Faculty are being asked to do more with less. As course setup, grading, content updates and new tools add up, time shifts away from teaching, student support and research.
Disconnected Tools Create More Work
When course authoring, grading, communication and analytics live in separate systems, faculty lose time moving between platforms instead of focusing on students.
Repetitive Tasks Drain Time and Energy
Rebuilding courses each term, updating content and repeating the same setup work makes teaching harder to sustain at scale.
New Capabilities Can Add Complexity
AI and other tools can help, but only when they fit into real teaching workflows. Without that connection, they often create more effort—not less.
Limited Visibility Delays Student Support
When insight into student progress is hard to find, faculty have to spend more time searching for signals and less time acting on them.
Brightspace is purpose-built for teaching and learning. It’s where faculty can work all- in-one place, with interconnected capabilities that streamline administration.
Generate quiz questions, discussions and draft feedback with AI that stays within the platform.
Brightspace surfaces early warning signals automatically, so faculty can reach out to struggling students before it becomes a retention problem.
Faced with administrative friction across departments and faculty stretched across disconnected systems, Purdue adopted Brightspace as a unified platform — centralizing teaching tools and reducing the overhead that was pulling instructors away from research and students.
of faculty members are satisfied with Brightspace at Purdue.
“Brightspace is our faculty’s highest-rated and most-used instructional technology.”
Faculty
Less time on administration. Easier course design. Reduced burnout and stronger retention.
Students
Faster, more meaningful feedback. More engaging and consistent learning experiences.
Institution
Higher course quality at scale. Improved faculty satisfaction. More efficient program delivery.
Talk to a Brightspace specialist about how your institution can reduce faculty workload without sacrificing course quality.
