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 • EasilyuploadorlinktoliveGoogleor

O365cloudfiles.

• 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

Indesign…courseinsights

Indesign…individualstudentdashboard

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