Arlo vs Brightspace | TrustRadius

What users are saying about

Score 9 out of 10

Based on 3 reviews and ratings

Score 8 out of 10

Based on 68 reviews and ratings

Feature Rating Comparison

Arlo

Brightspace

Course authoring

Course catalog or library

Player/Portal

Learning content

Mobile friendly

Progress tracking & certifications

Assignments

Compliance management

Learning administration

Learning reporting & analytics

Social learning

Pros

The picture and video quality is excellent!
The customer support is excellent.
The product is excellent.
The app is easy to use.

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Chief Operating Officer/Owner

BlueStar Auto Inspections, Inc.Automotive, 11-50 employees

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Allowing users to embed content links from YouTube or Google Drive enables learners to experience a richer lesson.
Providing a powerful editor that allows developers to also include content from Adobe Stock as well as textbook publishers and cloud storage companies gives more power and creative ability to instructors.
Providing scaling for mobile and traditional computer systems ensures students will not have issues on the go.
The customization of home pages and groups enable courses to be used for small training sessions with breakout groups, large courses with separate sections, and even just more engaging courses that present themed icons and logos.

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Verified User

Professional in Professional Services

Higher Education Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

I dropped on video and it seems to have a battery shortage
Ability to view all videos at once using the same time frame

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Administrator in Corporate

Consumer Services Company, 1-10 employees

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One can feel a bit rushed on the Brightspace platform during the log-out period. Security requirements may require this, but it makes end-users more conscious about getting through content than taking notes.
From my experience, there is not a direct connection between the platform and Outlook.
Some content on the platform can feel redundant.

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Process Optimization Analyst

QuadPrinting, 10,001+ employees

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Likelihood to Renew

No score

No answers yet

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Brightspace 9.0

Based on 25 answers

I would never give any system a perfect score. In the technology environment today we need to be constantly looking at ways to improve the user experience and LMS companies like Desire2Learn need to know that we have options today with other systems and they need to stay current with features and listen to their customers.

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Director, Distance Learning

Johnson County Community CollegeHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

No score

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Brightspace 6.4

Based on 11 answers

Overall, the learning environment works as expected. However, there are plenty of bugs. For example, for a few versions, trying to print out a PDF from the Content screen in several browsers would produce a blank page. We inform D2L support about these issues, most of which are known issues. However, they are very slow to respond. D2L seems to spend more time selling than actually coding and testing their product. Most of the issues are not major -- however, there have been a few that are unbelievable. In fact, this past week we had a sudden issue where the "Submit" button in quizzes would not appear if users had a certain browser/operating system combination. This is a major problem, if students cannot submit their exams! D2L is slow to respond to these kinds of situations, which do occur more often than I would like.

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Verified User

Program Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 501-1000 employees

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Reliability and Availability

No score

No answers yet

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Brightspace 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Both students and instructor enjoy the 24-hoiur access. After, all isn't that the point of online learning. As an instructor located in an Eastern time zone state it is great to connect with students located in a Pacific time zone state. I have gotten comments about the early hours I am in the course room grading assignments . . . 4:00 a.m. PST; 7:00 a.m. EST So, it's sleep time for my students and "first cup of coffee" time for me.

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Randi Tucker Barr, MBA, PhD

Online Course Professor

Trine UniversityHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Performance

No score

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Brightspace 9.0

Based on 2 answers

Easy to navigate; little to no delay from one section of the course room to another; actually fun to use after overcoming the learning curve.

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Randi Tucker Barr, MBA, PhD

Online Course Professor

Trine UniversityHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Support Rating

Arlo 9.0

Based on 2 answers

I have only had to contact them one time, and they were responsive and professional. It is difficult to give a rating on this unless you actually have an issue. This is the reason for a 9 out of 10. I can not give a perfect rating if I never had an opportunity to truly experience something.

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Chief Operating Officer/Owner

BlueStar Auto Inspections, Inc.Automotive, 11-50 employees

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Brightspace 10.0

Based on 6 answers

I have had excellent support from Desire2Learn. Any ticket that I submit is acknowledged immediately and the correction is usually almost as quick. We use this for thousands of classes and it is pretty well liked by both faculty and students. We have been using it for almost 4 years now and most of our instructors have become pretty proficient with it.

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Steven Mitchell

Microcomputer Systems Specialist II

Southern Illinois UniversityHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees

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In-Person Training

No answers on this topic

Did not participate in the in-person training due to distance; training was completed online

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Randi Tucker Barr, MBA, PhD

Online Course Professor

Trine UniversityHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Online Training

No score

No answers yet

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Brightspace 4.0

Based on 2 answers

The training provided online did not, necessarily, fit the version of the system that I was using. Screens were somewhat different and not all options were readily available. This could have been due to customization on the part of my institution however, I rather believe it was due to version changes and training materials not yet being updated.

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Instructional Development Specialist

The Ohio State UniversityHigher Education, 10,001+ employees

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Implementation Rating

No score

No answers yet

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Brightspace 1.6

Based on 3 answers

The D2L implementation team listened to our concerns and built a system based upon our needs. We wanted to keep them after the initial implementation.

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Director, Distance Learning

Johnson County Community CollegeHigher Education, 1001-5000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Im still comparing and so far Synology is a better choice for its clarity and ease of use.

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Administrator in Corporate

Consumer Services Company, 1-10 employees

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I have used Blackboard Learn 8 and 9. I am currently learning about Canvas. Blackboard is overall much clunkier and lacks the intuitive feel in some parts of D2L. Its grade book is much harder to control and manipulate than D2L's. Its navigation menu can be more radically modified from the default than D2L's, but this doesn't seem that useful to me. Discussions in Blackboard can be more easily reorganized than in D2L, but no grading of discussions is possible. Blackboard Assignments is a good innovation which allows markup directly in the students' submissions, but it displays student work in a confusing manner that doesn't allow for any customization, and its markup options need further tweaking. Furthermore, no rubrics can be used in Blackboard in any way to grade any kind of work (that I am aware of). Overall, I would choose D2L over Blackboard.

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Instructional Academic Staff

University of Wisconsin-Eau ClaireHigher Education, 501-1000 employees

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Scalability

No score

No answers yet

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Brightspace 9.0

Based on 1 answer

During my first semester working with Desire2Learn the integrated learning management system was more down than up. This meant reconfiguring assignment due dates, frustration for both the instructor, students, and help desk staff. After an upgrade, Desire2Learn has been reliable.

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Randi Tucker Barr, MBA, PhD

Online Course Professor

Trine UniversityHigher Education, 201-500 employees

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Return on Investment

Easy monitoring.
Greater employee efficiency.
Increased profitability.
Increased accountability.
Easy wireless installation.

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Chief Operating Officer/Owner

BlueStar Auto Inspections, Inc.Automotive, 11-50 employees

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I cannot speak to whether this system is less expensive than the more fully featured Blackboard, but employees are far less efficient, frustrated, and require frequent calls to the help center to set up fairly simple course templates.
I have been asked to consider teaching courses which will be completely online at my current institution. I have done such online courses several times at other universities, but I have decided Desire2Learn is too frustrating and cumbersome to do so. I am now exploring using Google Drive to teach a course online. Otherwise, I will not teach online until required or I find an alternate system.

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Verified User

Professional in Research & Development

Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Screenshots

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

Required

$99*

* per user, per month

Arlo Editions & Modules

Edition

Simple	$99¹
Professional	$189¹
Enterprise	$249¹

per user, per month

Additional Pricing Details

Usage charges are as follows: 95¢ per registration for free events/online activities and $2 per registration for paid events/online activities

General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

—

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

Brightspace Editions & Modules

—

Additional Pricing Details

Must contact vendor for pricing information. 30-day free trial is available.

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