We are excited and happy to announce that Bentley will be moving forward with Brightspace as our next-gen modern learning management system (LMS).
LMS Transition
Timeline
Spring 2023 - Phase 1 (Pilot)
- Twenty six course sections run on new platform.
Summer 2023 – Phase 2 (Soft Launch)
- All courses offered on Brightspace (except May intensives).
Fall 2023 – Phase 3 (Full)
- All Fall 2023 courses on Brightspace.
FAQs
Brightspace has many exciting benefits for Bentley faculty and students, including an intuitive easy-to-use interface, personalized learning, collaboration tools integrated into courses, and a mobile-first design.
We are launching a pilot in Spring 2023 in 24 undergraduate and graduate courses. Students enrolled in these respective courses will have access to Brightspace at the start of the Spring 2023 semester. Our general launch will be in Summer 2023, and so students enrolled in summer courses will be using Brightspace to access their courses. Note that May Intensives for Summer 2023 will still be offered on Blackboard.
| Course Name | Course Section | Instructor |
|---|---|---|
| Federal Taxation | AC 350-1 | J. Philipp Klaus |
| Data Analytics for Accountants | AC 770-HB1 | Joy Gray |
| Introduction to Programming with Python | CS 230-1 | Mark Frydenberg |
| Business Processing and Communications Infrastructure | CS 240-2 | Lincoln Matra |
| Intermediate Microeconomics | EC 224-1 | Sara Taghvatalab |
| The Macroeconomics of Financial Markets | EC 611-HB1 | David Gulley |
| Intro to Media Production | EMS 240-1 | Elizabeth LeDoux |
| Wonder Women | EMS 362-1 | John Kenneth Stuckey |
| Literature and Medicine | EMS 371-1 | James Fitz Gerald |
| Money, Love, and Death | EMS 380-1 | Samir Dayal |
| Principles of Accounting and Finance | FI 305-1 | Chase Cicchetti |
| Applied Corporate Finance | FI 345-1 | Roy (Chip) Wiggins |
| Global Strategy | GB 410-3 | Paul Ledoux |
| Global Strategy | GR 604-AL1 | Paul Ledoux |
| Visualizing Information | HF 730-HB1 | Jonathan Ericson |
| History of Japan: Samurai and Salarymen | HI 265-1 | Bee Andrews |
| Concept Development | IDCC 376-1 | Gaurav Shah |
| Commercial Law | LA 210-1 | David E Missirian |
| Internet Law and Policy | LA 299-1 - EC | Richard Freije |
| Data Science | MA 705 - HB1 | Nathan Carter |
| Gen Linear Models & Surv Analy | MA 380-1 | Ernesto Schirmacher |
| Customer Data Analysis and Relationship Marketing | MK 726-HB1 | Joyce (Feng) Wang |
| Intermediate French II | MLFR 202-1 | Camille Meritan |
| Energy Alternatives | NAS 344-1 | Zana Cranmer |
| Plastics: Pollution and Possibilities | NAS 398-1 | Ryan Bouldin |
| Democracy and Power | PH 317-1 | Aaron Ancell |
When we launch Brightspace for the entire institution, you will receive a welcome email with a URL to access Brightspace. We will also have a shortcut link to Brightspace on myBentley.
Yes, we will be posting knowledge-based articles on how to use Brightspace including quick videos.
Yes, we have been working with the student government leaders in planning our launch and working with them regularly to make sure we provide all the necessary resources students will need to help with this transition.
Questions?
If you have questions or comments about our new LMS, please reach out to us at atc@bentley.edu.
Thank you!
We would like to thank the many Bentley faculty, staff and students who contributed through numerous surveys, demos, listening sessions, and hands-on opportunities including our members of various steering committees and evaluation teams. Their guidance and expertise helped us make this important decision in choosing our next-gen modern LMS platform.