Brightspace 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

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Overview

Brightspace

4.2

(234)

Pricing

Pricing available upon request

About Brightspace

Brightspace is a learning management system designed to transform the learning experience. It supports unique learning journeys and empowers organizations across various sectors to create personalized educational experiences.

The platform simplifies the process of creating and delivering engaging, interactive, and accessible course content. It provides actionable insights through data and analytics, allowing organizations to analyze trends and make data-driven decisions.

Brightspace integrates with a variety of third-party tools and platforms, offering a flexible and customizable approach, ensuring a smooth transition and the ability to leverage existing investments, creating a scalable learning solution.

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Brightspace Features

Features of Brightspace
Academic/Education
Activity Dashboard
API
Assessment Management
Assignment Management
Asynchronous Learning
Blended Learning
Built-in Course Authoring
Built-in LMS
Certification & Licensing
Collaboration Tools
Communication Management
Content Library
Content Management
Corporate/Business
Course Management
Course Publishing
Course Tracking
Curriculum Management
Dashboard
Discussions/Forums
Drag & Drop
eLearning Companies
Engagement Tracking
Enrollment Confirmation
Faculty/Staff Management
Feedback Management
For Higher Education
Gamification
Gradebook
Interactive Content
K-12
Learner Portal
Learning Management
Learning Paths/Tracks
Media Import
Mobile Learning
Parent Portal
Progress Reports
Progress Tracking
Real-time Broadcasting
Reporting/Analytics
SCORM Compliance
Screen Sharing
Self-paced Learning
Social Learning
Storyboarding
Student Information/Records
Student Management
Student Portal
Synchronous Learning
Tests/Assessments
Third-Party Integrations
Training Administration
Training Management
Video Conferencing
Video Management
Video Support
Virtual Classroom
Whiteboard

Brightspace Integrations

Microsoft 365

Google Workspace

Integrity Advocate

Go1

Copyleaks

Adobe Connect

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Brightspace User Reviews

Overall Rating

4.2

Ratings Breakdown

50%

36%

Secondary Ratings

Ease of Use

4.1

Value for money

4.0

Customer support

4.1

Functionality

4.2

Joe R.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

11-50 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

A real review of brightspace

Overall I'm very happy with Brightspace and would recommend it to anyone that may be looking for a web based learning platform

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Brightspace is a great tool for advancing online learning. It offers great value and has very good customer support.

Cons:

Brightspace can be a little clunky and laggy at times. I have also noticed that sometimes it will not fully load causing you to have to manually refresh.

Geeta T.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

1001-5000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed January 2025

Functional & Aesthetic

Daily usage, it is such a pleasure to work with as it is a well designed interface that is very easy to navigate

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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

Cons:

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

Reasons for switching to Brightspace

Ease of use and functionality, so much easier to navigate, great design, not overwhelming or "boring"

Catherine M.

Verified reviewer

Graphic Design

Self-Employed

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed June 2025

Lifesaver as a Student

I still love Brightspace. I find it easier than Moodle or Canvas. The experience is user friendly that even an older adult could use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Previously 4

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Brightspace makes my life easier as a student. Everything I need for my class is right there. It is very easy to navigate.

Cons:

Sometimes when you need a book like Connect, it is difficult to load the book. Also logs you out after inactivity.

Claire S.

Verified reviewer

Mental Health Care

11-50 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed December 2025

Brightspace (D2L)

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Brightspace was a simple tool to use for course management when completing online courses. The courses were clear and detailed.

Cons:

Brightspace had some bugs and functioning issues around discussion threads and boards. When going to post some threads would not allow you to respond due to and error.

Carol R.

Verified reviewer

E-Learning

1001-5000 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed February 2025

User friendly!

Logical and easy to use, especially coming off of programs like Canvas and Blackboard.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

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.

Cons:

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.

Reasons for switching to Brightspace

My college chose to move from Blackboard to Brightspace due to better functionality and features.

Louis A.

Verified reviewer

Higher Education

201-500 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed July 2025

Worst LMS ever

It wastes so much of the instructor's time as well as the students. All my students hate BS. Canvas was much easier to navigate, setup and use.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

There is nothing that I like about Brightspace. It is poorly designed, non-inuitive, and a general mess to get anything done.

Cons:

D2L Brightspace is the worst LMS that I have ever used. As an instructor it is not intuitive. Everything I need to do takes way too long, too many clicks and then it makes such a mess on the student end of things because it is full of bugs and no one at D2L cares. There is no reason why in 2025 I would need to contact our BS administrator every week for help. Their Help manuals make no sense and use a word-salad of vocabulary to describe something any normal person can say in 3 words. It is like they are desperately trying to sound smart; or they are so out of touch with the real world that they don't care how confusing and obtuse it all is. I would say to anyone considering using it, don't.

Reasons for switching to Brightspace

School decided to switch, it was not my decision

Paulina S.

Verified reviewer

Education Management

501-1000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed March 2025

Not recommended

Awful too many clicks to add anything to course . Course material is blunt and lacks the depth , difficult for students to navigate

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

Nothing , hard to find anything good about this platform

Cons:

Everything . Such time consuming platform. Have used many but this is by far the worst most time consuming one. It does not make my already busy schedule less busy, too many clicks and not well through.

Reasons for switching to Brightspace

Because of my company what can I say other. You make it even worst I. This form so we don’t leave bad reviews

Erika B.

Verified reviewer

Alternative Medicine

Self-Employed

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Detailed yet easy to navigate!

I used Brightspace as an employee at an organization that implemented Brightspace for training and compliance purposes. As an employee it was annoying because you had to actually click through during the training and couldn’t fast forward or just let it play. However as someone who has also had compliance responsibilities in the past, as annoying as it may have been as an employee, from a training and compliance aspect Brightspace was an excellent platform.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Functionality

Pros:

The learning modules were well put together and clearly conveyed the information and knowledge that was important for each module. It was also easy to track and see what was or wasn’t completed.

Cons:

It seemed like it was glitchy at times, my log in occasionally needed to be updated more than it seemed like it should because my credentials weren’t recognized. However that may have been more of an issue with our HR administrator and not actually any issue on the part of Brightspace.

Ethan B.

Verified reviewer

Automotive

2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review source

Reviewed December 2025

D2L review

Good especially for a program that is so diverse in the amount of things it can support as a program

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I liked how it is able to be used not just for management but also in the eduction space for schools

Cons:

It is a little wonky for programming wise, inconsistent with how it manages documents and assignments

Verified

Reviewer

Education Management

Self-Employed

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review source

Reviewed October 2025

Brightspace Review

Overall Brightspace is a pretty good platform for course management. I really like that I can use it very easily without having to dive deeper into the specifics of the platform.

Ratings Breakdown

Ease of use

Value for money

Customer support

Functionality

Pros:

I like that D2L is a centralized place to keep all my courses and I can switch between courses very quickly. Anything posted on D2L by my professor can be seen pretty quickly. The quizzes I take on D2L are also in a good format

Cons:

Its not for the website but the app does not show number grades or all the different days where the things are posted.

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