End of the academic year, or just before the start of one, is a good opportunity to review various items in relation to itslearning settings, usage, and support processes. In this article, we present the key things to consider.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Support contacts
- itslearning functionality
- Information displayed to your users
- Other preparations for the new school year
- Integrations
- Data deletion
- Need any training or other help?
- Links
Support contacts
As a system administrator of itslearning you know who can contact itslearning support and how. If you don't know this, or there are for example any new itslearning support contacts in your organisation, before the summer vacations is a good time to reach out to itslearning to discuss how to best prepare for the school start after the summer.
Further, do all the students and teachers know who to contact in case of any itslearning queries?
itslearning functionality
New itslearning functionality
Did you know that itslearning has a brand new Test tool as well as a completely revamped Planner tool available? Check out these links:
Functionality available through contacting support
There are itslearning features and functionality available but not activated by default. Please reach to your itslearning account manager in case you think any of these would benefit your organisation.
- Individual learning plans with midterm reviews (ILP)
- New Attendance tool designed for Higher Education
- Parent users and parental portal
Licensed itslearning functionality
We also offer certain features and functionality that require an additional license, some of which involve third party products. Please reach to your itslearning account manager if you are interested in any of these areas:
Available itslearning global settings
You can manage a great deal of the itslearning experience through global settings available to a system administrator. Examples include:
- Enable discussion in assignment
- Anonymous activities
- Enable resource booking
- Enable homework
- Users can delete and edit own messages (teachers can also delete messages in course conversations)
- 360° reports
See here for an overview of the global settings: Global Settings
Information displayed to your users
Settings for the itslearning login page
The itslearning login page is shown to most users prior to login. We recommend checking the information posted there in case it should be updated or changed. A system administrator can access this information in global settings > Login page settings > Information.
Custom links
In global settings > layout, you are also able to for example add links in the top menu, e.g. to the itslearning support portal or other useful general resources.
Other preparations for the new school year
Other possible preparations may include the following:
- Template courses: if you use template courses, are they updated or are there any improvement needs? If you use Terms through them, remember to update them as well. The itslearning support portal contains many articles about how to use template courses.
- Large courses for information purposes: if you use courses to share information with e.g. all staff or the entire school enrolled, do review the course and whether you should make a fresh copy for the new year. A new copy may be a good idea e.g. if messages and bulletins are used.
- Individual Learning Plans: if you use them, you may want to consider creating new templates for the new year.
- Terms: if you use them, remember to create new ones as needed.
Integrations
For an itslearning site with integrations from a school administrative system, there are many things worth reviewing and being aware of in advance of the new academic year. Please see here for more information: Automated integration with a Student Information System
If you don't have any integrations yet, do reach out to your itslearning account manager for more information and prices.
Data deletion
Do you have an annual routine for deleting old courses and users in the trash can?
Need any training or other help?
Do reach out to your itslearning account manager for more information and prices.
Links
Please browse this support portal or see below for more information: