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D2l Brightspace to MySQL integration — real-time, two-way sync
Keep D2l Brightspace and MySQL in sync without custom scripts. Cut weeks of integration work, eliminate silent data drift, and give your team a single, reliable source of truth.
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Why teams connect D2l Brightspace and MySQL
Put your workforce data where your apps can reach it: MySQL and D2l Brightspace share the same people, positions, and org structure in real time.
D2l Brightspace is the system of record for the people side of the business — employees, candidates, roles, and the org structure around them. MySQL is where internal tools, dashboards, provisioning jobs, and analytics actually read and store records. The overlap is the workforce itself: Users, Enrollments, Org Units, Grades in D2l Brightspace need to exist as queryable Columns, Primary and Unique Keys, JSON Columns, Stored Procedures in MySQL before an app can act on them. When that bridge is a nightly export or a hand-run CSV, every downstream system spends the day working from a roster that has already moved on.
Stacksync syncs Columns, Primary and Unique Keys, JSON Columns, Stored Procedures in MySQL with Users, Enrollments, Org Units, Grades in D2l Brightspace field by field, in real time. You decide which system owns which fields — D2l Brightspace typically owns identity and org attributes, while operational or computed values can flow back the other way — and Stacksync keeps every copy consistent, matching records on a stable key and resolving conflicts by rules you set.
The result is one live picture of the workforce on both sides: HR keeps its source of truth, and the database keeps a current mirror that internal apps, reports, and access controls can trust without a batch window in between.
Common use cases
- 01 Feed a warehouse from MySQL continuously using binlog-based capture instead of nightly dumps
- 02 Two-way sync between a MySQL application database and a CRM so operational records and sales records stay identical
- 03 Sync Assignment (Dropbox) submissions and feedback into a reporting database or downstream review tool.
- 04 Two-way sync of Users and Enrollments between Brightspace and an SIS or HRIS so new learners and their course rosters stay aligned without manual CSV imports.
Common sync patterns
One directory of record
When a person record is added, changed, or deactivated in either system, the matching row in the other stays current, ending dual maintenance.
Reporting and analytics on current data
Users, Enrollments, Org Units, Grades replicate into MySQL where they join operational tables, so headcount, roles, and status reports run on the live state without manual pulls.
Org and structure stay aligned
Groups, departments, managers, and reporting lines from D2l Brightspace stay consistent in MySQL, so hierarchy-driven logic and permissions don't drift.
What you can sync between D2l Brightspace and MySQL
Representative objects on each side — any object or custom field can map to any target. Schemas are auto-detected; types are converted between the two systems.
| D2l Brightspace objects | MySQL objects | How this pairing syncs | |
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| Org Units The org structure — course offerings, sections, departments, and semesters; read for hierarchy and created/updated to provision courses from a database. | Tables The primary sync target; rows map to records in connected systems. | Org Units is specific to D2l Brightspace and Tables to MySQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Grades Grade objects, categories, schemes, and per-user grade values in the Learning Environment (le) component; values can be read out and written back onto the gradebook. | Views Read-side projections used as outbound sync sources. | Grades is specific to D2l Brightspace and Views to MySQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Content (Modules, Topics, and User Progress) Course content structure plus per-user completion; progress is read into a warehouse and topics can be created and updated via the API. | Columns Field-level mapping targets with engine-typed values. | Content (Modules, Topics, and User Progress) is specific to D2l Brightspace and Columns to MySQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Quizzes Quiz objects and per-user attempts and results; attempt data is read out for engagement and completion analytics. | Primary and Unique Keys Match keys for idempotent upserts and conflict handling. | Quizzes is specific to D2l Brightspace and Primary and Unique Keys to MySQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Assignments (Dropbox) Dropbox folders, submissions, and feedback; submission and evaluation data is read into reporting systems and feedback can be written back. | JSON Columns Validated semi-structured payloads for nested SaaS data. | Assignments (Dropbox) is specific to D2l Brightspace and JSON Columns to MySQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. | |
| Groups and Sections Group categories, groups, and section membership within an org unit; enrollments are read and written to keep cohort assignments aligned. | Stored Procedures Server-side logic that can post-process synced rows. | Groups and Sections is specific to D2l Brightspace and Stored Procedures to MySQL — each maps to any object or custom field on the other side. |
How changes propagate between D2l Brightspace and MySQL
Each direction of the sync is driven by what the source system can signal and what the destination accepts — detection, delivery, and expected latency below.
D2l Brightspace MySQL Sub-second propagation
DetectionD2l Brightspace notifies Stacksync of record changes through webhook events. Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and.
DeliveryEach detected change is applied to MySQL as a row-level write, with types converted between the two schemas.
MySQL D2l Brightspace Sub-second propagation
DetectionChanges in MySQL are captured at the source via change data capture — no polling loop against its API. Database triggers — Stacksync creates deterministic triggers for internal logging and syncing (requires log_bin_trust_function_creators=ON when.
DeliveryEach detected change is written to D2l Brightspace through its API, with automatic retries and rate-limit backoff.
Rate-limit considerations
- D2l Brightspace: Per-caller token-bucket credit scheme; each route costs credits, responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and over-quota calls return HTTP 429. D2L can adjust per-route credit costs.
- MySQL: No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits and server resources.
What ships with D2l Brightspace ⇄ MySQL
Connect D2l Brightspace and MySQL for flexible, real-time data sync.
Real-time sync, workflow automation, event queues, EDI, and monitoring, for every D2l Brightspace–MySQL connection.
No-code + pro-code
Workflow automation
Trigger automated workflows whenever D2l Brightspace or MySQL data changes, update records, fire webhooks, or kick off sequences without brittle API scripts.
At scale
Event queues
Handle millions of events per minute without losing a single D2l Brightspace or MySQL record.
Observability
Monitoring
Track your D2l Brightspace ⇄ MySQL sync health, view errors, and replay failed events in one click.
Trading partners
EDI
Transform legacy EDI complexity into simple database interactions between D2l Brightspace and MySQL.
How the D2l Brightspace and MySQL connectors work
D2l Brightspace
- Integration surface
- Brightspace (Valence) REST API split into independently-versioned Learning Platform (lp) and Learning Environment (le) components, plus the Data Hub / Data Export Framework and Brightspace Data Streams
- Authentication
- OAuth 2.0 authorization-code grant against the D2L auth service (auth.brightspace.com); a registered app holds a client ID and secret with per-scope grants (group:resource:action, e.g. users:userdata:read), short-lived access tokens, and refresh tokens
- Change detection
- Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and Brightspace Data Streams webhooks (xAPI activity events) for near-real-time signals
- Capabilities
- read · write · webhooks
- Rate limits
- Per-caller token-bucket credit scheme; each route costs credits, responses carry X-Rate-Limit-Remaining, and over-quota calls return HTTP 429. D2L can adjust per-route credit costs.
MySQL
- Integration surface
- SQL wire protocol (MySQL client/server protocol)
- Authentication
- Database credentials entered as a connection string or parameters, with optional SSL root certificate upload and optional SSH tunnel (SSH user + SSH host)
- Change detection
- Database triggers — Stacksync creates deterministic triggers for internal logging and syncing (requires log_bin_trust_function_creators=ON when binary logging is enabled)
- Capabilities
- read · write · CDC
- Rate limits
- No API rate limits; throughput is bounded by connection limits and server resources
How it works
How to connect D2l Brightspace to MySQL — three steps, no code
Configure and sync within minutes, no code. Whether you sync 50k or 100M+ records, Stacksync handles the queues, infra, and plumbing. Integrations are non-invasive and need zero setup on your systems.
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Connect your apps
Authenticate D2l Brightspace and MySQL with each platform's native method — OAuth, API keys, or service accounts — plus secure options like SSH tunneling, IP whitelisting, and VPC peering.
D2l Brightspace
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MySQL
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OAuth 2.0SSH tunnelSSL certificateVPC peering - 02
Choose tables
Pick the D2l Brightspace and MySQL objects to sync — Stacksync auto-detects both schemas, including custom fields where the platform exposes them. Sync to existing tables, or let Stacksync create new ones with ideal data types.
objects · D2l Brightspace ⇄ MySQLCustomers 12,480Sales Orders 8,213Invoices 5,902Items 1,344 - 03
Map fields
Fields map automatically even when names and types differ. Stacksync handles transformation and type casting for you, zero configuration required.
D2l Brightspace MySQLCompany company_name textEmail email textAmount amount numericCreated created_at timestamp
FAQ
D2l Brightspace and MySQL integration FAQ
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Yes. Stacksync provides a managed, real-time two-way integration between D2l Brightspace and MySQL: authenticate both systems, choose the objects to sync (such as D2l Brightspace's Org Units and Grades), map fields visually, and changes propagate both ways in milliseconds — no code required.
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MySQL: Composite primary keys are not supported — primary key must be a single column. D2l Brightspace: Differential Brightspace Data Sets can contain duplicate rows with identical values, so consumers must de-duplicate when reading changed data. Stacksync's field mapping accounts for these differences between D2l Brightspace and MySQL without custom code.
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Stacksync is SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 certified with HIPAA BAA support. Data is encrypted in transit, and a zero-persistent-storage architecture means D2l Brightspace and MySQL records are not retained after a sync operation.
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Stacksync pricing is usage-based and starts at $1,000/month, including the managed D2l Brightspace and MySQL connectors, real-time two-way sync, monitoring, and support. That replaces building and maintaining a custom D2l Brightspace–MySQL integration in-house.
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Yes — Stacksync ships production-grade connectors for both D2l Brightspace and MySQL. The connectors handle authentication, schema detection, rate limits, and retries; you configure the sync, and Stacksync operates it.
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Change detection on D2l Brightspace: Polling Valence endpoints with date/bookmark filters, differential Brightspace Data Sets (BDS) bulk exports for changed rows via the Data Hub, and Brightspace Data Streams webhooks (xAPI activity events) for near-real-time signals. On MySQL: Database triggers — Stacksync creates deterministic triggers for internal logging and syncing (requires log_bin_trust_function_creators=ON when binary logging is enabled). Each detected change propagates to the other side in milliseconds, with field-level conflict resolution and an inspectable event log.
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Alerts
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