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JANUARY 26, 2016
EDITOR: KELSI MCCABE | [email protected]
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I-Learn 3.0: Friend or foe to campus?
HALEY ROMNEY
@HaleyRomney
Asst. Campus Editor
I-Learn 3.0 resources
I
-Learn 3.0, BYU-Idaho’s new
learning management system, is
in its transitioning stages and has
resources to help students with
the change.
Tommy Doll, a freshman studying
business management, said he
used I-Learn 3.0 for the first time
last semester.
“At first I was like, ‘Oh, sweet, I
get to try out the new I-Learn. It’s
going to be better. Three should be
better than two,’” Doll said. “By the
end I was thinking, ‘We should stick
with two.’”
The “due soon” list is missed in
I-Learn 3.0, said Chelsey Wilson, one
of six full-time employees devoted to
the I-Learn 3.0 transition. Her job is to
address the students’ concerns.
“We are in the middle of a
change, and it’s easy to forget why
we even needed it in the first place,”
Wilson said.
Wilson said I-Learn 2.0 has been
failing in its duties for much longer than
people know. She said the university
has been researching new Learning
Management Systems since 2013. With a
team made up of students, faculty, online
learners, teachers and administrators,
four Learning Management Systems
were reviewed, scored and voted on.
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New features with I-Learn 3.0 include “Binder,” a desktop tool that allows you to work offline,
according to the I-Learn 3.0 Web page. The biggest change from 2.0 to 3.0 is no due dates list.
Wilson said Brightspace, the system
behind I-Learn 3.0 won by unanimous
vote.
There were three main focuses of the
research of the university: technical,
functional and vendor relationship,
according to the Web page.
Brightspace is able to handle the
growth of the university, and it will be
less likely for the site to crash, according
to the I-Learn 3.0 Web page.
Wilson said in addition to
Brightspace being more mobile friendly,
it is more functional for students with
disabilities. BrainHoney did not meet
the Americans for Disabilities Act,
which is illegal.
“It needed to give students an equal
opportunity to receive an education,”
she said.
Wilson said a relationship with
the vendor, or creator of the Learning
Management System was important to
the university.
Wilson said because of this
relationship, the I-Learn employees from
BYU-I can work with the Brightspace
company to make changes that students
are asking the help desk about.
“We know transitions and changes
are hard, but we know this new tool
is the direction the university needs
to go and that it’s going to get better,”
Wilson said.
Wilson said there are numerous
resources for students and faculty, both
on campus and online. In addition to a
help email that is monitored regularly,
the Student Support Center is trained
how to navigate the site and how to
help students.
“We are sorry,” Wilson said. “We
are sorry you have classes in two
systems. That’s hard. We are sorry
the due dates systems don’t work the
same. That’s so frustrating. I promise
it’s going to get better. We just have
to get through the transition, and
then we will see continued growth
and improvement.”
Wilson said I-Learn 3.0 is scheduled
to have all courses running by Fall
Semester 2016. But, until then, the
Learning Management System is not
running at its full potential. She said
once the transition is complete, the real
improvements will be able to benefit
every user.
“I’m confident the decision makers
are mindful of the student,” Wilson
said. “They are mindful of what the
students need, they are mindful of
the industry in which the students are
going in to, and this decision was made
for them.”
Although the transition is still in
process, Wilson said she is just thankful.
“I want to thank the students for their
patience, and I’m confident it’s going to
get better,” she said.
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