D2L Brightspace

D2L Brightspace is an enterprise learning management system (LMS) used by higher education, K-12, and corporate organizations. Its public REST API is the Valence Learning Framework API, exposed under https://{host}/d2l/api/ and split into two product components - "lp" (Learning Platform - users, roles, enrollments, org units, data hub) and "le" (Learning Environment - content, grades, assignments/dropbox, quizzes, discussions, calendar, news, learning outcomes). Routes are versioned per component (for example lp 1.x and le 1.x) and authenticated with OAuth 2 bearer tokens issued by the D2L auth service; the older ID-Key (app-id/user-id) scheme is deprecated. D2L is the vendor; Valence is the historical name of the API framework.

D2L Brightspace publishes 15 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Assignments API, Calendar API, Content API, and 12 more. Tagged areas include LMS, Learning Management System, EdTech, Education, and Valence.

D2L Brightspace’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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40.0/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 25/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessPaidSelf serve

1 APIs

LMS Learning Management System EdTech EducationValenceD2LBrightspace

Kin Score

Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 40.0/100 · developing

Contract Quality 9.9 / 19

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 15

Access Clarity 5.9 / 15

Operational Transparency 3.3 / 10

Contract Governance 0.0 / 9

Discoverability 5.1 / 8

Regulatory Posture 6.1 / 15

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 25/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 6 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Education & Research regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 75 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 25. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 75% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 18

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

D2L Brightspace Assignments API

Assignment (Dropbox) folders, submissions, and feedback.

D2L Brightspace Calendar API

Course calendar events.

D2L Brightspace Content API

Course content - modules and topics.

D2L Brightspace Data Hub API

Data Export Framework and Brightspace Data Sets.

D2L Brightspace Discussions API

Discussion forums, topics, and posts.

D2L Brightspace Enrollments API

Membership of users in org units.

D2L Brightspace Grades API

Course gradebook - grade objects, values, categories, and schemes.

D2L Brightspace Learning Outcomes API

Learning outcome sets, outcomes, and alignments.

D2L Brightspace News API

News (announcement) items.

D2L Brightspace Org Units API

Organization structure, course offerings, departments, and semesters.

D2L Brightspace Quizzes API

Quizzes, attempts, questions, and special access.

D2L Brightspace Users API

User accounts and roles on the Learning Platform.

D2L Brightspace Versions API

Product component version discovery.

Brightspace Learning Platform (LP) API

The core Learning Platform API provides access to organizational units, user accounts, enrollments, roles, permissions, and configuration variables. Manage courses, departments,...

Brightspace Learning Environment (LE) API

The Learning Environment API provides access to course content, dropbox folders, grade objects, grade values, quizzes, surveys, discussions, forums, checklists, rubrics, release...

Brightspace ePortfolio API

The ePortfolio API enables management of ePortfolio objects including artifacts, reflections, collections, activities, presentations, and objectives. Supports sharing, subscript...

Brightspace Data Hub (BDS) API

The Data Hub API provides access to bulk data export functionality, enabling institutions to extract large datasets of users, enrollments, grades, activity, and content for anal...

Brightspace IPSIS (SIS Integration) API

The IPSIS API provides a standardized interface for Student Information System (SIS) integration with Brightspace, enabling automated provisioning and management of courses, sec...

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Open Collections 15

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Calendar API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Content API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Data Hub API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Discussions API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Enrollments API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Grades API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Learning Outcomes API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments News API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Org Units API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Quizzes API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Users API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence Learning Framework Assignments Versions API

OPEN COLLECTION

D2L Brightspace Valence API

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GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

D2L Brightspace GraphQL Schema

specificationVersion: "0.1.0"

GRAPHQL

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Brightspace Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Brightspace Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Brightspace Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Brightspace Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Brightspace Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Brightspace Scopes

4 scopes · authorizationCode

4 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Brightspace Agentic Access

55 operations · 18 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

CapabilityMap

CapabilityMap

Source (apis.yml)

aid: brightspace
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/brightspace/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: D2L Brightspace
kind: company
description: D2L Brightspace is an enterprise learning management system (LMS) used by higher education, K-12, and corporate
  organizations. Its public REST API is the Valence Learning Framework API, exposed under https://{host}/d2l/api/ and split
  into two product components - "lp" (Learning Platform - users, roles, enrollments, org units, data hub) and "le" (Learning
  Environment - content, grades, assignments/dropbox, quizzes, discussions, calendar, news, learning outcomes). Routes are
  versioned per component (for example lp 1.x and le 1.x) and authenticated with OAuth 2 bearer tokens issued by the D2L auth
  service; the older ID-Key (app-id/user-id) scheme is deprecated. D2L is the vendor; Valence is the historical name of the
  API framework.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: paid
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Paid · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/brightspace.png
tags:
- LMS
- Learning Management System
- EdTech
- Education
- Valence
- D2L
- Brightspace
created: '2026-07-03'
modified: '2026-07-03'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-assignments-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Assignments API
  description: Assignment (Dropbox) folders, submissions, and feedback.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Assignments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-assignments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-calendar-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Calendar API
  description: Course calendar events.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Calendar
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-calendar-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-content-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Content API
  description: Course content - modules and topics.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Content
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-content-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-data-hub-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Data Hub API
  description: Data Export Framework and Brightspace Data Sets.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Data Hub
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-data-hub-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-discussions-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Discussions API
  description: Discussion forums, topics, and posts.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Discussions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-discussions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-enrollments-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Enrollments API
  description: Membership of users in org units.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Enrollments
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-enrollments-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-grades-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Grades API
  description: Course gradebook - grade objects, values, categories, and schemes.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Grades
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-grades-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-learning-outcomes-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Learning Outcomes API
  description: Learning outcome sets, outcomes, and alignments.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Learning Outcomes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-learning-outcomes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-news-api
  name: D2L Brightspace News API
  description: News (announcement) items.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - News
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-news-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-org-units-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Org Units API
  description: Organization structure, course offerings, departments, and semesters.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Org Units
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-org-units-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-quizzes-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Quizzes API
  description: Quizzes, attempts, questions, and special access.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Quizzes
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-quizzes-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-users-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Users API
  description: User accounts and roles on the Learning Platform.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-users-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-versions-api
  name: D2L Brightspace Versions API
  description: Product component version discovery.
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  baseURL: https://{host}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Versions
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/brightspace-versions-api-openapi.yml
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/user.html
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/basic/apicall.html
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/brightspace.opencollection.json
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/enroll.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/orgunit.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/content.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/grade.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dropbox.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/quiz.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/discuss.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/calendar.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/news.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/outcomes.html
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/res/dataExport.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-lp-api
  name: Brightspace Learning Platform (LP) API
  description: 'The core Learning Platform API provides access to organizational units, user accounts, enrollments, roles,
    permissions, and configuration variables. Manage courses, departments, semesters, and the full organizational hierarchy
    of a Brightspace deployment. Supports user profile management, notifications, demographics, accommodations, and award
    management.

    '
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  baseURL: https://{yourBrightspaceHost}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - User
  - Enrollments
  - Roles
  - Organizational Units
  - Permissions
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  - Enrollments
  - Roles
  - Organizational Units
  - Permissions
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  - url: graphql/d2l-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-le-api
  name: Brightspace Learning Environment (LE) API
  description: 'The Learning Environment API provides access to course content, dropbox folders, grade objects, grade values,
    quizzes, surveys, discussions, forums, checklists, rubrics, release conditions, and intelligent agents. Developers can
    programmatically create and manage assessments, retrieve grades, post discussions, and automate the full lifecycle of
    academic content and evaluation within Brightspace courses.

    '
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  baseURL: https://{yourBrightspaceHost}/d2l/api/le
  tags:
  - Courses
  - Grades
  - Content
  - Quizzes
  - Discussions
  - Rubrics
  - Assessments
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-eportfolio-api
  name: Brightspace ePortfolio API
  description: 'The ePortfolio API enables management of ePortfolio objects including artifacts, reflections, collections,
    activities, presentations, and objectives. Supports sharing, subscriptions, invites, comments, and tags within the Brightspace
    ePortfolio system, allowing institutions to build integrations around student portfolio and lifelong learning records.

    '
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  baseURL: https://{yourBrightspaceHost}/d2l/api/eP
  tags:
  - ePortfolio
  - Artifacts
  - Reflections
  - Collection
  - Presentations
  tags_raw:
  - ePortfolio
  - Artifacts
  - Reflections
  - Collections
  - Presentations
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-data-hub-api
  name: Brightspace Data Hub (BDS) API
  description: 'The Data Hub API provides access to bulk data export functionality, enabling institutions to extract large
    datasets of users, enrollments, grades, activity, and content for analytics, reporting, and data warehousing purposes.
    Supports scheduled and on-demand data set exports in standard formats for integration with institutional data platforms
    and business intelligence tools.

    '
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  baseURL: https://{yourBrightspaceHost}/d2l/api/lp
  tags:
  - Data Export
  - Analytics
  - Reporting
  - Bulk Data
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
- aid: brightspace:brightspace-ipsis-api
  name: Brightspace IPSIS (SIS Integration) API
  description: 'The IPSIS API provides a standardized interface for Student Information System (SIS) integration with Brightspace,
    enabling automated provisioning and management of courses, sections, users, enrollments, and grade passback. Supports
    one-way and two-way synchronization between institutional SIS platforms and the Brightspace LMS for streamlined academic
    administration.

    '
  humanURL: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
  baseURL: https://{yourBrightspaceHost}/d2l/api/ipsis
  tags:
  - SIS Integration
  - Student Information System
  - Provisioning
  - Synchronization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com/reference.html
common:
- type: CapabilityMap
  url: capabilities/brightspace-capability-edges.yml
  name: D2L Brightspace Business Capability Map
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/brightspace-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/brightspace-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/brightspace-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/brightspace-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Brightspace
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/d2l
- type: Website
  url: https://www.d2l.com
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.valence.desire2learn.com
- type: Plans
  url: plans/brightspace-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/brightspace-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/brightspace-finops.yml
- url: https://www.d2l.com/blog/all/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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