As learning models, AI initiatives, accessibility expectations and student success strategies evolve, institutions need an LMS built for long-term flexibility, measurable outcomes, and institutional partnership. Brightspace LMS helps institutions move forward with confidence.
D2L Brightspace provides a powerful, modern platform with advanced content-building and AI-driven capabilities that enable us to create dynamic, personalized learning experiences.Cory PhelpsJohn and Karen Arnold Dean of the Penn State Smeal College of Business
D2L currently has the most strategic product and services plan of the major LMS vendors, period.
Phil Hill, Educational Technology Consultant and Industry Analyst
What Happens After Institutions Switch?
Institutions choose Brightspace for more than functionality. They choose a platform and partner that helps support meaningful outcomes.
1,038%
Higher platform adoption
was reported among institutions that switched from Canvas to Brightspace, indicating significantly deeper LMS engagement across their organizations.
88%
Higher quiz and assessment usage
Institutions demonstrated stronger engagement with instructional and assessment workflows that support learning outcomes.
34%
Broader teaching workflow adoption
Top adopters used more core workflows across assessment, grading, communication, and learner engagement.
Choosing an LMS is No Longer Simply About Ease of Use
Institutions selected their LMS for a different era. Today they need a platform that improves learner outcomes, supports responsible AI, strengthens accessibility, and adapts as institutional needs evolve.
Is your LMS enabling your strategy—or creating workarounds?
Disconnected tools increase complexity and cost. Brightspace brings AI, security, accessibility, and expert partnership together in one purpose-built platform.
Responsible AI
We’re powering intelligent workflows through D2L Lumi and content creation like no one else can, to transform teaching and learning in an AI-enabled world. D2L Lumi is built to be adopted in a way that is embedded, educator-centered, institution-controlled, and rooted in pedagogy, because that’s what sustainable AI integration actually looks like.
Accessibility By Design
Accessibility cannot be treated as an afterthought.Brightspace was designed with it as a core principle, helping institutions support diverse learner needs while simplifying course design and accomodation worflows at the institutional level, not just the course level.
Security & Privacy
Security and privacy are built into every layer of Brightspace.Following a privacy-by-design approach across the full product lifecycle, our process is globally recognized with certifications that validate how we protect sensitive learner and institutional data.
Strategic Partnership
Institutions need more than a vendor relationship.From implementation through long-term optimization, Brightspace customers gain access to strategic guidance, support and collaboration designed to help institutions evolve over time.
Future Ready Innovation
Brightspace is designed with the tools to support teaching and learning without compromising the learner experience. This reduces the need for third-party tools that is common with other LMS providers.
Migration Support
Adoption is a strategy, not a side effect. While others may take years to transition, our proven migration strategy can get you there in just a few months. In-house experts provide migration support and change management expertise that help drive success and accelerate adoption.
Launch Brightspace in 90 Days*
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.
01
Discover and Assess
Month One
Align stakeholders, identify goals, and define success.
02
Plan and Build
Month Two
Create migration roadmap, configure Brightspace, and begin content migration
03
Launch and Grow
Month Three
Test, provide training, and map next steps.
Trust is not only built into the platform. It is built into the transition experience.
*Disclaimer: “under 90 days” migration timeline is based on what most of our customers typically experience
A Comparison That Matters
Canvas
Designed for Better Learning Outcomes
Built on learning science to improve engagement, retention, and achievement through mastery-based learning, feedback, and progress visibility.
Offers limited flexible course design options requiring add-ons to support more advanced features like learning analytics or mastery progression.
A More Flexible Accessibility Strategy
Combines native accessibility capabilities with advisory services to strengthen remediation, improve workflows, and build sustainable accessibility practices that align with your existing ecosystem.
Provides native accessibility checking tools, while many institutions continue to supplement their approach with additional accessibility platforms and remediation services for broader accessibility management needs.
Simplified, Unified Experience
Combines teaching, assessment, analytics, and credentialing in one connected platform to reduce complexity, costs, and administrative burden.
Relies on multiple 3rd party integrations for workflows commonly included in other core products, such as analytics, credentialing and content authoring, creating a fragmented experience.
AI That Supports, Not Replaces
Offers the most complete AI solution, empowering educators, administrators, and students to leverage D2L Lumi safely, securely, and with control.
Limited AI pilots and automation features; broader AI functionality often available through 3rd party extensions.
Future-Proof Partnership
Continuous investment helps institutions stay ahead of evolving learning needs through transparent product development and expert guidance.
Slower innovation cycles following acquisitions and restructuring, resulting in limited roadmap flexibility.
D2L Brightspace has allowed us to scale out online learning experiences while maintaining high-quality engagement for students and facultyJason FishTeaching and Learning TechnologiesPurdue University
D2L Brightspace has allowed us to scale out online learning experiences while maintaining high-quality engagement for students and facultyJason FishTeaching and Learning TechnologiesPurdue University