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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    D2L Brightspace

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/ABrightspace 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.N/A
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    D2L Brightspace
    Editions & Modules
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    D2L Brightspace
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    Yes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsMust contact vendor for pricing information. 30-day free trial is available.
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    Community Pulse
    D2L Brightspace
    Considered Both Products
    D2L
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    In my opinion, D2L Brightspace is inferior to CANVAS and Blackboard. I didn't choose it. It was selected by my employer.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Brightspace is by far the most user-friendly LMS I have ever used. Faculty with a lower technical skill set have an easier time navigating Brightspace features. Teaching wise, I have also found Brightspace to be easier for students to navigate than its competitors. I adjunct …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    In looking at Brightspace versus its competitors currently, it continues to provide the widest functionality, great value, and better ability to tailor the user experience of it to our organizations needs. The longer that our institution has had Brightspace, the more we've been …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    This is the only other LMS I've used other than Schoology. I used Blackboard many years ago.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Compared to Blackboard, Brightspace is a much more powerful application that allows instructors to share more content, customize their courses, and design courses in a more intuitive wizard style if desired. Brightspace is also designed to work well on mobile devices and …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Brightspace offers one of the most tailored employee engagement learning platforms in existence. My organization has utilized a multitude of employee engagement and learning platforms and Brightspace has offered one of the most customized tools that we have used thus far. We …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    We switched to Brightspace from Blackboard, and it is much better. It can do a lot more, and it is much more user-friendly.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    We migrated from PLS. Brightspace is much more intuitive and modern than PLS was. The ability for Brightspace to work across a range of devices (mobile, tablet, PC, Mac, etc) has been positive for our instructors and students. The main interface is straightforward and easy to …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Although it's been some time since I used Blackboard (as a student in my undergraduate degree), it felt much more intuitive at the time than Brightspace has when I've taken or taught classes. However, I don't feel especially comfortable comparing them since it's been quite …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    I used Blackboard when I was in college, but that was very little. I just used it to register for classes and to view grades. Brightspace is leaps and bounds what Blackboard was when I last used it in 2010.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    I have used Blackboard Learn 8 and 9. I am currently learning about Canvas. Blackboard is overall much clunkier and lacks the intuitive feel in some parts of D2L. Its grade book is much harder to control and manipulate than D2L's. Its navigation menu can be more radically …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    I was not involved in the selection process for my organization since I am only a professor. However, I have worked at 2 previous organizations that have used other online LMSs, and I think overall, D2L is at the top of the list of LMSs I find the most usable.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Desire2Learn was selected for me, but I find it to be simpler to navigate than Moodle, more intuitive. Blackboard was many years ago, but I find more flexibility in assigning due dates and end dates in the newer version of Desire2Learn.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    eCollege
    WebCT Vista
    Blackboard
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    I was not involved in the choice to use Desire2Learn vs. Blackboard.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Comparing Desire2Learn to Blackboard Vista, I actually believe that Blackboard has a better product, although it has its own set of challenges. We changed systems because of the extremely poor customer service and high level of faculty irritation with Blackboard at the time. I …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Desire2Learn is very good compared to Blackboard and has a lot more flexibility with presenting and organizing material. Desire2Learn is about the same as WebCT. There are similar features and while each one has its drawbacks, they are both acceptable for my current class …
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Comparable to Desire2Learn, many similar features to Blackboard Collaborate. Desire2Learn is more user friendly, and more stable.
    Incentivized
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Desire2Learn is similar to Blackboard but with less functionality and intuitiveness in terms of use. Grading options are more limited. Desire2Learn uses a cluttered interface with many tabs and options needing to be used to create even basic assignments for upload and grading. …
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    The Desire2Learn system provided a greater ability to customize the learning environment than the Canvas system we evaluated. We did like the simpler interface that Canvas provides and the navigation was easy to follow. We also evaluated the Blackboard LMS and found a large …
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    We believe D2L to be the best LMS, based on our long-term use, functionality, and overall product stability.
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Some faculty have used WebCT, Blackboard, Angel and/or Moodle in the past. Most of us really do like D2L the very best!
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    These days, most LMS systems provide somewhat comparable feature sets. We selected Desire2Learn because our organization saw it as a stable product that would scale well, we could manage our own self-hosting hardware and infrastructure, it is a tool that our faculty and …
    Chose D2L Brightspace
    Desire2Learn is a strong competitor of Blackboard, Moodle, and Angel learning management systems. As an online course facilitator, I have used other online learning management systems and find that Desire2Learn is user friendly and provides options equal to the competition.
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    D2L Brightspace
    Learning Management
    Comparison of Learning Management features of D2L Brightspace
    Feature
    D2L Brightspace
    5.8
    10 Ratings
    Course authoring2.010 Ratings
    Course catalog or library10.06 Ratings
    Player/Portal9.87 Ratings
    Learning content9.69 Ratings
    Mobile friendly1.09 Ratings
    Progress tracking & certifications9.49 Ratings
    Assignments2.010 Ratings
    Compliance management8.01 Ratings
    Learning administration2.09 Ratings
    Learning reporting & analytics2.010 Ratings
    Social learning8.49 Ratings
    User Ratings
    D2L Brightspace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.0
    (45 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.0
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (6 ratings)
    Online Training
    4.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    1.6
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)