Now that you are using Brightspace for your course, are there things that you need to clean up?

• Has your content been moved into Brightspace but you need to reorganize it?
• Are there extra files in your course you don't need anymore?
• Is your Gradebook “out of control” with extra grade items and columns you don't need?
• Do you have video files you need to move to the media server?

In this in-person, hands-on workshop, "Brightspace Spring Cleaning: Organizing Your Course Content," we will go over these questions and have time during the session to assist you with moving and organizing your content to clean up your course. 

This workshop is suitable for instructors currently teaching in Brightspace in any modality—face-to-face, hybrid, or online—but is not intended to replace the Brightspace Fundamentals Workshop series.

Workshops are held in Butler Library 314. Please register through the Workshop Registration System.

• Wednesday, March 22 - 10:00–11:00 a.m.
• Friday, March 24 - Noon–1:00 p.m.
• Monday, March 27 - Noon–1:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, March 29 - 11:00 a.m.–Noon

Immediately following these workshops will be one-hour open labs, where you are welcome to stay to continue working on your spring cleaning in Brightspace.

Whether you imported your course from Blackboard or created your gradebook in Brightspace, you may have questions on the gradebook for your course.

In-person training sessions are being offered by Instructional Design and Distance Learning (IDDL). You can register for Brightspace Fundamentals Series Workshop 5 - Gradebook in the Workshop Registration System. This workshop is suitable for instructors teaching in any modality: face-to-face, hybrid, or online.

If you need immediate support, please contact the SUNY Online Help Desk.

Upcoming dates for the Brightspace Fundamentals Series Workshop 5 - Gradebook:

• Monday, March 13, noon–12:45 p.m.
• Friday, March 17, 10:00–10:45 a.m.

Have other questions or meed assistance?

• The Buffalo State IT Knowledge Base has many articles to assist with Brightspace. Use the search bar at the top to find information on other topics.
• Please direct any questions about Brightspace functionality to SUNY Online.
• If you need on-campus assistance from Instructional Design and Distance Learning, please submit a ticket through the IT portal.

Would you like to have Buffalo State IT move your courses from Blackboard to Brightspace? Faculty members can request migration of one section of each course they have taught using Blackboard Learn. For example, if you teach the same course in different semesters, please select one section to be migrated. You must complete one form for each course migration request.

Please use this Course Migration into Brightspace Request Form  to have IT migrate your course.  

Faculty members will have access to Blackboard through Monday, April 10.

Have other questions or need assistance?    

• The Buffalo State IT Knowledge Base has many articles to assist with Brightspace. Use the search bar at the top to find information on other topics.    
• Please direct any questions about Brightspace functionality to SUNY Online.    
• If you need on-campus assistance from Instructional Design and Distance Learning, please submit a ticket through the IT portal.    
• Check for upcoming Brightspace workshops on campus in the Workshop Registration System.  

The Civic and Community Engagement Office is holding a food drive that is tied to the Alternative Spring Break 2023 service project. This food drive is focused on supporting the food access efforts of Big Big Table and Provisions 139. Our goal is to fill 15 boxes with the following donated items:

• Cooking oil (olive, coconut, vegetable)
• Oatmeal
• Rice
• Canned tomatoes
• Vegetable broth

Items can be dropped off in the green boxes located in the South Wing and Weigel Wellness Center lobbies. The drive is currently underway and runs through Monday, March 25. Join the effort and let’s fill 15 boxes!

Please contact Lisa Kragbé, assistant director of civic and community engagement, at cce@buffalostate.edu with questions.

Buffalo State students are invited to take part in an Alternative Spring Break opportunity, a two-day food-access-focused service project that will introduce and support three community partner initiatives that address the food security need in our community, on Wednesday, March 29, and Thursday, March 30. We will be working with Five Loaves, an urban farming initiative; Big Big Table, a pay-what-you-can community café; and Provisions 139, a West Side food pantry. 

The nontraditional ASB two-day event will not have an overnight component. All participants will return to their respective homes at the end of the volunteer day.

All are welcome to sign up (undergrad, grad, part-time, full-time, faculty, and staff). This 20-hour civic engagement service project is a great opportunity for participants to be introduced to the three partnering organizations, support meaningful food access initiatives in our community, and learn about new ways to be civically engaged.

Space is limited. Applications are being accepted now. Once the program fills, we will initiate a waiting list. There is also an opening for two ASB student leader positions. Inquire for more information. 

Please contact Lisa Kragbé, assistant director of civic and community engagement, at cce@buffalostate.edu with questions.

Complete the registration form to apply. Registration closes Monday, March 20.

The Theater Department and Casting Hall Productions proudly present Medea, directed by Victoria Pérez.

Robinson Jeffers's powerful retelling of the classic Greek tragedy by Euripides explores themes of revenge, betrayal, and the consequences of our actions.

Performances are March 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, and 17 at 8:00 p.m. and March 18 at 2:00 p.m. in the Flexible Theatre, located in Savage Theater and Communication Building. 

Tickets can be purchased in person at the Rockwell Hall Box Office, by phone at (716) 878-3005, or online.

The spring 2023 midterm grading window is open and will close Friday, March 24, at 9:00 p.m.

Students can view their midterm grades in Banner, Degree Works, and the Bengal Success Portal as soon as they are posted. Advisers can obtain copies of the midterm grading reports for their academic intervention use through their deans’ offices.

Thank you for your commitment to our students’ success.

The midterm grading window will open in Banner on Monday, March 13, at 9:00 a.m. and close Friday, March 24, at 9:00 p.m. In addition to a midterm grade, faculty members can mark how regularly a student has attended a course by entering 0 (never attended), 1 (sporadic, unsatisfactory attendance), or 2 (consistent, satisfactory attendance) in the “Hours Attended” field. Midterm grade submissions for all registered students are useful, as these grades are helpful for campuswide academic intervention and retention efforts. 

Students will be able to view their midterm grades in Banner, Degree Works, and the Bengal Success Portal as soon as they are posted. Advisers can obtain copies of the midterm grading reports for their academic intervention use through their deans’ offices.

Thank you for your commitment to our students’ success.

Please join the Philosophy Department for the spring colloquia “Guilt and the Experience of Emotions in Video Games,” presented by Olivia Evans, senior philosophy and criminal justice major; and “My Body, Whose Choice,” presented by Elizabeth Evans, senior sociology major and philosophy minor, on Wednesday, April 12, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418. The talks are free and open to the public.

Please join the Philosophy Department for the spring colloquium “Violence and Crime in the Black Community: Freedom and Systematic Oppression,” presented by Terrell Alexander, senior philosophy major, on Wednesday, March 8, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Cleveland Hall 418. The talk is free and open to the public.