So Much More Than a Learning Management System
Packed with powerful tools, customizable content and best-in-class service and support, Brightspace leaves the limitations of other LMS providers in the dust. Create personalized learning at scale and help learners realize their true potential with a learning innovation platform that’s evolved as purposefully as education itself.
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1,300 international organisations
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Deliver Great Results—
No Matter Where, How, or Who You Teach
A flexible and powerful learning innovation platform, Brightspace is built for learning at every stage of life—from the earliest days of school to higher education and beyond.
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Why Brightspace?
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Unlock New Possibilities
Leverage powerful and robust tools made to help educators create more impactful learning experiences.
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Eliminate Routine Tasks
Free up time to focus on what matters most—helping learners unlock their potential.
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Make Smarter Decisions
Uncover insight into your data with power analytics right at your fingertips.
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Educate Anywhere
Deliver high-quality learning experiences anywhere, anytime, on any device.
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Reach All Learners
Deliver a learning experience that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age or ability.
Serves Learners Today,
Evolves With You Tomorrow
Brightspace is packed with features to help you digitise, optimise and transform the learning experience.
Digitise Courses
Optimise Outcomes
Transform Experiences
Digitise Courses
Today’s tech-savvy learners expect modern learning experiences that offer maximum choice and flexibility—even in face-to-face courses.
Give them what they need to succeed.
POPULAR FEATURES
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Content Experience
Keep the learning experience engaging by adding content using the Brightspace Editor or by linking to Google Drive, One Drive, web links, videos, external learning activities, and more. An intuitive interface and built-in templates make it easy for educators to design courses and create content aligned to outcomes.
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Discussion Boards
Encourage learners to share thoughts with their peers in Discussions. Set up forums and topics for them to ask questions, discuss course content and assignments, and work together in assigned groups and sections.
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Outcomes-based Assessments
Connect curriculum or course expectations to learning activities, assess learners against those expectations, and view progress over time.
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Video Note
Record videos and add them anywhere the Brightspace Editor is available. To help ensure everyone can learn without barriers, closed captions are automatically created.
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Mobile-first Design
An industry-leading mobile experience supports learners on any device through a responsive design that adapts to any screen size. Plus, mobile apps that optimise common tasks are available.
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Accessibility
Award-winning accessibility features make it easy for learners to navigate tools using assistive technologies. Educators are empowered to support every learner by ensuring conformance through the Accessibility Checker, implementing quiz accommodations, granting special access, or adding release conditions based on individual needs.
Optimise Outcomes
Personalise learning and make smarter teaching decisions backed by data. Save time by automating tasks and boost learner engagement.
Make use of the tools that can help improve student outcomes.
POPULAR FEATURES
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Gradebook and Mastery View
Set up a grading system for your course and connect it to your learning activities in the Gradebook. View and understand the overall level of achievement of learners related to each outcome being taught in a course with Mastery View.
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Rubrics
Create rubrics at the organisation, department, or course level (or use existing ones) to help streamline your grading workflow.
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Advanced Analytics and Reporting in Performance+
Interact with your data by using Insights Adoption, Course and Learner Engagement, and Assessment Quality dashboards as part of our Performance+ package. Create reports, visualisations, and communicate results effectively across your institution/organisation with the Insights Report Builder.
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Predictive Analytics
Predictive analytics and visual diagnostics in our Performance+ add-on package can help educators identify at-risk learners in a course and take action to help them improve.
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Peer Review
Expose learners to multiple perspectives by having them give and receive feedback on their peers’ Video Assignments.
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Awards
Issue sharable merit-based badges and certificates as learners progress through learning materials. This form of inspirational recognition does not contribute to a final grade but acknowledges accomplishments and progress throughout a course or program.
Transform Experiences
Implement advanced learning modalities to further personalise the experience. From mastery-based learning to competency-based models, Brightspace supports the most effective online or blended learning approaches.
Deliver a modern education that suits every learner.
POPULAR FEATURES
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Intelligent Agents
Automate reminders to provide a helpful nudge to keep learners on track and inspire them to reach their full potential.
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Release Conditions
Create custom learning paths through your course by automatically releasing enrichment or remedial content based on learner achievement.
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Course Publisher
Easily distribute updated versions of courses to any LMS. Manage access licenses, collect meaningful analytics, and support a seamless learner experience.
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Portfolio
Empower learners to capture photos or videos of their learning as it happens, record their thoughts and reflections, and then share them with instructors. Learners can manage their Portfolio year after year to demonstrate growth over time tied to their learning outcomes.
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Annotations
Annotate document submissions inside your course without having to download the file. Provide inline contextual feedback on assignment submissions such as comments, free-hand drawing, shapes, and more.
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Audio and Video Feedback
Provide meaningful feedback on audio and video assignment submissions using built-in annotation tools.
Brightspace
Benefits at a Glance
Built for people who care deeply about helping all learners reach their potential.
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Access
Learn at an individual pace, anytime—and on any device.
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Personalisation
Engage learners with timely, personalised feedback that supports growth and development.
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Flexibility
Teach the way you want (with the tools you love) on a flexible platform you can make your own.
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Efficiency
Automate administrative tasks and help free up time to personalise the student learning experience.
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Transformation
Easily transform the physical classroom experience into a high-quality online learning experience.
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Centralise
Support credit, non-credit, and professional development goals on a single platform.
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Partnership
Thrive in an educators’ community that grows with you to support the future of learning.
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Experience
Reach your institutional/organisational goals faster with a partner that brings more than 20 years of learning expertise.
Powerful Alone, but Even Better Together
Getting Started With Brightspace Is Easy
Our team is ready to help you reshape the future of learning.