Starting on 2 May 2013, the second update so far this year contains some long-anticipated features. Based on feedback from users and submissions in our idea portal, we're happy to introduce a brand new file uploading system and the possibility for copying courses with all its content and making course templates. The update also includes criteria-based assessment – also known as rubrics – in addition to many other changes and new features.

Starting on 26 February 2013, itslearning will be updated with a number of new and enhanced features. All sites will be upgraded within a week – so don’t worry if you can’t see the changes right away. In the first update this year, we are happy to offer the possibility of integrating third-party software in itslearning as well as a new data analyst tool that takes associative analytics to a whole new level.

itslearning was updated on 9 February 2012. This time we have focused on improvements that will make life easier for teachers. We have improved the calendar and assessment record, enhanced some of the content blocks, released a new version of the editor and much more.

itslearning was updated on 17 November 2011. This time we've updated the look and feel, but we've got other news as well. In addition to the design refresh, learners and their supervisors can now access important information through the new person profile.

itslearning was updated on 21 June 2011. This time we have improved the handling of multimedia files, and we're happy to introduce a brand new content block for notifying you about new and updated elements in your courses. In addition we have many more changes we hope you'll find interesting – from planner updates to export of data.

A new version of itslearning has been released. In this version we've made it easier to change skins for individual users or groups, improved the attendance, assessment and behaviour systems and made enhancement to the planner and more. Time-saving improvements to the attendance, assessment and behaviour system Do you use systems other than itslearning to manage attendance, assessment and behaviour?

Timetable for alternating weeks (A-B weeks) Course teachers can now easily switch between week set-ups if they use alternating timetables in their courses. When the teacher defines the timetable for a course, they get the option to define one or more week templates. This will save the teacher time because they don't have to manually change the lesson set-up for each week.

Planner Getting started with the planner made easy In order to help teachers get started with the planner, we have now added a hideable tip box on the planner page with a link to the help system. Planner saves automatically as you work When working with the planner, all changes are now saved automatically as you work. For the user, this means that the browser will keep the position the user was working in, and not jump back to the top of the page when the user adds a new lesson or topic.

Better support for itslearning when using mobile devices Users logging on with a mobile device – such as an iPhone or Android phone – can now use the simple editor to when working in itslearning. (The rich-text editor does not support mobile devices.) This gives mobile users almost all the same functionality as computer users. Assign different interfaces and skins to different users and groups Administrators can now select which skin will be used by different users at their site, so they can dif...

itslearning has been updated with a new version. The last update this year focuses on improving existing features – including the behaviour and attendance systems. We are also delighted to introduce brand new features, such as a new tool for administrators called "Workflow" that lets administrators decide when different users or roles see the attendance, behaviour and assessment information.

The main focus for this release has been on improving existing features, including the behaviour and attendance systems – as well as some minor changes to assessment. Attendance We assume learners are present, unless told otherwise After the release of the new attendance systems, there's been some confusion about marking learners "present". To clear things up: Presence is kept automatically – teachers and mentors don't have to do anything to mark learners as present.

We are proud to introduce a system that enhances the workflow, as well as a new role for headteachers. Workflow It is now possible for administrators to decide when different people (roles) see the attendance, behaviour and assessment information in different phases. This new feature is called "Workflow" and makes the workflow of a site smoother.

This entry describes miscellaneous minor updates and corrections. The updates may be small, but you'll find some interesting news, such as a tree menu fix and new look and feel for content blocks. And perhaps most important: The message system no longer sends out messages when assignments are edited.

itslearning has been updated with a new version. This time we hope to reduce some of the burden connected to the start of a new school year for teachers and administrators – with focus on reusing. We are also proud to release a brand new attendance system for all customers, a new progress report and a number of new features and improvements to the dashboards.

The beginning of a new school year can be stressful for administrators and teachers. We are now releasing some features meant to reduce the work burden connected to the start of a new school year. Copying course elements It is now possible to copy elements between courses without copying participants, answers and submissions.

The new attendance keeping system has been enhanced with more features and improvements. As a result, the old attendance system is removed and replaced with a brand new solution. The new attendance system has been in beta for a while, and was described in this entry.

Dashboards Aggregated content blocks A number of aggregated content blocks, allowing users to add content blocks to their personal dashboards, hierarchies, courses and parent dashboards are now available from the add content block pop-up. Because of the increasing number of content blocks have changed the way the content blocks are organised. There are now two tabs in the add content block window: 'Create' and 'Aggregated'.

The new progress report shows the participant's progress in the course, measured by the number of mandatory elements. It is also possible to create rules for course completion. Example: Eight out of ten mandatory elements should be completed (see Course completion below).

Assignments Learner: Join existing activity group When entering a group assignment, a learner has the option to join an existing assignment group. Existing members of the group are notified of new members via the internal messaging system. This allows a teacher with, for example, 60 participants in a course to hand out an assignment and tell the learners to organise themselves in groups of, for example, four.

A patch has been released which addresses some issues that were discovered after the previous release. The update contains the following changes: Course administration: The tip box that was introduced after the previous release is removed from the course administration page. The 'Enrol me' function also performs better.

A new version of itslearning has been released. The most important news includes a new parent dashboard, and a new library, which are described in separate blog entries. The other news is described below.

A new version of itslearning has been released. The most important news includes a new parent dashboard, and a new library, in addition to almost 150 enhancements and corrections. Engage the parents!

A new personal library is created for teachers and administrators, in which course elements can be created. The elements can be used in multiple courses, or shared with other users. In courses, elements from My library are added from the Ready-to-use content list of resources.

New year – new possibilities. The first update this year has focus on the administration area and attendance and behaviour keeping. The mentor role is expanded to manage both attendance and behaviour keeping.

Attendance 2.0 beta Forget everything you know about the old attendance keeping system – we now introduce a brand new attendance platform. Our efforts have been focused on making the attendance keeping as efficient and simple as possible. The new system has keyboard shortcuts, supports tabbing, and features a new and intuitive user interface.

SDK update: support for editor plug-ins If you have an idea for a new learning tool in itslearning, you should consider making it yourself – or hire a developer to do it! Our SDK program has been running for a while, and a skilled developer can add both applications and plug-ins to your itslearning site. New in this release is support for plug-ins, countries, languages and licenses.

itslearning will be updated on 7 January 2010. During the update – from 17:00 to 06:00 CET – there will be limited availability of the dashboards, pages and Diglib. itslearning will be running as normal, but when we update the dashboards will be replaced by the old course landing page and main page.

To prevent pages and dashboards from being overfilled with content blocks, itslearning has been updated with a change that limits the number of content blocks. You are now allowed to have 20 active content blocks. But don’t worry – we have not deleted anything.

We are happy to announce Java as a new programming language in our software developer kit (SDK). The Java version of the SDK wraps the REST API for applications in it's learning. It also contains a sample application to illustrate the usage for Java developers.

Some users have reported problems after the release two days ago. We have fixed the following issues: Problems with editing assignments for some users Adding elements to the working portfolio is again working Long response time when running plagiarism control

We are happy to announce that itslearning was updated on 10 September. The fourth update so far this year introduces new features that we believe will contribute to an even better user experience for teachers and learners. itslearning now with Gmail We are thrilled to announce that itslearning – in partnership with Google – now offers free e-mail accounts for our users.

We have now updated itslearning with a new version. Read more about the new features below.  Individual learning plans An important new feature is the individual learning plan.

New planner Most of this release has been focused around the planner - a new fantastic planning tool for the teacher! The planner is a new and greatly enhanced version of the tool previously known as lesson planner. Our goal has been to provide teachers with a better course planning tool and at the same time give the learners a better overview of plans and activities in courses.

After the last software update there has been some issues with it's learning. A patch was released today to fix the following: The simple and java applet editors are now working in the messaging system. The login issues caused by corrupted cookies are addressed.

The grade book is updated with several user-friendly enhancements and new features. Our main goal has been to improve the workflow for the teacher. Read more about the enhancements below.

itslearning has been updated with a new version. The list below covers the most important new features. Grade book Intermediate skin Web 2.0 plug-in in the editor Unique login URL Plagiarism control Who is online?

New features Conference (beta) We are happy to introduce the beta version of our conference tool. The new tool is flash based, and supports up to four simultaneous video connections. In addition to video and sound functionality the video conference also have a text-based chat.

This release contains several new features and enhancements. In addition we have made more than 100 improvements to the way the application works. You find the entire list of news and bug fixes below.

This software update contains some fixes connected to the grade book, email attachments, SCORM and Rich-text editor. The issues that are addressed in this update are listed below. Server error in grade book If a manual grade book assessment was created, a server error occurred when the grade book column was clicked.

This release includes support for French language, some enhancements of existing functionality and bug fixes. See below for a more detailed explanation of the changes and new features. The screen shots shows the enhanced search results view.

itslearning was updated 25 June 2008 with a new patch. The patch addressed the problem that occurred after the last release with the SCORM reports. The SCORM reports are now working properly.

This release includes the first version of our primary version, some enhancements of existing functionality and over 50 bug fixes. See below for a more detailed explanation of the changes and new features. New features Beta version of the primary version We have now released the first version of the it’s learning primary version.

itslearning was updated with a new patch 17 April 2008. We have identified and fixed two potential performance issues. The patch did not contain any features that are noticeable by a normal user.

We have updated itslearning with a new patch. The following is new in patch 3.3.0.1002 (13 April 2008): DirectEdit As a result of the update to itslearning 3.3 DirectEdit (the tool that allows you to edit files) was not able to set the edited document as the current version. This bug has now been fixed.

We are happy to announce that a new version of itslearning has been released. We have made a web page that describes the new features. It opens in English by default, but you can click the language tabs to select your preferred language: What’s new in 3.3?

We have updated itslearning with a new patch. The following is new in patch 3.2.0.1010 (17 January 2008): Messaging system - Email Some of our users have experienced that the content did not display properly in email messages. A typical example was that the message content was missing. This has now been fixed.