Brightspace Pulse

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Description of App

Stay connected to learning anytime, anywhere with Brightspace Pulse.

Brightspace Pulse gives learners and their authorized parents and guardians a convenient way to follow coursework, deadlines, progress, and important updates.

Learners can:

- Access their course content

- View important dates and deadlines across their courses

- Manage upcoming and overdue coursework

- Receive notifications for Announcements, Grades, Quizzes, Assignments, Activity Feed posts, and more

- Access supported course content offline, including video and audio

- Participate in Activity Feed discussions

- Open Brightspace in a browser to complete additional activities

Parents and guardians can:

- View upcoming and overdue work, grades, shared Portfolio items, and classroom updates

- Receive notifications about quizzes and assignments with upcoming due dates

- Follow multiple learners from one account, when supported by their school or organization

Features vary by role and by your institution or organization’s Brightspace configuration. An account provided by your school, district, or organization is required. Parent and guardian access must be enabled by the learner’s school or organization.

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Version

2.2409.703

Free or Paid

Free

Device(s) App Was Tested On

iPhone

iOS Version

18.0

Accessibility Comments

D2L has done a lot of work to make both their website and app fully accessible, and their efforts are not going unnoticed. I have no complaints about its accessibility whatsoever.

VoiceOver Performance

VoiceOver reads all page elements.

Button Labeling

All buttons are clearly labeled.

Usability

The app is fully accessible with VoiceOver and is easy to navigate and use.

Other Comments

This app has been useful. My college uses it and it's easy to see announcements, new assignments posted, grades, etc. For users of D2L, I recommend this app.

Recommendations

2 people have recommended this app

Most recently recommended by tunmi13 1 year 10 months ago

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Comments

By Tactile Dragon on Saturday, September 28, 2024 - 20:57

I think that Blackboard needs to take a page out of D2l's book and work on their app.