<s>
D2L	B-Application
(	O
or	O
Desire2Learn	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
Canada-based	O
global	O
software	O
company	O
with	O
offices	O
in	O
Australia	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
Singapore	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2L	B-Application
is	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
Brightspace	O
learning	B-Application
management	I-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
software	I-Architecture
suite	O
used	O
by	O
schools	O
,	O
higher	O
educational	O
institutions	O
,	O
and	O
businesses	O
for	O
online	O
and	O
blended	O
classroom	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acronym	O
D2L	B-Application
is	O
short	O
for	O
Desire2Learn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2L	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1999	O
by	O
Canadian	O
entrepreneur	O
John	O
Baker	O
,	O
who	O
became	O
president	O
and	O
CEO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
founded	O
D2L	B-Application
while	O
studying	O
systems	O
design	O
engineering	O
during	O
his	O
third	O
year	O
at	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Waterloo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2022	O
,	O
D2L	B-Application
laid	O
off	O
roughly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
D2L	B-Application
first	O
introduced	O
support	O
for	O
Competency	O
Based	O
Education	O
,	O
and	O
launched	O
an	O
integrated	O
ePortfolio	O
product	O
to	O
allow	O
learners	O
to	O
document	O
their	O
own	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
D2L	B-Application
was	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
National	O
Federation	O
of	O
the	O
Blind	O
for	O
its	O
leadership	O
in	O
Accessibility	O
with	O
the	O
Dr.	O
Jacob	O
Bolotin	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
D2L	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
beta	O
of	O
a	O
redesigned	O
interface	O
using	O
responsive	B-General_Concept
web	I-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
to	O
offer	O
full	O
functionality	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
which	O
saw	O
general	O
release	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2L	B-Application
's	O
first	O
virtual	B-Protocol
learning	I-Protocol
environment	I-Protocol
clients	O
included	O
University	O
of	O
Guelph	O
,	O
Virtual	O
High	O
School	O
(	O
Ontario	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Waterloo	O
and	O
Fanshawe	O
College	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brightspace	O
was	O
built	O
using	O
microservices	O
and	O
operates	O
as	O
a	O
software	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
service	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
incorporates	O
Web	B-Language
Components	I-Language
and	O
Google	B-Language
Polymer	I-Language
,	O
HTML5	B-Application
,	O
and	O
responsive	B-General_Concept
web	I-General_Concept
design	I-General_Concept
to	O
provide	O
a	O
user	O
interface	O
that	O
can	O
work	O
on	O
any	O
mobile	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brightspace	O
combines	O
a	O
Learning	B-Protocol
Environment	I-Protocol
,	O
ePortfolio	O
,	O
Learning	O
Repository	O
,	O
Video	O
Recorder	O
,	O
Virtual	O
Classroom	O
,	O
and	O
Mobile	O
apps	O
,	O
in	O
one	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2020	O
,	O
Brightspace	O
signed	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Stockholm-based	O
edtech	O
company	O
RepresentEdTech	O
to	O
resell	O
and	O
distribute	O
its	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
learning	B-Protocol
platform	I-Protocol
in	O
the	O
Nordic	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
adaptive	B-Application
learning	I-Application
engine	O
personalizes	O
the	O
content	O
for	O
each	O
learner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Learning	O
Analytics	O
and	O
Intelligent	B-General_Concept
Agents	I-General_Concept
provide	O
early	O
intervention	O
to	O
help	O
learners	O
and	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
data	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
make	O
improvements	O
based	O
upon	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Fast	O
Company	O
recognized	O
D2L	B-Application
as	O
a	O
leader	O
in	O
Data	O
Science	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
D2L	B-Application
entered	O
the	O
massive	O
open	O
online	O
course	O
MOOC	O
market	O
to	O
support	O
MOOC	O
pioneers	O
Stephen	O
Downes	O
and	O
George	O
Siemens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
University	O
of	O
Tasmania	O
used	O
D2L	B-Application
's	O
MOOC	O
platform	O
for	O
tens	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
learners	O
with	O
more	O
than	O
70%	O
of	O
those	O
students	O
starting	O
the	O
courses	O
finishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
D2L	B-Application
's	O
services	O
include	O
:	O
a	O
cloud-based	B-Architecture
learning	O
system	O
,	O
end-user	O
help	O
desk	O
support	O
,	O
technical	O
account	O
management	O
,	O
technical	O
data	O
management	O
,	O
advisory	O
consulting	O
,	O
program	O
management	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
course	O
development	O
,	O
customization	O
,	O
and	O
accessibility	O
design	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
