Empower Adiministrators, Engage Learners

Deliver seamless, immersive learning experiences that keep learners engaged and striving for more. Improve completion rates and continuously enhance your courses with built-in tools—all in one accessible, easy-to-use LMS.

Teaching & Learning Administration Extensibility

Teaching & Learning

Keeping learners engaged shouldn’t be an uphill battle. We equip your educators with tools for course creation, delivery, tracking and more.

Learning Material Distribution and Content Repository

Store, manage and share objects like quizzes, presentations, images and videos in the Brightspace Learning Object Repository. Utilize metadata tagging and public access options to make content easily searchable and shareable across courses.

Course Design and Content Authoring

Empower educators to build engaging, accessible courses without coding. Streamline course creation with templates, multimedia, interactive content and AI- assisted tools.

Adaptive Learning and Personalisation

Create personalized educational experiences that adapt to each learner’s performance. Deliver helpful content suggestions and reminders to learners with Release Conditions and Intelligent Agents.

Assessment and Feedback

Deliver better outcomes for learners by creating opportunities for practice, analysis and collaboration with various assignment types that they can use to demonstrate knowledge, provide feedback and apply their skills.

Collaboration and Communication

Enhance communication with learners through tools like Announcements and Activity Feed, enabling real- time updates and peer interaction. Learners can engage in discussions, share resources and build community within the platform.

Outcomes Learner Progress

Effortlessly oversee learning outcomes and ensure alignment with your learning goals from one platform. Experience the ease of a single dashboard that simplifies learner achievement reporting and fosters ongoing enhancement of the learning journey.

Lifelong Portfolio

Encourage learners to build digital portfolios that evolve over time, capturing evidence of learning through text, audio and video. Brightspace Portfolio supports reflection, feedback and sharing with educators and guardians.

Learner Progress Dashboard

Learners can access powerful visualizations for engagement metrics, such as course activity, assignment status, and course history, for an individual learner across all their courses.

User Progress Analytics

Brightspace Insights dashboards provide visual analytics to monitor learner engagement, progress and performance across courses. These tools help educators and administrators make data- informed decisions.

Badges and Awards

Issue digital badges and certificates to recognize learner achievements. Awards can be customized, shared externally and used to motivate learners throughout their educational journey.

Mobile Experience

Brightspace’ s mobile experience is designed to help maximize productivity for people on the go while providing a complete learning experience that can work on any device. Dedicated applications are also available so learners can check in easily.

Administration

Elevate your admin experience with easy-to-use tools, powerful insights and comprehensive support.

User and Role Management

Brightspace allows granular control over user roles and permissions, enabling administrators to create, assign, and customize roles across organizational units. Bulk user management and SIS integration streamline onboarding and access control.

Organisation and Site Configuration

Brightspace supports flexible organizational structures using customizable org units like departments, semesters, and course offerings. Admins can configure tool behavior, language settings and branding to match institutional needs.

Course Management and Templates

The Courses tool enables creation, copying and bulk editing of courses and templates. Templates help standardize course setup, linking offerings to departments and semesters for consistent delivery and easier administration.

Data Exchange Administration

Brightspace supports LIS v2.0 endpoints for secure data exchange with SIS platforms. Admins can configure bulk, outcome, and file download endpoints with authentication protocols like WS- Security and Basic Auth.

Data Hub

Data Hub provides access to Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) and Advanced Data Sets (ADS) for reporting and analysis. Admins can export data in CSV format, apply filters, and visualize relationships using ERDs for deeper insights.

Brightspace: Standards-Based, Secure, Extensible, and Privacy-First

Integrate and Extend

Standards-based APIs and plug-ins for seamless connections.
Privacy by Design

Your data, your control. No advertising, full compliance.
Certified Security

ISO, SOC, and CSA STAR certified. Continuous monitoring and best practices.
Accessible for All

WCAG 2.2, Section 508, and global accessibility standards.
Transparent and Accountable

Full documentation, audit support, and responsive incident management.

Developer Community of Practice

Join a vibrant network of developers, partners, and D2L experts. Access forums, blogs, code samples, and direct support channels to share knowledge, solve challenges, and accelerate your Brightspace integrations.

SIS & Rostering Standards

Manage data imports, enrolments, and section/course associations. D2L’s Integration Pack for Student Information Systems (IPSIS) family of products support you in managing data imports, enrolments, and section/course associations.

Choose the best fit: OneRoster (CSV/REST), LIS v2.0, Ellucian ILP or D2L Standard CSV or an API integration.

Integrate any SIS/SRS/HRIS that can export CSV. Automate users, courses and enrolments even with delta uploads, validation mode, and selfserve admin mapping.

IPSIS includes extensible handlers and background services for bulk and real- time operations.

LTI Standards

Access standards-based tools for securely passing user, organisation, and course information between Brightspace and external learning tools.

Brightspace is fully compliant with 1EdTech LTI Advantage Complete (v1.3), supporting Deep Linking v2.0, Assignment and Grade Services (AGS) v2.0, and Names and Roles Provisioning Services (NRPS) v2.0. Legacy LTI versions (v1.0, v1.1, v1.1.2) are also supported for backward compatibility and flexible integration.

Brightspace API

Build, connect, and automate with secure, RESTful APIs and OAuth 2.0. Manage users, courses, grades, and more—using any programming language.

Brightspace’s open APIs are Apache 2.0 licensed and organised by resource type for clarity and scalability.

Developers benefit from comprehensive documentation, SDKs, shared code libraries, and ready-made Postman collections, making integration and workflow automation straightforward.

Custom Apps (NEW)

Unlock endless possibilities with custom apps and integrations. Build bespoke solutions using Brightspace’s open APIs, SDKs, and shared code libraries—tailored to your institution’s needs and workflows.

Authentication & Service Accounts

Secure, scalable integrations with OAuth 2.0 support for single sign-on (SSO). Use service account users to automate tasks and manage permissions, ensuring safe, role-based access for every connected app.

D2L Link

Automate time-consuming manual tasks, ensure data accuracy and free up your team to focus on what matters most.

Connect Brightspace to your everyday systems—CRM, HRIS, BI tools, and more—with pre-built and custom connectors. Automate manual tasks, improve data accuracy, and streamline workflows, all delivered and maintained by D2L experts for reliable integration.

API Toolkit

Automate and extend Brightspace with open APIs—work in any programming language. Developers can get hands-on quickly with comprehensive SDKs, ready-made Postman collections, browser-based test tools, and a rich library of shared code on GitHub.

Full documentation and community support make it easy to build custom workflows, integrate external systems, and rapidly prototype or troubleshoot solutions.

Comprehensive Privacy Commitment

Privacy by Design: D2L’s Privacy Center outlines a robust data protection programme, ensuring privacy is embedded in every product and service. D2L does not sell or use learner data for advertising, and you retain full control over your data.
Global Regulatory Compliance: Brightspace supports GDPR, UK GDPR, FERPA, COPPA, PIPEDA, LGPD, CCPA, PDPA, DPDPA, and more. Data is hosted in compliance with local laws, and D2L maintains up-to-date privacy policies and incident response plans.
Transparency & Control: Users can access and manage their personal data, and institutions can configure privacy settings to meet their requirements.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Certified & Audited: D2L holds ISO 27001:2022, ISO 27018, ISO 27017, ISO 27701, SOC 1 Type 2, SOC 2 Type 2, and CSA STAR certifications, demonstrating rigorous security management and privacy controls. View certifications.
Secure Infrastructure: Hosted on AWS, Brightspace benefits from world-class physical and cloud security, regular risk assessments, and continuous monitoring for threats.
Security Best Practices: All D2L staff complete annual privacy and security training. Platform security includes SSO, TLS encryption, OWASP Top Ten development standards, and robust backup/recovery processes.

Accessibility & Compliance

Accessibility First: Testing combines automated and manual methods, with input from assistive technology users and our client-led Accessibility Interest Group. Accessibility is not a checklist—it’s a commitment to continuous improvement and empowering all learners.
Transparent, Standards-Based Accessibility: D2L Brightspace’s accessibility programme is mature and cross-functional, guided by the latest standards (WCAG 2.1, Section 508, EN 301 549). Accessibility is embedded throughout our product lifecycle, with exceptions raised as high-priority defects and tracked transparently. Our Accessibility Conformance Report (VPAT® 2.4 INTL) details support for WCAG 2.1 Levels A, AA, AAA, Section 508, and EN 301 549, including partial support and available workarounds.
Continuous Improvement: D2L actively participates in 1EdTech advisory boards and standards development, ensuring ongoing compliance and innovation.
Accessibility First: Brightspace is fully compliant with WCAG 2.1 AAA & WCAG 2.2, Section 508, EN 301 549, and WAI-ARIA guidelines, ensuring inclusive learning for all users.

Accessibility at D2L

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