I think it's a clunky platform that feels like it is was made in 2003.
Rating: 1 out of 10
October 11, 2023
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Verified User
1 year of experience
- It will make me quit my job
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What is D2L Brightspace?
Brightspace is an academic and corporate learning management platform. It provides core e-learning features, as well as mobile accessibility and granular personalization and analytics insights.
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I think it's a clunky platform that feels like it is was made in 2003.
Rating: 1 out of 10
October 11, 2023We use D2L Brightspace to teach online courses. I think in comparison to CANVAS it is very clunky and counter intuitive. Grading an assignment, for instance, requires you to m...
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1 year of experienceBrightspace - It's the whole package and more!
Rating: 10 out of 10
November 16, 2021Working within a higher education institution, we need a product to deliver online courses through and to enhance all our other offerings, Brightspace has been that product fo...
John Bayerl
Director - Information Technology
Director of Teaching Excellence
Minnesota State College Southeast
8 years of experienceAnd the award for best LMS ever goes to Brightspace!
Rating: 10 out of 10
May 12, 2021Brightspace is currently being used as the LMS system for our campus. This is how we facilitate our online courses and also house various materials for our in-class sections. ...
Traci Rushing
Team Lead - Other
Instructional Designer - Faculty
Southern Arkansas University Tech
3 years of experienceBrightspace LMS Review
Rating: 9 out of 10
March 6, 2021Brightspace is a learning management system used by the college in all aspects of managing student learning, student achievement, student communication and teacher training.
Employee-Tailored LMS Tool That Offers Unparalleled Customization for Improved Engagement
Rating: 8 out of 10
June 18, 2019I work in a large-scale corporation that strongly emphasizes continuous learning and improvement. Brightspace is an LMS tool that has been implemented within some administrati...
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What is D2L Brightspace?
Brightspace is a learning management platform used to drive better learning outcomes by offering every learner a personalized, digital experience. From the kindergarten classroom, to college campuses, to global corporations, Brightspace aims to help create inspired and engaging learning for all.
It's key capabilities and benefits include:
It's key capabilities and benefits include:
- Mobile-first design - Brightspace works on any device – whether a laptop or hand-me-down smartphone or tablet.
- Personalized learning - Release Conditions and Intelligent Agents in Brightspace offer a high level of granularity and control over individual learning paths.
- Teaching tools for educators and instructors.
- Automation of routine course management tasks. ​
- Built-in analytics to improve decision-making. ​
- Tools like gamification, videos, badges, and others to increase learner engagement.
- Learning experience that meet all accessibility standards.
- Support for in-the-moment feedback as well as automation of assessments.
D2L Brightspace Features
Learning Management Features
- Supported: Course authoring
- Supported: Course catalog or library
- Supported: Player/Portal
- Supported: Learning content
- Supported: Mobile friendly
- Supported: Progress tracking & certifications
- Supported: Assignments
- Supported: Learning administration
- Supported: Learning reporting & analytics
- Supported: eLearning
- Supported: Assessments
- Supported: Live online learning
- Supported: In-person learning
- Supported: Micro-learning
- Supported: Video learning
- Supported: SCORM-compliant
- Supported: Social learning
Additional Features
- Supported: Social Assessment
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D2L Brightspace Integrations
- Google Drive
- Microsoft 365 Business Premium
- Credly
- Top Hat
- Ellucian Banner
- Ellucian Colleague
- Equatio
- Google Workspace
- Honorlock
- Alta from Knewton, a Wiley brand
- MATLAB
- Mercer Mettl Online Examination and Proctoring Solutions
- Mercer Mettl Coding Assessments
- McGraw-Hill Connect
- Microsoft 365
- OneNote
- OpenSesame
- Zoom Workplace
- YuJa
- WileyPLUS
- Unicheck
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D2L Brightspace Technical Details
| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
| Supported Countries | Global |
| Supported Languages | English, Arabic, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish, Chinese |
Frequently Asked Questions
Brightspace is an academic and corporate learning management platform. It provides core e-learning features, as well as mobile accessibility and granular personalization and analytics insights.
Blackboard Learn by Anthology, Canvas, and Schoology Learning are common alternatives for D2L Brightspace.
Reviewers rate Course catalog or library highest, with a score of 10.
The most common users of D2L Brightspace are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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(1-5 of 45)Brightspace - It's the whole package and more!
Rating: 10 out of 10
November 16, 2021
JB
Vetted Review
Verified User
8 years of experience
- Increased customer/student retention.
- Increased ability for service offerings to customer/student.
- Improved data gathering ability of customer/student behavior, interest, etc.
And the award for best LMS ever goes to Brightspace!
Rating: 10 out of 10
May 12, 2021
TR
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience
- Since moving to Brightspace we have seen an increase in students returning to take our online courses.
- We have a higher satisfaction rate among our faculty members where LMS is concerned.
Brightspace LMS Review
Rating: 9 out of 10
March 06, 2021
AA
Vetted Review
Verified User
3 years of experience
- Students and instructors can get confused with the interface. There might be a slight learning curve
- Not everything is intuitive. Therefore some instructors are slow to adopt.
- Grading features may have a slight learning curve for instructors new to LMS.
Employee-Tailored LMS Tool That Offers Unparalleled Customization for Improved Engagement
Rating: 8 out of 10
June 18, 2019
JM
Vetted Review
Verified User
2 years of experience
- Brightspace offers tailored learning outcomes for employees to further their organization knowledge.
- There are significant analytical benefits that enable administrators to view engagement data and cultivate organizationally-specific content.
- Brightspace enables a consistent and single-source of truth channel for learning but still does not fit all levels of employees.