Our focus is on building the future of education. And securing yours.
Blackboard’s future appears uncertain. At D2L, we offer a clear path to long-term learning stability and fast, proven migration—in under 90 days.
Empowering institutions to succeed today and beyond
D2L Brightspace offers financial stability and a relentless focus on innovation – powered by AI to help institutions win in the next transformative era in education. Discover how our continuous investment in platform innovation is transforming learning today and shaping tomorrow.
“We’d been a customer of Blackboard for over 20 years. With Brightspace we automated about 70% of our module setup—layouts, welcome messages, handbooks. It saved our academics hours and improved the student experience.”
Carmen Miles, Deputy head of the DMU Education Academy and Digital Education Strategic Lead at De Montfort University
Deliver Learning That Drives Real Impact with Brightspace
We equip you with tools for course creation, responsible AI, delivery, tracking, and more—so your institution can stay ahead, drive better outcomes, and win in the next era of learning innovation.
How Brightspace Delivers Long-Term
Financially Independent
Financially independent, built for innovation, and growing fast—Brightspace is redefining what institutions can expect from a learning platform.
Innovative Partnership
With a well funded and clear product roadmap, responsible AI, and an engaging user experience, Brightspace drives meaningful learning outcomes while keeping students and data front and center.
Seamless Migration
Brightspace has a proven track record of migrating institutions like SUNY, USC, and Purdue— ensuring minimal disruption to faculty, staff and learners.
Launch Your New LMS in 90 days*
While others may take years to transition, our proven migration strategy can get you there in just a few months.
Migrating to a new learning platform is more than a technical shift—it’s a chance to elevate how your institution teaches, supports learners and scales. D2L’s in-house experts partner with you to build a tailored learning environment aligned with your goals. From planning to post-launch, our expert team delivers strategic guidance, training, and ongoing support to provide smooth transition, strong faculty engagement, and measurable results.
Month One
Month One
Discover and Assess
Assess current needs and pain points
Change management planning
Define project timeline, roles and vision
Month Two
Month Two
Plan and Build
Create your migration roadmap
Configure Brightspace and integrations
Begin content migration with expert support
Month Three
Month Three
Launch and Grow
Test, troubleshoot, and launch Brightspace
Provide training and post-launch support
Map next steps for continued success
Why other institutions didn’t wait to move
The cost of inaction was too high when the ease of action was clear. With D2L, you’ll deliver a best-in-class learning experience supported by the tools and services you deserve. For all the reasons listed below, choosing D2L is a no-brainer.
We are excited to partner with D2L and become the first New Zealand University to use Brightspace as its Learning Management System. We believe the Brightspace platform will meet our needs with opportunities for enhancing our learning and teaching with the features available in Creator+ with H5P.
Professor Tim Cooper Dean of Learning and Teaching
The implementation team at D2L is one of the most valuable parts of the project, we were able to hit tight deadlines and deliver a consistently excellent user experience in the implementation project because the implementation team was a true partner, responsive, customer focused and committed to excellence.
Dr Vincenzo Repaci Senior Project Manager
Moving to a next-generation platform, which is intuitive to use with a modern look and feel, has driven improved student engagement. The analytics tools are great in helping us measure engagement.
Nicky Bates Senior Project Manager
Whatever Your Blackboard Past, Your Future Is Clearer With Brightspace
Effortless migration, modern tools and measurable student success, all designed to keep your institution from falling behind.
Join experts from De Montfort University, Radboud University, Missouri State University and Westfield State University for the inside scoop on why they made the switch from Blackboard to Brightspace.
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D2L has made every effort to provide complete and accurate information. The content of this page is based upon information available as of June 6, 2025, and it is to be used for informational purposes only. D2L has permission to use information available on G2. If you identify any information outlined on this page that is inaccurate, please contact us at [email protected] with details so we can make the appropriate modification.
D2L G2 Reviews and Recognitions
Posted on G2
Elliot W.
5 stars
Reviewed on February 27, 2025
Best LMS in my career
For the past 13 years, I have been managing D2L Brightspace, and in my 22-year career, it stands out as the best LMS I’ve encountered. Its user-friendly design, clean interface, extensive functionalities, and robust API are just a few of its…
We are relatively new to using D2L Brightspace, but our team has experience with three other LMS platforms. When we made the decision to adopt Brightspace for the Competency-Based Education courses we were developing, we were a little hesitant to start with…
Brightspace is user friendly in a special way — it innovates while staying backward compatible for a reasonable length of time. The interface is open and there’s decent context sensible help. Good community for getting help and giving input. I work with…
As a course designer, flexibility is my favorite part of Brightspace. The D2L community pages have so many great templates and shared resources. I love the options to add tabs and accordions to pages as well as consistent page headers and…
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The partnership between the University of Groningen and D2L is really good. It’s actually what we were looking for when we went to tender.Louwarnoud van der DuimHead of Education Support and InnovationUniversity of Groningen
*Disclaimer: “under 90 days” migration timeline is based on what most of our customers typically experience.
The partnership between the University of Groningen and D2L is really good. It’s actually what we were looking for when we went to tender.Louwarnoud van der DuimHead of Education Support and InnovationUniversity of Groningen