What is D2L Brightspace?
D2L is the software leader that makes the learning experience better. The company's cloud-based platform - Brightspace - is not a common one-size-fits-all learning management system (LMS). It's easier to use, more flexible, and smart. With Brightspace, you can personalize the experience for every learner to deliver real results.
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77 Likeliness to Recommend
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95 Plan to Renew
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78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
+79 Net Emotional Footprint
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How much do users love D2L Brightspace?
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- Respectful
- Fair
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
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Online Learning
Course Management
Analytics and Reporting
Instructor Led Training
Student Collaboration
Assessments and Quizzes
Gradebook
Content Management
Classroom Management
Content Creation
Vendor Capability Ratings
Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Data Integration
Vendor Support
Breadth of Features
Quality of Features
Ease of Implementation
Business Value Created
Availability and Quality of Training
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Usability and Intuitiveness
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D2L Brightspace Reviews
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Jan 2023
Straightforward platform, for small institutions
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Inspires Innovation
- Caring
Cons
- Commodity Features
- Wastes Time
Ryan H.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2022
Very useful but with some significant flaws.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates D2L Brightspace from other similar products?
It is more practical for content and classroom management, than, say, Google Classroom. This is primarily because D2L navigates like a traditional website (instead of being a series of cloud products glued together by a dashboard / home page). The app is not so ideal for mobile displays but its integration of assignments with the built-in dropbox folders for students to submit to and the ability for integrations (such as Panopto for video hosting and Turnitin for automatically checking submitted documents for plagiarism) make it a very good product for higher education to manage course content and homework submissions, feedback, & grading.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The addition of the Brightspace Pulse mobile app is useful for students. It integrates with D2L allowing students to receive notifications about news, discussions, and upcoming assignments, and check their assignment calendars. Basically the app serves as a very beneficial reminder system for students who would tend to prefer push notifications and the ability to see assignments in one place than SMS or email notifications which are less legible and less viewed by most students.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Their content management is inconvenient for professors. They use flat file storage, which is fine, but they do not preserve file hierarchies when a folder containing many sub-folders and files is uploaded. Rather, if a professor uploads a folder with nested directories, the files get dumped in a flat manner and the professor has to waste time creating "folders" in D2L and moving files. Another problem is that characters like .,'` in a file name allow submission from Windows/Linux but are rejected from Macs. The error message says something like "Oops. File could not be uploaded" instead of simply saying "Try removing special characters".
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
D2L is overall a good product. There may be products with more convenient content management out there, and many professors do not like the rubric feature, but D2L has many good features. Compare it to Blackboard and Canvas and you may find that D2L's pricing just makes more sense.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Slower Product Innovation
- Commodity Features
- Leverages Incumbent Status
Matthew A.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2022
Works Well, Comparable to Blackboard
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates D2L Brightspace from other similar products?
Similar in many ways to Blackboard, with a shinier user experience and impressive customizability
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Content creation and organization
What do you dislike most about this product?
Needs easier access to video sharing during pandemic
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Consider cost and need, especially for remote learning
Pros
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Acts with Integrity
- Helps Innovate
Cons
- Commodity Features
