Brightspace is the University’s virtual learning environment developed by Desire 2 Learn (D2L). Brightspace was introduced to a few select courses for the academic year 17/18, with the full implementation now underway.

Brightspace has many features:

• The ability to easily modify module content with the drag and drop interface.
• Add multimedia and external links such as YouTube or Vimeo via the Insert Stuff button.
• Provide video feedback to students with the Video Note tool.
• Create quizzes, surveys, discussions, blogs, and more to provide a more engaging learning experience.
• Compare students’ performance with one another in the module using the Module Progress dashboard.
• View individual student’s performance, such as viewing their grades, login history, course access, and more, all in one place.
• Attach release conditions to content in order to choose which users get access to the content.
• Email students through Intelligent Agents to congratulate them on doing well or encourage students to access particular content in order to improve their performance.

See below for guides and advice on using Brightspace:

We also have a blog called Quick Tips which provides a range of quick tips (usually videos of up to 2 mins long) to remind the staff about various Brightspace and Microsoft Teams features and their benefits for teaching & learning or to introduce new functionality. So please also visit and subscribe to that site!

Additional Information

• Brightspace v Teams and other Tools – Which Tool do I use?
• Brightspace Pulse Mobile Application

• Brightspace Community
• Have an Idea for a Brightspace Enhancement? Find out about PIE
• Digital Accessibility

Contact Details

If you have any questions regarding Brightspace, please contact your school’s LTA.