Just before summer break we successfully rolled over to a new version of LearnZone.
Now, you may not notice any changes, however, there are a couple of minor changes that are worth noting.
The settings once shown at the bottom of an Activity and Resource added to a LearnZone have now moved to an arrow on the right. The Resouce ‘Label’ has also been renamed ‘Text and media area’.
Lockdown
Reminder: As of August 31, 2024, all courses from the 2023/24 session will be set to read-only. If your course requires ongoing access, contact digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk with its name and URL to maintain active access.
What you need to do
Minimum Expectations
You must make sure your LearnZone pages meet the Minimum Expectations for LearnZone, you can find a helpful checklist here.
For FE staff who are in a curriculum team on Model 2, we have created a template for the summative assessment pages, you may require, please send your requests to digitallearning@loucoll.ac.uk for any pages you need set up please and allow for a 48hr turnaround.
For HE and FE staff who are in a curriculum team on Model 1, you will need to update your LearnZone pages as usual.
Including but not limited to, updating the contact details, assessment schedules, and handbooks to ensure they are correct for this academic year. Use the checklist to make sure you’re getting it right.
Accessibility
You will need to continue to check the accessibility of any of your resources to meet the accessibility legislation. If a document is not accessible you should hide this resource until it has been checked or remove it from the site. Follow this link for our blogs on accessibility.
Turnitin
Turnitin assignments will also need to be recreated as these are not copied into the new Courses on the LearnZone site to reduce subscription costs. However, you and your learners will continue to have read-only access to any work previously submitted during the 23/24 academic year.
Enrolling Learners
Like in previous years, learners will only be able to enrol themselves on courses, units or modules until the end of September. It is best practice to get your learners to visit all of the LearnZone course pages they will be using throughout the year during induction so they have access. After this initial period, future enrolments will be managed by teaching staff.
Learn how to Enrol or unenrol a learner on a LearnZone course.
Help and Support
As always contact the Digital Learning Team for more information, guidance, and support.