Roadmap

We will introduce the capability to import and export courses from or to any LMS that supports the 1EdTech Common Cartridge standard (IMSCC). In addition, it will be possible to import and export with Moodle’s proprietary MBZ format. 

• Organisations that used Moodle as their LMS can easily reuse the courses they had created over time in Moodle. For this, the standard 1EdTech Common Cartridge (IMSCC) or the Moodle backup format (MBZ) can be used.
• With the possibility to import a 1EdTech Common Cartridge package, it is also possible to import courses from any LMS that supports Common Cartridge as export format.
• Teachers that teach in several organisations, where one uses itslearning and one another LMS, can export and import courses between these platforms to reduce the work they otherwise will need to do twice.
• When an organisation decides to stop using itslearning, teachers can export their courses, so their work is not lost. 

Currently, in itslearning, student learning outcomes are strongly tied to courses. This creates a challenge because when a student is removed from a course, they lose access to their work and progress data. To address this, we will update the itslearning data models to ensure that learning outcomes can follow the student. We will also make improvements to encourage students to take control over their learning, and support collaboration and continuity.

• Students will not lose their work and progress when they are removed from a course. This includes assignment submissions, content created or co-created by students in shared course folders, assessments, teacher feedback, and progress on learning objectives.
• Modernised and extended ‘Your Files’ will provide students access to their work in past courses allowing them to easily revisit and build on previous knowledge. Additional improvements to ‘Your Files’ will make it easier for users to manage their private files, and they will be able create content with some of our built-in content creation tools and bulk export files.
• Students will be able to keep access to course materials that they would like to revisit later, when they are no longer enrolled in the course.
• Teachers will have an easier way to set up shared course folders for students to collaborate and co-create in.
• Aggregated cross-course reports will include records from past and present courses, representing the student’s entire learning journey in itslearning.
• Optionally, customers can choose to share learning progress data to trusted third parties via recognised international standards. This can help drive deeper insights and analysis.

The course catalogue allows users to find and enrol in courses that are of interest to them. This can for example be used for extracurricular courses or for professional development. There has been a course catalogue in itslearning for many years, but its functionality is limited and the look-and-feel is outdated.   

• The course catalogue will get a modern and engaging look-and-feel.
• There will be extended possibilities for (system) administrators to determine how the course catalogue can be used, and control which users can add courses to the catalogue.
• Managing the appearance and availability of a course will be made easier.
• In addition to the internal course catalogue, we will also improve the external course catalogue and allow anonymous users to find courses and create an account when they find a course of interest. 

It is already possible to share course templates within a school or site. This allows teachers to create a course based on this template, where they will get all the content and structure from that template. It is still possible to tweak this structure and content to their liking, or they can work with this content as-is. We will now also make it possible to share templates with other itslearning sites. 

• Teachers or departments that created a great course can make this available to other schools.
• Schools or counties that collaborate can share courses with each other.
• We will make it possible for teachers to preview a course before deciding to use it as a template.

We are developing a new course type tailored for primary education, improving task and content creation tools, and enhanced multimedia features to support young learners.

• New and simplified course type that allows teachers to group all their subjects.
• Better support for teachers when uploading images.
• Teachers can add images to their course cards.
• Teachers can add a title to their announcement and format text to highlight and structure their information.
• Combine the task and assignment tool into a common assignment tool that is easier to use.
• Combine the Page and Note tool into a new and improved content creation tool.

We will focus on optimising the itslearning mobile app for tablets, enhancing accessibility, and ensuring seamless functionality on mobile browsers. The app will enable teachers to assess assignments and allow students to complete them directly within the app. It will also support the integration of materials from other applications. With features such as customisable notification settings and calendar synchronisation, our LMS mobile app aims to deliver a more intuitive, efficient, and inclusive learning experience for all users.

We conducted a detailed accessibility audit of itslearning, focusing on compliance with the German BITV standards, which are based on WCAG 2.1. We are implementing the key recommendations from the audit and prioritising improvements in navigation and faster page load times to enhance overall user accessibility.