D2L Brightspace
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What do you like best about the product?
The announcements and content tab having the ability to store important pdfs and information
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish it was more compatible for math/physics applications in the quizzes tab. I want to digitize my assessments and make it possible to randomize problems for my students and have multiple answers enterable.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It helps keep me organized at work
Clean, Intuitive Navigation That Makes Teaching and Learning Enjoyable
What do you like best about the product?
D2L Brightspace has a clean interface with easy, intuitive navigation. It’s user-friendly and packed with features that make teaching and learning enjoyable. Modules flow well, and the menus keep learning and assessment materials organized and easy to find. It also seems designed with cognitive load in mind, so it doesn’t feel overwhelming.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some of the options feel a bit “buried,” in the sense that you have to enable one thing before other settings even appear. That can create a “you don’t know what you don’t know” situation, because it’s easy to stay in a need-to-know bubble. When changes are released, you can miss new features or options that aren’t front and center.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
They’re improving how accessible learning is, and that’s a good thing for everyone!
Great UI and Easy Vendor Integrations Make Faculty Support Simple
What do you like best about the product?
From a technical point of view, I appreciate the UI, how easy it is to integrate third-party vendors, and how straightforward it is to support faculty with any technical issues that come up.
What do you dislike about the product?
On our platform, we’re still using D2L in Classic mode, and I don’t like that all the new features are currently being implemented only in the New Lessons plan. It makes it feel like the Classic content experience has been overlooked and largely forgotten.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Performance is a big one for us. At our college, especially at the beginning of the semester, D2L is visited by numerous students, and it has been able to meet our demands without slowing down. In the past, this used to be an issue, but now D2L can handle all the student traffic with no downtime.
Low Learning Curve and Flexible Course Customization
What do you like best about the product?
It has a low learning curve for both admins and end users. There are many features that, when enabled, let instructors tailor courses and curriculum to fit their specific needs.
What do you dislike about the product?
It’s very user-friendly in academic environments. However, when I was a system admin, it didn’t feel set up for use by corporate entities.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It provided an excellent way to deliver online courses to students, with flexible options that allowed the course to fit the needs of the instructor, the students, and the course content.
Familiar for Years, but Core Brightspace Updates Feel Overshadowed by Add-Ons
What do you like best about the product?
It is a familiar platform that we have been using as an institution for over 15 years. I like that there have been improvements to the assessment tools.
What do you dislike about the product?
The downsides of the system are that most of the product development focus is on additional features that we do not have in the Brightspace Core package. I'd like to see continued development in the core product in addition to the add-on's. It seems like every update that comes out is for something that is not in our contract (Lumi, Performance Plus, Creator+, Analytics, etc.) I wish there were more options for AI in the core product as well.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We obviously have to have an institutional LMS to serve students in a higher education setting. We are able to customize features, but many of our APIs have been written in house to solve problems that Brightspace has been unable to solve.
Responsive UI, But Slows Down with Large File Uploads
What do you like best about the product?
The UI can be confusing at times, but it’s responsive and reacts quickly when I use it.
What do you dislike about the product?
When a large number of files are uploaded, especially heavier files, the app starts to lag and feels slow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It brings everything together in one place, which makes it easier to find what I need.
Scalable, Customizable Courses and System-Wide Environment
What do you like best about the product?
The scalability of the platform and the ability to tailor both course-level settings and the system-wide environment.
What do you dislike about the product?
I wish their “How to” guides included more images, since that would make the steps easier to follow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
D2L has upgraded its learning content page and admin tools.
Powerful, Easy-to-Use LMS with Game-Changing Audio and Video Tools
What do you like best about the product?
D2L Brightspace is a powerful LMS that has evolved into an easy to use and engaging tool for educators to provide online learning experiences for students in k-12. I have been involved with D2L for almost 20 years. I love the advancements in audio and vidoe tools which are game changers and am excited to explore Lumi.
What do you dislike about the product?
D2L is almost too comprehensive. It has so many tools and great features that it can seem overwhelming to new users. The integrations with Respondus, Wayground and Canva are sometimes glitch and should be refined. D2L is rarely down and is quickly repaired. AI tools look a bit rough so far but are exciting. Finding the best ways to get support can be challenging.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
D2L gives our students and teachers a common tool across our province for online learning. It is provided by our province. D2L should ensure pricing continues to be reasonable so we can continue to provide this to our students.
Convenient Learning Hub, But App Needs Improvement
What do you like best about the product?
I like having all my classes in one space with assignments, grades, content, and announcements all available. It's easy to use and convenient.
What do you dislike about the product?
The app is difficult to use and is slow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
D2L Brightspace organizes all my classes in one place with easy access to assignments, grades, and announcements.
Highly Customizable LMS with Stellar Student Experience
What do you like best about the product?
I find D2L Brightspace incredibly valuable for its wide range of features and the level of customization it offers. It serves as a comprehensive all-in-one course platform, allowing for assignment submissions, quizzes, and interactive student experiences, which are key to improving the overall student experience. The platform's commitment to accessibility and continuous improvement, along with its clean visual design, really stands out to me. I appreciate the depth of features, especially within quizzing and assignments, allowing for a lot of customization to suit our needs. The ability to assign specific deadlines and access periods to students or groups is great, and it easily facilitates accommodations for students. Furthermore, the integration with our website for seamless user login and automatic course enrollment works really well now, streamlining our processes. The initial setup was easy, thanks to the support from a dedicated customer service rep who guided us through everything.
What do you dislike about the product?
With the amount of features and the level of customization it can produce comes a pretty good learning curve, there are nuances and quirks to understand. I would say that it is more complex than our previous learning management system, although that complexity ends up being a good thing for the quality of the final product that you can produce.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I find D2L Brightspace helpful as an all-in-one course platform with extensive features for assignment submissions, quizzes, and interactive student experiences, enhancing student experience and offering customization that meets our educational needs. I can tell my coworkers to "dream big" in terms of what we want to offer our students and also what insights we want to provide to our educational partners. I love the ways that I can segment students and customize their course content and path, allowing me to use one course shell for multiple variations on a single course. I also love how I can use intelligent agents to automate communication with users that meet certain conditions.
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