Several new tools in itslearning cannot be used unless each school on your site has been specifically defined as a school. This goes for eSafety and Policies, but also for Extensions, which allows teachers to make use of a range of external tools that can add a new dimension and richness to their teaching. Time to tidy up? We show you how easy it is!

Robert Flatås teaches Year 6 at Haus School, Norway. He has sent us a tip for the summer holiday: For the summer holiday the teacher can create a course for their class called Summer Blog 2009 and add a discussion forum for teachers and pupils to write about their holiday activities.

Students often find it difficult to choose what subject to study at GCSE. In order to help them make informed pathway decisions, Lutterworth College has used itslearning to build a subject portal.

In practical subjects peer evaluations of students' work tend to be very simple. Students create simple paper based questionnaires and allow other students to review their work. The results are difficult to analyse, and students tend to complete them simply to get the grades for evaluating. At Lutterworth College the survey tool in itslearning is used for peer assessment of practical work.