D2L Brightspace
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What do you like best about the product?
The interface, this platform is way more friendly with teachers and students. We can use the diferent sections and add specific activities and information to each one of them, and check if the students review it or not.
Also, the visual part is very appealing, and we can personalize it! We can use different materials and also pictures to highlight important parts of the course contents. From the perspective of the activities we can set up differents restrictions to allow for differents courses work in the activity in different time frames.
Finally, I like the possibility of follow the students progress in the diferent activities and have statistics for them, which can be filtrated by classes.
Also, the visual part is very appealing, and we can personalize it! We can use different materials and also pictures to highlight important parts of the course contents. From the perspective of the activities we can set up differents restrictions to allow for differents courses work in the activity in different time frames.
Finally, I like the possibility of follow the students progress in the diferent activities and have statistics for them, which can be filtrated by classes.
What do you dislike about the product?
My main problem with the platform is the grading book. In particular, I would like to have an average for some grade items and be able to drop some of them. For instance, in Moodle we were able to have the average for six homework assignments and drop the lower grade for them, so we calculated the average for the remaining 5. Right now, we can not do that in D2L.
Also, my University uses SMOWL as a proctoring system, and we have also an issue about the access to the activities subject to proctoring. This emerge from the fact that students can access to the activity in severay ways, but the proctoring program only get activated following one of them.
Also, my University uses SMOWL as a proctoring system, and we have also an issue about the access to the activities subject to proctoring. This emerge from the fact that students can access to the activity in severay ways, but the proctoring program only get activated following one of them.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We use it for education as the primary platform for course materials, graded activities, and communication with the students. We take and proctor the exams from the platform, and the main benefit is the ability to produce random exams using the question library built in the platform. Also, we manage a master course platform that the teachers copy as a mainframe for the semester, but each of them can make the changes required.
For example, I can add resources to the platforms and change them using the available tools.
For example, I can add resources to the platforms and change them using the available tools.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
As a professor, talk with your IT management to upload your old virtual classroom into the new one. So you don´t need to start from scratch.
The study platform is intuitive for use as a student, manager, or administrator.
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of course creation and the modularization of its components to implement them within the units.
What do you dislike about the product?
The organizational structure is a bit cumbersome to implement, it requires very detailed prior analysis and planning.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Implement an intuitive navigation and user experience (UX) for the students.
Transforming education
What do you like best about the product?
Brightspace arrived at the university during the pandemic; it supports and contributes to a continuous educational model without losing contact with those who matter to us. It is an excellent IT enabler.
What do you dislike about the product?
An opportunity for improvement could be the enhancement in the grading of rubrics and data generation for teachers (not administrators). Please, less operation!
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Technical support of any kind (and ticket escalation), generate information with data based on datahub for teachers, all in exchange for service and knowledge!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Know in depth the company's roadmap.
D2L Review
What do you like best about the product?
The facility to use the platform and the easy tools that have
What do you dislike about the product?
We need some special tools for our university
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The user management is easy and contact students and instructors too
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is easy to use. Just give it time to master the software
Its the top system for manage an online class
What do you like best about the product?
The most I like is the design in all the courses. The photos and the distribution of them, but also the flexibility to make dashboards.
What do you dislike about the product?
Is not a cheap system but in general terms I think it's worth it.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The manage of hundreds of courses in the University
Recommendations to others considering the product:
I recommended to be alert of all the courses, documentation and trainings that DSL offers.
Brightspace is great, easy to use!
What do you like best about the product?
As a multimedia designer, Brightspace has been helpful when integrating content is a very noble app.
What do you dislike about the product?
I would like to have the exact HTML to add the images or the PDF directly in the HTML code.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I don't have problems because I am not the person that administers the platform.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
It is a great LMS; we have some problems migrating from other LMS, but when we had all our courses on the platform, it was good.
Brightspace for Higher Education
What do you like best about the product?
Administration for D2L is easy and feature complete. There are many administrative tools built into Brightspace that make bulk editing, supporting, and scaling a large institution a straightforward process.
What do you dislike about the product?
The design of some tools is not user-friendly. Tools are built on top of tools, and the interface is not always the same for similar tasks. New features are released with a specific market in mind and it feels as though higher education is left behind for new features and that D2L is focused more on K-12 (good if you're in K-12 I suppose). New features are often released without thorough testing, many bugs, and strange design choices.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Our entire institution uses Brightspace and has for about 10 years effectively. It has helped us navigate online learning through the pandemic and will continue. It has performed a key role in providing our students with flexible learning opportunities and helps support students with different learning needs. Students have found Brightspace to be easy to use, and having all of their course material online keeps them on track. Instructors can work together on course material and can harmonize course content and assessments across course sections.
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What do you like best about the product?
Canadian-based company, ability to use HTML templates to style content, lots of options for assessments including quiz, rubrics, dropbox, and discussions. In the top 2 LMSs available in my opinion.
What do you dislike about the product?
There is a trend for the company to abandon older elements or extensions of the lms (eportfolio, course catalog) in favor of incomplete new developments. Some updates seem to favor aesthetics over functionality. Currently focusing on expanding into the k-12 demographic and somewhat leaving higher ed feeling ignored.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
D2L Brightspace allows us to offer flexible delivery of content. Improving both face-to-face, blended and online delivery. It's an essential tool for modern course delivery.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Connect with other institutions that actively use the platform. Become a part of the Brightspace community as well.
Brightspace is a powerful LMS with many integrated tools.
What do you like best about the product?
It is a powerful, full-featured LMS. The tools integrate nicely throughout the platform and it allows a lot of customization at both an organization and instructor level.
What do you dislike about the product?
There can be a lot of clicking with some tools, and not all features are easy to find.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It allows teachers to continue instruction in both F2F and at-home learning situations. It provides flexibility and an opportunity for review and extension for students.
D2L FTW
What do you like best about the product?
D2L Brightspace is a straightforward and easy-to-use LMS for developing engaging and functional courses. I enjoy using the HTML editor to curate content.
What do you dislike about the product?
Emailing a classlist via the email tool is not always the most reliable experience. The latest Dropbox/Assignments layout has me fumbling a bit.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Chunking content into more easily digestible portions for better rentention. Utilizing both D2L tools and a variety of integrations help achieve more engagement.
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