Brightspace Student Overview

Desire2Learn (D2L) Brightspace is the official campus-supported Learning Management System (LMS) in the SUNY Digital Learning Environment (DLE).

Access

Sign in to Buffalo State's Brightspace Portal using your Buffalo State Network username and 15+ character password.

This is the same credentials used by other student portals like Degree Works and the Bengal Success Portal. This username and password can be created or reset from the "Setup or Reset Student Network Password" link in Banner's "Personal Information" section.

Learning Brightspace

Email Notification Settings

Brightspace is used across all SUNY campuses, and the system is set-up so you won't have to check more than one email inbox to see all your Brightspace notifications. If you're only attending Buffalo State, this will be your Buffalo State email, but if you're also taking classes at another SUNY campus, you may find that the notifications are set to that other campus' email address.

Whenever you sign into the Buffalo State Brightspace portal, the campus landing page will have a BUC Mail Widget showing which SUNY email address your account is currently set to use.

The mail widget shows your name in the system, the current email address for your notifications, and specifies if this matches the Buffalo State email system.

If your notifications are set to use an address from a different campus, the BUC Mail Widget will let you know, as well as provide some info for getting it changed:

When your Brightspace notification email is set to a different campus, the BUC Mail Widget will provide a message that SUNY Buffalo State isn't set as your primary campus affiliation.

Please note that this email notification setting for Brightspace is controlled by SUNY, so you can use the contact info for the SUNY Online Support team in the next section if you'd like to request a change.

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