Item: D2L Brightspace
Rating: 9
Author: Jennifer DeMack

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Hi, I'm Jennifer DeMack and I am an adjunct instructor with Front Range Community College. I teach ENG122: Composition II, a guaranteed transfer course centered on argument. Desire2Learn offers [our] faculty many options for presenting and managing content to create efficient and engaging learning opportunities for students.

Pros and Cons

Date release options for activities, details, and content groupings allow you to plan a dynamic learning sequence.
Great flexibility for displaying media. It's very easy to build attractive and engaging lessons using all of Desire2Learn's media tools.

I tried to use a grading rubric for my discussions, and it created a separate grading method. Discussion rubric grading could vastly improve the tool.
Can we get the option to grade the discussions using the iPad app "GRADER"?
Can we get the option to grade quizzes and provide feedback using "GRADER"? Feedback options seemed to be missing from my GRADER.

Return on Investment

It feels like the use of Desire2Learn at Front Range Community College has improved the learning outcomes, mostly because the students understand that they have to post discussions.

Alternatives Considered

eCollege
WebCT Vista
Blackboard
Moodle
Full Sail (EFA) LMS (proprietary)

Likelihood to Recommend

The ability to set and control dates per item is very important. It must be uniformly detailed in order to work correctly. Also, the ability to copy and/or import specific items, activities, and/or documents from other sections in the platform has made the system the most flexible I have ever used.