Brightspace for New York

Brightspace + New York

New York we are here to support you through back to school, D2L is more than just another educational technology company and Brightspace is more than just another LMS. New York’s K-12 schools and universities partner with D2L to leverage the Brightspace platform everyday to improve access to high-quality learning opportunities and student outcomes. For years now, schools in New York have trusted that D2L as their partner in teaching and learning. Our goal is to make sure that ALL New York students reach their fullest potential.

A New Door to the Classroom

The pandemic has exposed a major gap in plans for education continuity during a time of crisis.

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What are the advantages to Brightspace for New York?

Easy-to-use communication tools like Brightspace Portfolio, Discussion board, activity feed, and more!
Simple workflow to enhance pre-created content with your own resources
Video tools for providing feedback, connecting face-to-face, and more
Students can demonstrate learning in a variety of ways and teachers can assess and share feedback using video, audio, text, and rubrics
Integrates with third-party tools including Google Drive™ online storage service and SIS systems
D2L takes privacy and security as well as accessibility seriously
Products designed to be accessible offline to empower learners with disabilities
Access to subscription training to enable teachers going from face-to-face teaching to online
And more!

Access to Brightspace means:

Worry-free technology with 99.9% uptime rate

Equitable and inclusive: Brightspace is accessible regardless of abilities, means, location, or device

Easy to scale: D2L has experience scaling schools, school districts, and more

Safe and secure: ISO 27001:2013 Certification and SOC 2 compliance

Mobile friendly: Brightspace is the only leading learning management platform designed for mobile

Access to hundreds of video tutorials designed to help administrators, instructors, and learners get the most out of Brightspace products and features.

Support is available 24x7x365

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We’d been using all these clunky LMS platforms and getting frustrated. Brightspace is the first tool we found that doesn’t put a barrier between us and our goals, so getting teachers on board and building new courses is really straightforward.

– Dr John VanWagoner, Superintendent, Alpena Public Schools

COVID-19 and Learning Continuity

Online learning allows for the continuation of learning and instruction in times of school closures. We know that health and safety is the first priority right now. We’re here to help as you work to fit educational continuity into your emergency response.

Learn more about COVID-19 and Learning Continuity

Guidelines from Gwinnett—Moving from blended to online learning

Listen to our recent webinar with Gwinnett County Public Schools (just outside of Atlanta, Georgia) to learn strategies on how to prepare teachers, students, parents, and administrations for the switch from blended to fully online learning.

Watch the webinar