D2L Product Release | Year-End 2025
Smarter Workflows. Deeper Insights. Six Months of D2L Innovation.
From flexible assignment options to AI-powered tutoring, we’ve spent the last six months building features that reduce your workload and amplify learner success. Every update reflects what you told us you needed: tools that adapt to your style, support diverse learners, and keep you focused on what matters most: transforming lives through education.
Explore what’s new and discover how we’re helping you do more with D2L.
D2L Brightspace
When Learning Feels Effortless
You asked for flexibility, clarity and tools that actually save time. We listened. These updates remove friction from everyday tasks (from grading to course setup) so you can focus on creating meaningful learning experiences instead of managing technology.
Smarter Assessment & Feedback
Flexible Assignment Submissions
Give learners choice with text or file submission options and an enhanced text editor that supports diverse learning styles and accessibility needs.
Streamlined Bulk Feedback
Provide the same guidance to multiple learners at once in Assignments and Discussions, reducing repetitive work in large classes.
Printable Quizzes
Generate print-ready quizzes with shuffling, question pools, multiple versions and answer keys for offline testing, accommodations or practice materials.
Assessment Flexibility
Reopen quiz attempts so learners can continue where they left off and clear rubric selections without affecting written feedback when you need to start fresh.
Clearer Annotation Support
Visual indicators and helpful tooltips show which assignments support in-document feedback, ensuring you can provide highlighting, drawing and comments when needed.
Streamlined Course Management
Smarter Course Discovery
Find courses faster with enhanced filters by creation date or role, and update dates and status for multiple courses at once without leaving the Courses tab.
Source Course
Create perpetual templates that serve as a single source of truth for recurring content, with automatic redirects to the latest version.
Announcement Email Integration
Send announcements straight to every learner’s inbox with the new “Send Email Copy” checkbox to ensure time-sensitive updates never get missed.
Groups at Scale
Enroll up to 3,000 users per group with background processing, get notified when bulk enrollments complete, and delete unused groups without skipping a beat.
D2L Lumi
AI That Works the Way You Teach
We built D2L Lumi to do more than automate. It understands learning contexts, adapts to different needs and provides insights that help both educators and learners succeed. From instant support to personalized tutoring, D2L Lumi transforms how learning happens.
AI-Powered Support
D2L Lumi Chat
An in-platform assistant that answers course, tool and institutional support questions without leaving Brightspace, delivering AI-powered responses based on institutional and Brightspace help content.
Multi-Channel D2L Lumi Chat
Deploy D2L Lumi Chat beyond Brightspace to institutional portals, websites and Microsoft Teams, providing consistent AI-powered support wherever learners and staff work.
D2L Lumi Tutor
An AI-powered, course-aware assistant embedded in Brightspace that provides on-demand study support, personalized practice and contextual feedback in multiple languages.
Custom Indexing
Connect approved external content sources like SharePoint, Google Sites, intranets and video libraries, expanding the Assistant’s knowledge base to reflect institutional resources.
Assessment Intelligence
Suggested Outcomes for Assignments, Pages and Discussions
Automatically suggest outcome alignments for quiz questions using D2L Lumi, with recommendations appearing while you create or edit quizzes based on question content.
D2L Lumi Feedback
Generate draft scores and personalized feedback based on instructor-defined rubrics or criteria, with the ability to review and finalize before release.
Smarter Quiz Insights
View insights on quiz display screens showing the question most often answered incorrectly, most recommended activity and most viewed content to identify struggling concepts and make data-informed adjustments.
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Previous Product Release
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is a biannual release?
Our biannual releases are comprehensive updates shared twice a year—mid-year and year-end—that highlight new features, enhancements and product improvements. They’re designed to keep you informed and empowered to get the most out of our evolving platform. By bundling updates into two major communications each year, we provide a clear, consolidated view of what’s new and what’s coming—without overwhelming you with frequent incremental updates.
What’s included in this release?
This release covers product updates and new features introduced between July and December 2025. It’s not an exhaustive list of every change. We recommend reviewing the release notes for a detailed view of all updates, configurations, and technical details.
What is the purpose of the Updates Deck?
The Updates Deck is a takeaway resource designed to help you share key updates within your organization. Use it to support team conversations, planning discussions and to better understand the potential impact of new features on your workflows.