Event Archive

Learn how you can use the Ally tool in Brightspace to review your course materials and make simple changes to improve course accessibility. Register here.

Give your students easier, more affordable access to high‑quality academic materials by integrating library resources directly into your Brightspace course. Learn how to locate, link, and embed a wide range of library content, including e-books, articles, streaming media, and subject‑specific databases. Register here.

Stop by our space on Zoom to introduce yourself to Interim Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Yolanda (Jolie) Medina. Use the time to share ideas/concerns and learn more about the work of her office. Register here.

This workshop empowers BMCC faculty to create accessible PDFs that ensure all students can engage fully with course materials. Participants will learn practical techniques for identifying and fixing common accessibility issues using available MS Office tools (Word/Powerpoint/Excel) and Brightspace's Ally report. Register here.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here for more information and the Zoom link.

Join us to learn how the Fulbright Program opens doors to teaching, research, study, and global collaboration in more than 160 countries worldwide. Discover how your work at BMCC can connect to a global network advancing mutual understanding and impact. RSVP to Daniel Katz.

Join us for a conversation with Career Services staff members about building partnerships across industries to integrate classroom learning experiences with real-world outcomes. Register here.

Kelly Rodgers argues that many of us downplay the realities our students of color face when we are too tolerant with them over late work or work handed in poorly done. As opposed to instructors who believe they are supporting students by being lenient with deadlines, Kelly argues that we need to reflect on our own pedagogy and organization. Register here.

Learn how you can use the Ally tool in Brightspace to review your course materials and make simple changes to improve course accessibility. Register here.

Stop by and introduce yourself to Interim Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs, Yolanda (Jolie) Medina. Coffee and snacks will be available. RSVP to FacultyCollaboratory@bmcc.cuny.edu so that we know how many people to order refreshments for.

Learn how you can maximize the free features of polling tools such as Poll Everywhere, Slido, and Mentimeter to engage students during online synchronous and in-person class meetings. Register here.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here for more information and the Zoom link.

Faculty and staff screenwriters - want to meet over Zoom to workshop screenplays in a supportive, creative group? Whether it’s your second or sixtieth screenplay - join us! Contact NaRhee Ahn for the schedule and the Zoom link.

Learn why and how to set up "intelligent agents" - rules to automatically email students based on their actions in your course - and hear how BMCC faculty are currently using this Brightspace feature. Register here.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here for more information and the Zoom link.

Digital accessibility in education ensures that all students can interact with, understand, and navigate course materials. Integrating a few basic practices can be a first step towards ensuring that all students can engage with course materials. In this workshop, we’ll introduce the foundational concepts and practices that you need to create accessible materials and introduce the Ally accessibility checker in Brightspace. Register here.

Digital accessibility in education ensures that all students can interact with, understand, and navigate course materials. Integrating a few basic practices can be a first step towards ensuring that all students can engage with course materials. In this workshop, we’ll introduce the foundational concepts and practices that you need to create accessible materials and introduce the Ally accessibility checker in Brightspace. Register here.

A 3-part series. We will explore ways to manage a supportive, safe and structured classroom environment while acknowledging the emotional contexts and lived experiences our students carry with them into these spaces, with a focus on understanding how trauma and stress inform teaching and learning. Register here.

Celebrate the brilliant work of our BMCC colleagues and connect with other art loving faculty for this tour of the new BMCC faculty exhibit at the Shirley Fiterman Art Center. To RSVP or for additional information, email FacultyCollaboratory@bmcc.cuny.edu.

Join the Library’s Open Knowledge team for a collegial, semester-long writing group. Each week we’ll begin with loosely facilitated discussion and check-ins before silent co-writing time. Sign up here for more information and the Zoom link.