Brightspace

Avantages

Everything about this software is super user-friendly they think about the student when they made this it’s not hard to years. It’s not hard to follow as long as you do the tutorials and follow what they say. At the beginning you can’t go wrong there’s nothing negative I can say about it. I’ve never had any issues using this and I’ve used this software at two different colleges. Hands down the best.

Inconvénients

There’s only one thing that I kind of don’t really understand is the virtual classroom thing I’ve still not understood why some places use the virtual product classroom and sign the right space software and some don’t but I think that’s more of a college preference instead of a software preference to bright space

Avantages

So user friendly, easy to navigate, aesthetic but also functionally designed

Inconvénients

Email system is a little archaic, could be changed to a chat system

Avantages

I enjoy the way in which the content or each class is organized.

Inconvénients

I am not a fan of the amount of email notifications sent by Brightspace (discussions, announcements, etc.). If you do not want to receive any of these notifications, you have to unsubscribe from each thread. It is timely and clutters the inbox.

Avantages

Very trustable
Visibility of team productivity
Helpful students reports

Inconvénients

Hard to assemble
Negotiation complicated
Small support

Avantages

It's easy to add content and grade. Organization of a course is logical, and it doesn't require a lot of training to use, whether from an instructor or student standpoint.

Inconvénients

Zeros are entered automatically for quiz and test questions that must be manually graded, which causes my students to stress at their initial grades. Keeping the initial grade hidden until those questions can be addressed would be nice.

Avantages

When used well it is great to have everything I need all in one place, course readings, assignments and lecture content is easily accessible

Inconvénients

The bar along the top takes up so much space on IOS that it is difficult to read PDFs, I wish this was a feature I could toggle on and off.

Avantages

Easy for students to learn how to use and calendar feature is also really helpful for keeping track of upcoming deadlines and events.

Inconvénients

The appearance isn't very sleek. Sometimes the layout can be confusing at times. everything can feels a bit scattered.

Avantages

It’s extremely customizable, but no matter how each course might be built, there is a feeling of familiarity. I love the assessments, open ended plugins to embed for my faculty, user support, and the student experience.

I really love the course builder. It’s an easy to use yet extremely effective tool.

Inconvénients

I would say the fact that it is so customizable and open ended at first is daunting to faculty. However with proper training and support, my faculty have really excelled with the LMS.

Avantages

BrightSpace includes all of the typical features of any LMS. However, D2L has improved the platform over time and has made the system more intuitive and user friendly. I also use CourseDen (the higher ed version of BrightSpace) for my college courses and the features are essentially the same with a few differences. However, the two platforms are enough alike that, once you know one system, learning to use the other one is a cinch. The features allow for very specific customization of assessments, discussions, and other features. I have built my own courses within the LMS, so I am familiar with a majority of the features and capabilities of the LMS.

Avantages

I like that you can attend classes on your phone or on your computer using brightspace.

Inconvénients

Viewing the instructor, power point , and the chat is not possible. You can only do either the chat view slides or the teacher.

Avantages

I like this LMS because it gives us the necessary functions to manage online learning. I also really liked the user interface and being able to create content and grade intuitively.

Inconvénients

Everything is going well except the analysis which usually gives some problems.

Avantages

Brightspace is straightforward and to the point. Developing courses in Brightspace is simple and the end result is quite beautiful and attractive for students.

Inconvénients

Brightspace lacks many features of other LMSs such as Canvas and Blackboard.

Avantages

Brightspace is very intuitive; users can jump into the LMS and figure out what they need to do with little to no instructions.
I like the power it gives admins to build in automation and customize how students work through the course. This is done via intelligent agents and release conditions.
Brightspace just looks great. Is the most aesthetically pleasing LMS on the market as far as I have seen.

Inconvénients

The platform seems more geared toward traditional schooling systems rather than asynchronous models at times. For example, there is no easy way for students to add their own due dates to assessments; they can only be added for the entire course, which does not work when students are all pacing differently. Brightspace for Parents is also not as strong as I would have expected. There seems to be limited features and out parents are just not really interested in using it.

Alternatives envisagées 

Edsby, Canvas et Schoology

Pourquoi choisir Brightspace 

We were looking for something that worked well out of the box. D2L manages all of the updating of the system, hosting, etc. Using something like Moodle requires at least one person on the team with a strong tech background. Brightspace can be run with little to no tech experience.

Logiciel antérieur 

Moodle

Pourquoi passer à Brightspace

We felt Brightspace packed in the most functionality and also looked (and felt the best).

Avantages

The most impactful features of BrightSpace are discussion opportunities, auto-grading, and navigation.

Inconvénients

The cost of the LMS is the only drawback.

Avantages

It is a pretty standard educational online platform for E-Learning. Was able to pick up how to use Brightspace in a short learning curve.

Inconvénients

School switched to Brightspace without any real transition from previous platform. This made it a bit difficult for faculty and students to transition to this new platform.

Avantages

Numerous design and layout options
Embedded templates for rubrics and assignments

Inconvénients

Some functionality is not intuitive in nature

Avantages

The ease of use. Some of it may be how my university has set it up for the faculty, but I can jump right into a classroom and figure out what to do next. Grading is easy.

Inconvénients

I think the Discussion area could be set up a little more user friendly. For instance, It's a little hard to see what discussions have been responded to and where I need to put my focus in responding back to students.

Avantages

The simplicity of navigation is amazing. I have to navigate through multiple courses within Brightspace, and it's very well organized and categorized. Which makes school all the easier. There is never any confusion regarding what I am trying to find, and how to find it.

Inconvénients

The only negative thing I can say about Brightspace is the inability to access previous courses and work submitted within the courses. With that being said, I believe that is a school-based setting, and not a fault of Brightspace.

Avantages

Brightspace really helps to make learning more accessible for students and instructors alike. There's a bit of a learning curve, but once the tools are familiar, they allow for great options.

Inconvénients

It may be a local configuration issue, but we've used Brightspace for six years and I still can't get it to forward messages to my actual e-mail. I can get 15 different notifications, but none of them are for new e-mail.

Avantages

This LMS is an upgrade from Sakai. The overall platform is more aesthetically pleasing. Some added features like uploading of video and student-teacher interaction capacity. Grading interface is more professional and user-friendly; before you had to cut and paste, now the rubrics are embedded.

Inconvénients

I've been using it for almost two years and am only now discovering features. The company should provide schools with a new user training webinar or course. I feel that there are so many untapped resources.

Avantages

Right space is easy to navigate and very user friendly.

Inconvénients

I found everything easy to use and applicable

Avantages

So much in this product that I like! Very easy to design courses and teach students using it

Inconvénients

Sometimes it is difficult to find the results of the test - for me it is not obvious where to get them and it takes some times

Avantages

It’s good that it can be linked to the official roster for the class. The self-grading tests are a good idea.

Inconvénients

Every part of day to day classroom activities is a headache with brightspace. My students hated it. I could never find a way to make it work. The design is unappealing. I waited to get the OK from my administration that I could switch to Google Classroom and I did that instant.

Avantages

As a first time, online user, this software was very easy to use and navigate. This online learning program helped me because everything was located in one place and I did not have to change my daily schedule since everything was online. It is very neat and clean and pleasing to look at.

Inconvénients

It is hard to get in contact with people in the beginning until you get used to the software. The messaging and email system has to be connected to your student email sometimes, and sometimes you just have to try to send a private message.

Avantages

I used this as both student and teacher as the university purchased it. It was easy to learn, use, and start with. from both sides. Teachers were able to customize a little bit. You are able to see students' last log in time.

Inconvénients

Wish more students' activity tracking data being available.