D2L Brightspace Overview

This is a summary of the comprehensive capabilities and benefits of D2L Brightspace based on over 1833 insights from peer reviews, customer testimonials, and expert opinions. We included citations from these sources so you can read the full content at the original source if you wish.

D2L Brightspace, Kahoot!, DigitalChalk, BizLibrary, Blackboard Learn, etc., all belong to a category of solutions that help Learning Management System. Each of them excels in different abilities. Therefore, determining the best platform for your business will depend on your specific needs and requirements.

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D2L Brightspace supports business activities such as:

  • Engagement Management
  • Training & Onboarding
  • Helpdesk Management
  • Collaboration
  • Content Management

D2L Brightspace can help you with many business goals, such as Scale Best Practices, Enhance Customer Relationships, Grow Market Share, Improve Digital And Social Presence, Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally, etc. It can help manage these activities if you use Video and Offline for these needs. As a solution, D2L Brightspace's capabilities include Personalization, Gamification, Alerts: Popups & Notifications, etc.

D2L Brightspace Education Vertical is its biggest customer base.

Reviews

"We needed a flexible and facilitated approach to help faculty transform their teaching strategies for a remote delivery format. We leveraged our expertise across the continuum of course delivery methods to create a scalable and sustainable solution. " - Michelle Fach

Cuspera Reviews

9 buyers and buying teams have used Cuspera to assess how well D2L Brightspace solved their Learning Management System needs. Cuspera uses 1833 insights from these buyers along with peer reviews, customer case studies, testimonials, expert blogs and vendor provided installation data to help you assess the fit for your specific Learning Management System needs.

Business Priorities

Scale Best Practices and Enhance Customer Relationships are the most popular business priorities peers achieved using D2L Brightspace.

Other priorities:

  • Grow Market Share
  • Improve Digital And Social Presence
  • Enter New Markets Internationally Or Locally
  • Improve Internal Communications
  • Acquire Customers
  • Improve Navigation
  • Improve Efficiency
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Use Cases

Peers recommend Engagement Management , Training & Onboarding , Helpdesk Management , as the business use cases that they have been most satisfied while using D2L Brightspace.

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BUSINESS USE CASES RATINGS CUSTOMER AND EXPERT EXPERIENCES
Engagement Management

4.87/5

Read Reviews (107)

"...It worked, but it lacked the ability to engage and grow with the vision of Move This World, says Kathy Krupa...." Case Study Move This World
engaging and following up

4.87/5

Read Reviews (104)

"...It's very easy to build attractive and engaging lessons using all of Desire2Learn's media tools...."
Training & Onboarding

4.83/5

Read Reviews (67)

"...Proctortrack can be easily integrated with popular LMSs like Moodle, EdX, Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, and Sakai, making onboarding simpler for institutions. ..." How Is Edtech Impacting The Online Education Landscape In India?
Helpdesk Management

4.28/5

Read Reviews (34)

"...The OpenEd support desk is constantly busy with inquiries from instructors who are exploring new ways of delivering remote learning...." Case Study University of Guelph
PEER EXPERIENCES
Engagement Management

4.87/5

Read Reviews (107)

"...It worked, but it lacked the ability to engage and grow with the vision of Move This World, says Kathy Krupa...." Case Study Move This World
engaging and following up

4.87/5

Read Reviews (104)

Training & Onboarding

4.83/5

Read Reviews (67)

"...Proctortrack can be easily integrated with popular LMSs like Moodle, EdX, Blackboard, Brightspace, Canvas, and Sakai, making onboarding simpler for institutions. ..." How Is Edtech Impacting The Online Education Landscape In India?
Helpdesk Management

4.28/5

Read Reviews (34)

"...The OpenEd support desk is constantly busy with inquiries from instructors who are exploring new ways of delivering remote learning...." Case Study University of Guelph

28+ more Business Use Cases

Our AI advisor, Wyz, harnessed 1833 insights from peers and experts to help you assess how these D2L Brightspace use cases fit your Learning Management System needs.

Customer Testimonials

CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Michelle Fach

Executive Director of Open Learning and Educational Support

University of Guelph

We needed a flexible and facilitated approach to help faculty transform their teaching strategies for a remote delivery format. We leveraged our expertise across the continuum of course delivery methods to create a scalable and sustainable solution. Testimonial By Michelle Fach

Kathy Krupa

VP of Partnerships

Move This World

From the very beginning, teachers saw that our approach to SEL made a big difference to their students, but teachers already have so much on their plates. We wanted to make delivering SEL instruction easy and engaging for all teachers and students without taking time away from academic skills. Testimonial By Kathy Krupa

Nathan Bishop

Principal

Blyth Academy

With the previous LMS, I would spend approximately 60% of my time dealing with system and course administration. With Brightspace, that’s down to about 5%. Testimonial By Nathan Bishop
CUSTOMERS TESTIMONIALS

Michelle Fach

Executive Director of Open Learning and Educational Support

University of Guelph

We needed a flexible and facilitated approach to help faculty transform their teaching strategies for a remote delivery format. We leveraged our expertise across the continuum of course delivery methods to create a scalable and sustainable solution. Testimonial By Michelle Fach

Kathy Krupa

VP of Partnerships

Move This World

From the very beginning, teachers saw that our approach to SEL made a big difference to their students, but teachers already have so much on their plates. We wanted to make delivering SEL instruction easy and engaging for all teachers and students without taking time away from academic skills. Testimonial By Kathy Krupa

Nathan Bishop

Principal

Blyth Academy

With the previous LMS, I would spend approximately 60% of my time dealing with system and course administration. With Brightspace, that’s down to about 5%. Testimonial By Nathan Bishop

Case Studies

COMPANY CASE STUDIES
Case Study American Nurses Association

How ANA Enterprise works with D2L to build an engaging and personalised continuing education experience.

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Case Study University of Guelph

Learn How University of Guelph empowers faculty to adopt innovative approaches for courses offered remotely.

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Case Study Move This World

Using D2L Brightspace, This World creates dashboards for school administrators, with separate “cards” for each school in each district.

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Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)

for D2L Brightspace

What is D2L Brightspace?

D2L Brightspace, is a learning innovation platform that helps to create highly personalized experiences to unlock learner potential at scale. It's an innovative, flexible platform built for every stage of life, from early childhood to higher education.

What is D2L Brightspace used for?

D2L Brightspace is a Learning Management System Software mainly used by its customers to Scale Best Practices and Enhance Customer Relationships by Engagement Management, Training & Onboarding and Helpdesk Management .

What are the top features of D2L Brightspace?

Personalization, Gamification and Alerts: popups & Notifications are some of the top features of D2L Brightspace.

Who uses D2L Brightspace?

D2L Brightspace is used by Education, Non-Profit Organization Management and Research among other industries.

What are D2L Brightspace alternatives?

Kahoot!, DigitalChalk, BizLibrary and Blackboard Learn are popular alternatives for D2L Brightspace.

Where is D2L Brightspace located?

D2L Brightspace is headquartered at Kitchener, ON.

Popular Business Setting

for D2L Brightspace

Top Industries

  • Education
  • Non-Profit Organization Management
  • Research

Popular in

  • Enterprise
  • Mid Market
  • Large Enterprise

Peers used D2L Brightspace to Scale best practices and Enhance customer relationships

Peer and Expert Opinion on Features

for D2L Brightspace

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  • High
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Personalization

4.45/5

Read Reviews (92)
Gamification

2.83/5

Read Reviews (33)
Alerts: popups & Notifications

4.27/5

Read Reviews (33)
Contests/quizes

2.31/5

Read Reviews (27)
Recording

2.82/5

Read Reviews (16)
FEATURES RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Personalization

4.45/5

Read Reviews (92)
Gamification

2.83/5

Read Reviews (33)
Alerts: popups & Notifications

4.27/5

Read Reviews (33)
Contests/quizes

2.31/5

Read Reviews (27)
Recording

2.82/5

Read Reviews (16)

IT and Other Capabilities

for D2L Brightspace

  • Low
  • Medium
  • High
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

3.62/5

Read Reviews (210)
Data Export

3.48/5

Read Reviews (153)
CAPABILITIES (DATA) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Data Import

3.62/5

Read Reviews (210)
Data Export

3.48/5

Read Reviews (153)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Chat Support

4.37/5

Read Reviews (33)
24/7 Support

3.93/5

Read Reviews (252)
Phone Support

3.68/5

Read Reviews (20)
Email Support

3.42/5

Read Reviews (23)
CAPABILITIES (SUPPORT) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
Chat Support

4.37/5

Read Reviews (33)
24/7 Support

3.93/5

Read Reviews (252)
Phone Support

3.68/5

Read Reviews (20)
Email Support

3.42/5

Read Reviews (23)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.89/5

Read Reviews (2)
Analytics

4.11/5

Read Reviews (70)
Custom Reports

3.95/5

Read Reviews (198)
CAPABILITIES (OTHER) RATINGS AND REVIEWS
AI Powered

3.89/5

Read Reviews (2)
Analytics

4.11/5

Read Reviews (70)
Custom Reports

3.95/5

Read Reviews (198)

Software Failure Risk Guidance

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Overall Risk Meter

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Top Failure Risks for D2L Brightspace

Vendor Profile Details

Company Name

D2L

HQ Location

Kitchener, ON

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