
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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78 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
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80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+81 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love D2L Brightspace?
Pros
- Respectful
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
- Fair
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Feature Ratings
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Course Management
Content Management
Analytics and Reporting
Instructor Led Training
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Assessments and Quizzes
Gradebook
Classroom Management
Content Creation
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Ease of IT Administration
Ease of Data Integration
Ease of Implementation
Breadth of Features
Quality of Features
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Business Value Created
Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement
Availability and Quality of Training
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D2L Brightspace Reviews

Taylor C.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: Initial Implementation
Submitted Mar 2024
Fantastic product. Easy implementation.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates D2L Brightspace from other similar products?
Easy to use
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
How it is used in the classroom.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Gradebook/markbook
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Easy to use and implement.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
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Júlia A.
- Role: Consultant
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jan 2024
Essential for distance education.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates D2L Brightspace from other similar products?
Adaptive Learning and Personalization / Integrated Learning Analytics / Competency-Based Learning / Inclusive Design and Accessibility
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
D2L Brightspace is designed with inclusivity in mind, offering features and tools that promote accessibility for users with diverse needs. This commitment to inclusive design contributes to a more equitable learning environment.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Although D2L Brightspace offers mobile accessibility, some users have noted limitations or inconsistencies in the functionality of the mobile app compared to the desktop version. This can impact the user experience for those primarily using mobile devices.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
If flexibility and mobile access are crucial for your students, explore the features of Brightspace D2L's mobile applications. This allows students to access course materials on the go.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
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Kate R.
- Role: Student Academic
- Industry: Education
- Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration
Submitted Apr 2023
Robust, not particularly user-friendly
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates D2L Brightspace from other similar products?
There is excellent product support and robust features for administrators. It is possible to design almost anything a learning designer can imagine.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
The potential for advanced online learning interactions. Intelligent agents and conditional release allow for a great deal of automation that can save instructors time and allow for advanced differentiated learning design techniques.
What do you dislike most about this product?
D2L has a poor user experience. Creating assignments and grading assignments have completely different interfaces. Grade items are decoupled from their corresponding assignments by default, so all grade items need to be manually created. Revising or adding an assignment after a course is already running takes many steps that are not practical for most users. There is poor discoverability for relatively simple actions, such as the re-ordering of grade items. (There is a way, it's just unintuitive). The learning objectives and competencies settings are too difficult to use and link to grade items-- too many steps need to be taken by the user.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
I would recommend to test out the newest version of the product by doing a full course development, including gradebook setup and grading example students, to get an idea of the learning curve. It is not as intuitive as Canvas, but the company is very responsive to its user base and every new update comes out with great improvements. It is therefore important that the administrators continuously maintain the most recent version and communicate with their clients about updates and upgrades.
Pros
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Continually Improving Product
- Efficient Service
Cons
- Less Performance Enhancing
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