Case Study: University of Huddersfield achieves 100% pass rates with D2L Brightspace

How engaging learning experiences have helped a University of Huddersfield professor achieve 100 percent pass rates

The University of Huddersfield needed a better way to engage students in its Automotive and Motorsport Engineering program, as traditional lecture-based teaching made it hard to spot learning gaps and left some students behind. Working with D2L Brightspace, the university looked for a more flexible, student-centered approach to improve understanding and pass rates.

D2L Brightspace was used as the central hub for course content, assignments, assessments, and blended learning, supporting a flipped classroom model and mobile access. The result was stronger engagement, better knowledge retention, and a measurable improvement in outcomes: one professor’s pass rate increased from 75% to 100% in two years, including a 25-point rise in one engineering course.

University of Huddersfield

John Allport

Professor of Automotive Engineering