OWL Migration Plan

Welcome to OWL Brightspace, Western's New Learning Management System

As of May 1, 2024, all academic courses* are running in OWL Brightspace! Log in and explore today!
*Excludes Western Continuing Studies

Western has selected D2L's Brightspace to power the next generation of the university's learning management system (LMS)!

Why a new learning management system?

Online Western Learning (OWL) is Western’s online learning management system. Western uses OWL to manage and deliver undergraduate, graduate, and Continuing Studies courses, and training across the university.

The selection of a new learning management system represents a significant investment by Western in the future of teaching and learning for over 40,000 students and thousands of instructors and staff, and supports the strategic goals outlined in Western’s strategic plan, Towards Western at 150, specifically in the areas of: 

  • Strategic Growth
  • Enriching Student Experience
  • Teaching and Learning for the Future

OWL Brightspace will provide Western with:

  • Better support for mobile 
  • A more modern and intuitive interface 
  • Better integration with other eLearning tools 
  • Increased performance 
  • More reliability for large online assessments 
  • Better tools to support student engagement 
  • and more!

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