Activate your Brightspace Course

Instructors must activate their course in Brightspace to grant learner’s access. Inactive courses are not visible to learners on their My Courses widget.  

Set Course as Active 

  1. Select the course on the My Courses widget.  
My Courses widget.

Note: An inactive label is a reminder for instructors that the course is not accessible to learners. Learners cannot see inactive courses in Brightspace.  

  1. Select Course Admin on the Course navbar.  
Course Admin link on Course Navbar.
  1. Select Course Offering Information.  
Course Offering Information link.
  1. Select the Course is Active box.  
Course Active Box checked off on Course Offering Information page.

Note: Setting a Start Date/End Date for a course without setting the Course as Active will NOT make the course accessible to learners.  

  1. Select Save to hold settings. This will make the course accessible immediately to all learners.  
Select the blue Save button to hold all changes.

Note: The steps above may be repeated to set courses to Inactive at the end of the semester, which is recommended to restrict student access. Please note that setting an End Date and keeping the course Active does not restrict course access to students. 

For more information and assistance, please email the Office of Digital Learning - Learning Management System Support at LMS.faculty@jjay.cuny.edu 

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