Brightspace and think something is wrong when they do not see their courses at the beginning of the semester. If you are not using Brightspace, please let your students know
Review our Start of the Semester: Top Brightspace Tips! which our team has compiled based on questions received over the past 2 years, visit our Brightspace Checklist
Many students proactively check Brightspace just before the semester begins and contact us (& the Registrar’s office) when they do not see their classes.
Winter session begins on Tuesday 1/7 & Spring session begins on Monday 1/27
If you are using Brightspace, please make your class active & create an announcement for your students on or before the first day of classes.
We hope you were able to join us yesterday at the “Bulk Editing in Brightspace” workshop.
If not, we have a treat for you this Halloween!
Visit the slides and video to review what you missed: