itslearning roadmap 2017

GOALSANDHIGH-LEVELROADMAP2017ProductLifecycleGroup

Newproductareastobettermatchcompanygoals

Onboarding&UX Mobile&CommunicationCloudIntegrations Assessment&Grading Library&SharingReporting

Courseandplanonboardingforteachers.

Betterworkflowforaddingitemstocourse-Quicktaskwithintegratedcloudfileandhomeworksupport.

Betterembeddingofcoursecontentinstreambulletin,stickypostsandscheduling.

NewPlanviewer viewanduseplancontentinasequence.

Messagesearchandotherimprovements.

Onboarding&UX Reporting

Gradeandassessmentdataindatawarehouse.

Morebehavioraldataforlearninganalytics.

Allstandardreportsinitslearningtoberedesignedandexpanded.

CloudIntegrations

LinktoGoogleandOffice365documents.

Create,useandcollaborateonGoogledocumentsdirectlyfromitslearning.

Create,.useandcollaborateonOffice365documentsdirectlyfromitslearning

Improvedenterpriseintegrationcapabilities.E.g.MicrosoftMarketplaceforo365.

RolloutofIMS-OneRoster Integration.

Newgradebookdesign.

Annotateandcommentstudentsubmissionsinbrowser.

New,shareabletesttool.

Laterin2017,Peerassessment.

Assessment&Grading Library&Sharing

Gooruresourcesandplaylists,assessmentsandcourses.

Makesharingitemsfromacourseeasier.

BetterlibrarysearchinPlanner.

Improvementstosearch,filteringandresultpage.

TestandAssignmentinLibrary.

Laterin2017,newtoolsforThinCommonCartridgeimportinitslearning.

Mobile&Communication

Simplifiedloginexperience.

Accesstocoursesinthemobileapp.

Easieraccesstocoursematerialsviatheapp.

Submitassignmentsonthego.

Anappthatworksonbothmobileandtablets.

Weareworkingtowardsthefullitslearningexperienceonmobile.

WeaimtopilotfeaturesrelatedtomanyofthegoalsstartingMarch/April2017.

(Somefeatureswillbeturnedonfornewcustomers.)

Timescales

Wewilladdnewfeaturestotheinitialprototypesinthe

spring.

Weplantohaveallfeatureslivebeforebacktoschool

2017.

Prototypes

Vision:Onboarding&UX

Student

AsanewteacheraccessingitslearningIshouldbegivenaguidedtourandexplainedhowtosetupandorganise mycourseandsharematerialsandactivitieswithmystudents.

itslearning shouldencouragemetousemoreofthesystem.

AsateacherevaluatinglearningplatformsformydistrictIshouldimmediatelyunderstandhowtosolvemycoretaskswhenloggingintoitslearning.

Teacher

Onboarding:

Usingitslearningfromdayone.

Onboarding:

On-screenchecklistsandguides.

QuickAdd:

Commontoolsatyourfingertips

Tasks:

Quicklyassigntasksorhomework

InteractivePlanViewer

Mobile&Communication

Studentsgetaccesstomoreofitslearning throughtheirapps.

Studentswithcantocompletetasks,submitassignmentsandattachfilesdirectlythroughapp.

Enhancedinstantmessagesandnotifications.

Student

Teachersgetaccesstomoreofitslearning ontheirapps.

Allowingteacherstomanagetheircourses,publishresourcesandcreateactivitiesforstudentsthroughtheapp.

Teacher

Aquick,simpleandsecurelogin:

Userscanlogindirectlytotheirownschool

*notcustomersite

Accesstocourses

Anew,nativenavigationstructuregivesfullaccesstocourses,groupsandcontent

Accesstocontentwithinthecoursefromtheapp.

Accesstocourseresourcesfromtheapp.

Morefeaturesworkdirectlyintheapp:

Studentscansubmittheirwork,andteachercanassesstheworkdirectlyintheapp

Betteritslearningexperience:

Youcanaccessallyouritslearning content directlyintheappwithoutbeingredirectedtoexternalbrowsers

Assessment&Grading

Submitassignmentsviamycloudservice,suchasGoogleDriveorOneDrive.

Takeatestorsubmitanassignmentonthedeviceofmychoosing.

Quicklyfindmygradesonanydevice.

Student

Annotate on student hand-ins

Find assignments, tests and 3rd party assessments in the library

Easier entry and update of grades directly in the gradebook.

Grades are exported to the SIS, such as Infinite Campus or Skyward

Teacher

NewAssignmentTool:

Quickerandeasiertosubmit,viewandgrade

NewAssignmentTool:

Annotatestudentassignments

BetterGradeBook:

Quicker,moreresponsiveandbetterfeatures

CloudIntegrations EasilyuploadorlinktoliveGoogleorO365cloudfiles.

CreatecollaborativespacesinGoogleorO365forstudentstoworktogether.

Teacher

Studentscanworkinthecloud(GoogleorO365)andthenusethefilesinitslearning.

EditresourcesfromGoogleorO365directlyfromitslearning.

Studentstocollaborateonclouddocumentsdirectlyfromitslearning.

Student

LinkorImport:

BetterintegrationwiththeCloud

LinkorImport:

CreateCollaborationsfromitslearning

Library Onboarding,showinghowtogetthebestfromLibrary. Faster,bettersearch,withclearerresults.

Morereuseofsharedplans,assignments,tests.

Easiersharingofitemsfromcoursetolibrary.

Accesstocontentfromquality3rdpartypublishers.

Teacher

ClearerOnboarding

EasiersharingfromLibrarytoPlan,Course&Collections

Highlightmatchingsearchterms,makeidentificationofthebestmatcheseasier.

Reporting

Weaimtoprovidecomprehensivereportingsolutionsforallcustomers,toempowerthem,usingtheiritslearningdatawiththeinsightstheyneedtoevaluateandimprovetheireducationalprogramsandpractices.

SupportandexpandAdvancedReportingsothatitisasourceofincreasingrevenueforthebusinessthrough2017.

ForReportingtonolongerbeacompetitivegapbytheendof2017.

Forschoolleaders,teachers,andstudentstomakeregularuseofstandardreports .

AdvancedReporting

1. InsightsforactionforschoolLeaders2. Reportingacrossschoolsandcourses3. Historicaldataandtrends4. Insightsintoplatformuse,curriculummanagement,and

studentprogress

Better,moreindividualandcoursereports

1. Detailedstatusandtrendsatpointofuseforteachers,studentsandparents.

2. Course-wideassessmenttrendsreportsthatenableteacherstoidentifystudentsatrisk

3. Detailedcourseactivitystatustomonitorstudentprogressandcontentuse

4. Comprehensiveindividualprogressandactivity

Indesigncourseinsights

Indesignindividualstudentdashboard

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