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Embrace the Future of Learning
With Competency-Based Education

Competency-based education (CBE) allows learners to advance based on their own ability to master a skill or competency at their own pace, regardless of environment. This method is tailored to meet a variety of learning abilities and can lead to better student outcomes.

D2L Brightspace is a leading CBE platform, built for offering powerful, individualized learning at scale.

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CBE Options Tailored to
Every Learner

Whether you’re starting from scratch or refreshing your existing course offerings, Brightspace has the competency-based education tools and features you need to transform your classroom.

Unleash Student Potential
With CBE Learning

It’s easier to integrate technology that enhances your classroom and supports students to reach their full potential when you use the right tools.

Provide Instructional Flexibility

Personalize the Learning Experience

Access Powerful Assessment Options

Increase Engagement with Gamification

Accessibility

Expertise and Support

Provide Instructional Flexibility

Create, add and edit dynamic content aligned to outcomes.

POPULAR FEATURES

  • Content

    Creating and adding content aligned to outcomes is a breeze. Integrate links, video, audio and content from 3rd party apps.

  • HTML Templates

    Create high-quality, scalable content with accessible, easy to use and professionally designed HTML templates.

  • Integrations

    Continue using tools such as Google Drive and OneDrive without having to leave the Brightspace platform.

Personalize the Learning Experience

Automate personalized reminders and nudges based on achievements, actions or behaviors.

POPULAR FEATURES

  • Accommodations

    Set quiz time extensions and multipliers that persist across all quizzes in a course.

  • Special Access

    Extend deadlines for assignments, surveys or quizzes for specific groups of learners.

  • Intelligent Agents

    Automate reminders that keep students on track.

  • Release Conditions

    Create custom learning paths by automatically releasing content based on learner achievements.

Access Powerful Assessment Options

Instructors can provide formative, summative, and other types of feedback to students through mediums including video, audio and more.

POPULAR FEATURES

  • Gradebook

    Easily set up a grading system and connect it to learning activities.

  • Rubrics

    Create or use existing rubrics to streamline your grading workflow.

  • Assignments

    Create and edit multiple assignments types, view submissions, associate assignments to rubrics and competencies, and return submissions with grades and feedback.

  • Quizzes

    Build quizzes using varying question types, configure settings to meet learner needs and leverage auto-grading to streamline workflows.

  • Competencies

    Evaluate knowledge, skillfulness and abilities as students move through learning experiences.

  • Advanced Originality Detection

    Ensure originality with embedded text analysis tools that identify potential plagiarism, paraphrasing and AI-generated writing.

Increase Engagement with Gamification

Issue awards as learners progress through learning materials based on learning objectives, grades, content completion and more.

POPULAR FEATURES

  • Awards Leaderboard

    Issue merit-based awards and have students collect badges or certificates as they progress through courses, encouraging friendly competition.

Accessibility

Meet the needs of today’s on-the-go learner. Brightspace can be accessed from any device so that learning can happen anywhere, anytime.

POPULAR FEATURES

  • Responsive

    Intuitive, mobile-first design provides a complete learning experience that works on any device.

  • Pulse

    Brightspace Pulse is a mobile app providing students with one easy view of course calendars, readings, assignments, evaluations, grades and news.

Expertise and Support

Whether you’re just starting out or are looking to transform your existing CBE program, our team of experts are ready to support you.

POPULAR FEATURES

  • CBE-Specific offerings

    Support includes Getting Started with CBE, Strategic CBE Planning, Course Uplift for CBE and Change Management for CBE.

What Others Are Achieving With CBE

  • 82%
    retention rate with CBE programs
  • 66%
    Reduced learning costs by 66%
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  • 2×
    Graduation rates for CBE students were double that of non-CBE students over the three year period of Sinclair’s first CBE program offerings
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The Power To Elevate Education Is Yours

Create unforgettable learning experiences with Brightspace. We have the technology, expertise and passion to help you and your learners achieve more than they ever thought possible.

  • Reach everyone with equitable access for all learners.

  • Teach and learn anytime, anywhere with industry-leading mobile design.

  • Get 99.9% uptime and peace of mind that our platforms are almost never down.

  • Connect your favourite tools to easily build the learning ecosystem of your dreams.

  • Count on rock-solid security with ISO27001, ISO27018 and ISO27017 certifications to keep your data safe.

  • Adopt with ease whether you’re a novice or pro. D2L platforms are easy to use and easy to learn.

Get a Free Demo

See what Brightspace can do for you with a free, personalized demo. Give us 20 minutes. We’ll give you more than two decades of experience helping organizations hit their goals.

  • Get all your questions answered—no sales pitch, no obligations
  • Discover tools and features that will help you the most
  • Hear how organizations like yours use Brightspace
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Recognized for Service Excellence, Driven by Your Goals

Technology is just one part of the solution. From platform migration, course design to tailored service and everything in between, organizations like yours choose D2L for our award-winning and personalized approach to customer success, professional services and proactive support.

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See D2L Brightspace in Action

Our team of educators, instructional designers and subject matter experts are ready to guide you through the creation or optimization of your CBE courses.

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George Hanshaw With CBE and D2L Brightspace, we’re giving students the remote control for their learning. They can fast forward, pause, rewind, or do whatever they need to make the experience work best for them. George HanshawDirector of e‑learning operationsLos Angeles Pacific University (LAPU)

Frequently Asked CBE Questions

What is Competency-based Education?

Competency-based education (CBE) allows learners to advance based on their own ability to master a skill or competency at their own pace, regardless of environment. This method is tailored to meet a variety of learning abilities and can lead to better student outcomes. D2L Brightspace is a leading CBE platform, built for offering powerful, individualized learning at scale.

What other higher education institutions are using Brightspace for CBE?

We currently partner with a number of universities and colleges who are using Brightspace to power their CBE programs, including Texas A&M University-Commerce, Valdosta State University, Sinclair Community College and SNHU.