Distance Education / Distance Learning Tools, Resources and Training

CUNY Technology page
This site provides a list of applications and services provided to students across The City University of New York.

CUNY Assistive Technology Services (CATS)

• Free and Discounted Tools for Students, Faculty, and Staff During COVID-19 Pandemic

IT Resources for Remote Work & Teaching (CUNY Central)
This page provides links to how students, faculty and staff can use technology safely while learning, teaching and working remotely.

Dropbox Information (CUNY Central)

• CUNY Dropbox resources
• CUNY Dropbox training resources

Office 365 Information (CUNY Central)

• CUNY MS Office 365 resources
• CUNY MS Office 365 training resources

Online Meetings (CUNY Central)

• Meetings in Microsoft Teams (Microsoft site)
• Blackboard Collaborate – Faculty and Students (CUNY site)

Zoom University Licenses: The University has secured an enterprise license for the use of ZOOM. The license covers all CUNY faculty and staff (up to 49,000) and all students (capped at 320,000). If you wish to use Zoom for your online classes or online office hour, go to cuny.zoom.us, click on Sign In and sign in using your CUNYFirst credentials.

Note: Students must use their @Login.cuny.edu credentials for Adobe, Dropbox, and Zoom and suggest they visit the IT Resources for Remote Work & Teaching site for additional information.

Blackboard Academy and Training Resources - All Customers - These include free Blackboard Academy courses for transitioning to online, as well as a number of discounted and free training options for clients to help them train their staff for online delivery, convert courses to online, and train for the use of our tools, including Learn and Collaborate. Go into Blackboard Academy Catalog and select FREE COURSES from the type of courses on the left hand menu.

Accelerate Your Transition to Remote Instruction - All Customers - We're also offering a free webinars training series for faculty,. These webinars cover the basics of Blackboard Learn, teaching a virtual class (using Blackboard Collaborate Ultra), building mobile content, and creating assessments and assignments in Blackboard Learn. In addition, Blackboard Academy is now offering courses in the Transitioning to Online Teaching Certificate at no cost to faculty.

Blackboard Accessibility Checklist - All Customers - We are addressing the need for solutions for accessibility and universal design in a fully online learning environment. We have created a free accessibility checklist for instructors to efficiently check and remediate their course content, and are launching additional resources to support students using mobile devices, assistive technologies, and study tools.

Integration of Microsoft Teams with Blackboard Learn - Supporting Continuity of Education with Blackboard Learn and Microsoft Teams. Microsoft has created an application that allows instructors to create a Teams meeting and share that with their students. We've turned that application into an LTI Advantage tool that can be integrated with Learn. Our integration allows users to launch Microsoft Teams Meetings directly within any Learn course. Microsoft Teams for Blackboard

Welcome to the Blackboard Community - This is regularly updated by Blackboard and other Higher Education customers on how they are managing through this COVID-19 situation.

Blackboard Service Status
If you encounter any technical issue, you can check the Status of Blackboard LMS on this web page.

Accessing Adobe Creative Cloud (Student Remote Access)

After-Hour Blackboard Support (Faculty & Students)

PlayPosit is a platform to create and share interactive video lessons. It is currently available through Blackboard.

The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Connection website has a number of resources including tips to prepare for and implement robust digital learning plans and Verizon’s partner Digital Promise has helpful COVID-19 online learning resources and FAQs.