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D2L Brightspace

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    Sarah Z.

Still a New User

  • November 14, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Clean look, easy to navigate, haven't found any problems yet
What do you dislike about the product?
Like any new program, it takes a while to find your way around
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I am a student using the software for online learning

    Fostina C.

The Holy Grail

  • November 03, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I like the text alerts of emails, grades, dues dates. with the every changing world and the attachment to cell phones these alerts come in the "clutch" every single time. Easy to us. Easy to organize
What do you dislike about the product?
Calendar mix ups., not sure about which calendar the info is being pulled from at times.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Better organization. There's no excuse to forget about something with so many reminders.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Interface change maybe?

    Kristi H.

Phasing out D2L

  • October 30, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I like the historical access to courses I once was part of either as a student or as an administrator.
What do you dislike about the product?
I dislike that the home page of courses can feel a bit scattered if you don't spend a ton of time establishing a good layout that is easy to follow.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It has been a solid way to deliver course content online.

    Education Management

Could Be Great, but too many problems

  • October 30, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It's a very good representative of an education LMS that is designed for Higher Ed. You can use it to evaluate and communicate with students
What do you dislike about the product?
It's a higher education product that desperately wants to be a K-12 product but still can't make good on its promises. The program is too cumbersome for a classroom teacher who does not have extra time to make it work.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We are using it for our K-12 Learning Management System, which is something we didn't have the ability to do before.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
If you are a Higher Ed user, then this product is for you. For K-12 clients, make sure you know exactly what you want in an LMS and you have staff that are dedicated to becoming the experts for because you will need it.

    Dani S.

Simply the best nowadays upcoming LMS

  • October 30, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
As simple as Facebook to use If you are a student. As easy to administrate as a Wordpress site.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some customization options are not smooth but I'm sure they will get better soon. Nowadays, it's complicated to deploy a multi-site environment without a little coding help. D2L knows these issues and they're working hard to solve it asap.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
D2L Brightspace is an affordable, fast, cloud and simple LMS perfect for little educational needs, but escalates very quickly for huge scenarios. As a consultant, Brightspace would be the first choice for most of our clients, no matter if they're looking for their first LMS or they want to move from their current one. It haves a conversion tool that can turn Moodle, Blackboard and others' courses into D2L format with a few clicks!
Recommendations to others considering the product:
You will find really easy to adapt BS to your needs and your users will rapidly join in. It has several integrations with external tools already running and setting up a new one is not a pain. With a very powerful documented API and working services, anything can be plugged in. Vendors are serious about the SLA's and uptime.

The flavour of the system is completely 2017-ish, far away from the java-application-like feeling of the usual LMSs. Being the new guy in town is not a deal for D2L, it performs very well. It also has a pack of apps for students and teachers that makes 100% possible not to touch a desktop computer to manage or consume the system.

As a custom approach, I would say that If Blackboard is a Mercedes and Moodle is a Chevrolet, D2L would be a Tesla.

    Brian T.

Full featured LMS with good usability

  • October 30, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
Many available features. Works well for my fully online courses and as support for in-person classes. Good automation of many tasks (like reminder emails). Integrates with my online homework solution (from Sapling Learning) and other external features.
What do you dislike about the product?
Some interface quirks require getting used to. Actions are sometimes "hidden" in a small arrow icon. Once I learned the general layout it has been fairly easy to use.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
The main solution/benefit is a central, easy to navigate space to provide content for students and keep track of progress and grades. Students generally find it easy to use.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Most users will need some training to learn the features, but after getting up to speed should be useable by most.

    Halle F.

Bright space easy to follow and interactive

  • October 29, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I like best that it is extremely easy to use and easy to learn.
What do you dislike about the product?
I don't like how sometimes it does break down quickly and requires maintenance.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My entire university uses bright space and it is helping maintain consistency and is great for learning.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
For educational purposes, I definitely recommend other Universities to use Brightspace as it is really easy to lear, easy to understand, and easy to communicate through. I find it extremely easy to receive grades and other feedback through bright space and highly recommend it to other Universities.

    Higher Education

Review of Brightspace

  • October 25, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
It has a phenomenal online format when going through iPhone.
It has a clean and simple look to it, but still allows for personalization with photos.
It is user friendly and you receive announcements like any other social media notification.
Check boxes to see what is complete and not complete/reviewed.
What do you dislike about the product?
It can be slow and show up odd depending on what browser you use to open bright space. It can also be a bit irritating that downloading something does not "check the box," but that you still have to click on the link to have it complete.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Business problems solved include ability to communicate between multiple constituents on the same platform and with speed. Benefits are ability to create and submit assignments.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Give it some time. Once you figure out the techniques, it is quite a helpful tool.

    Sara F.

Great System

  • October 23, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
I like how easy it is to learn to use!..
What do you dislike about the product?
When starting out it can be difficult to understand
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
My students are understanding more

    Higher Education

Full Featured but Very Limiting

  • October 13, 2017
  • Review provided by G2

What do you like best about the product?
D2L Brightspace is now responsive so that it looks much better on Desktop, Mobile, and Tablet. For the most part the modules (Content, News, Quizzes) make sense to the end users of the training. Discussion Forum and Topic features are robust.
What do you dislike about the product?
If you don't do things the D2L Brightspace way, it can be a real pain. That is, if you don't use the tools the way the developers expect them to be used, you usually end up having a problem with the training modules. It's difficult to have robust critique of peer work in Discussions, and good grading tools, and good file collection in Dropbox without the end users having to visit all three modules and figure out how they work together. That is, unless you're just dealing with text or Word files, the features are limiting. Rubrics are a pain to implements because of competency features. You can't have a mixed holistic and analytic rubric. Getting your content back out of rubrics or quizzes modules can be a fight. Sometimes you're just better off posting PDFs of that type of content rather than trying to decode what the developer expected you to do while using the product.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Allows students to learn.

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