SUSS has been using the Canvas Learning Management System (LMS) since 2014. In March 2024, the LMS Evaluation Committee was established to conduct a comprehensive review of available LMS platforms, benchmark their capabilities against the incumbent Canvas LMS, and assess whether an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered LMS is required to support SUSS’s evolving teaching and learning needs. A key consideration of the review was also to assess the requirements of Continuing Education and Training (CET) learners, particularly those from SUSS Academy and UniLEARN, and to determine how the LMS could better support their learning experience. Following a rigorous due diligence exercise and a formal tender procurement process, D2L Brightspace emerged as the preferred LMS platform. The evaluation covered six LMS platforms, namely Anthology Blackboard, D2L Brightspace, Canvas, Open LMS (Moodle), Cypher Learning, and Open Learning.

This change marks a strategic move to a modern, user-friendly and cost-effective LMS platform, enhanced with new AI capabilities to better support teaching and learning in the years ahead. It will provide three tailored LMS experiences for SUSS students and faculty, UniLearn Online Learning, and SUSS Academy while keeping a single, unified course repository for seamless access and easier course management. For incoming students, the platform will feel more familiar as it aligns with the LMS commonly used in polytechnics and ITE, helping to ease the transition to SUSS. It also includes a robust and sophisticated ePortfolio system to support our full-time students’ graduation requirements.