UNM Learn Will be New Online Learning Management System

Date: 2013-01-15
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New Media & Extended Learn­ing (NMEL) announced UNM Learn, a sig­nif­i­cant update to UNM’s offi­cial online Learn­ing Man­age­ment Sys­tem (LMS).

(Media-Newswire.com) - New Media & Extended Learn­ing (NMEL) announced UNM Learn, a sig­nif­i­cant update to UNM’s offi­cial online Learn­ing Man­age­ment Sys­tem (LMS).

Cur­rently, there are two Enter­prise Learn­ing Man­age­ment Sys­tems in use at UNM: WebCT Vista and UNM Learn. WebCT Vista is being retired and UNM Learn is replac­ing it. By sum­mer 2013, WebCT Vista will be phased out and UNM Learn will be the only system.

Start­ing in spring 2013, all fully online classes offered by UNM main cam­pus will be in the new sys­tem. Fully online classes are ones in which most or all of the class is con­ducted online and does not require class­room meetings.

If a class meets face to face and the instruc­tor uses online tools for man­ag­ing grades, quizzes, or other course func­tions, then the class may or may not be in UNM Learn in the spring – it’s up to the pro­fes­sor. In some cases, classes may be in both of the sys­tems – but just for the spring. Start­ing in the sum­mer, all classes of all types will be in UNM Learn.

NMEL has been test­ing UNM Learn in actual classes and stu­dent and fac­ulty feed­back has been pos­i­tive overall.

More con­tem­po­rary tools
Full text edi­tor for dis­cus­sions and blog post­ings, mes­sages, assign­ments and essay tests will be avail­able. Indi­vid­u­als will even be able to add
images and web links to all coursework.

Quick access to dynamic course infor­ma­tion
A new tool called the Course Dash­board gives users one page to go to see announce­ments, new course mes­sages, due date alerts and updates to the course.

Course menu
Nav­i­gat­ing a course just became sim­pler. The new Course Menu can be cus­tomized by the instruc­tor to serve as the one place to access every­thing in the course, not just the tools. Even group links will appear.

One place for all grades & assess­ment feed­back
After com­plet­ing assign­ments and tests, indi­vid­u­als will have one place to check grades and review sub­mit­ted work. All grade infor­ma­tion, includ­ing links to sub­mit­ted assign­ments and com­pleted tests, will be under the My Grades tool in the Course Menu.

More com­mu­ni­ca­tion options
The instruc­tors have choices for com­mu­ni­cat­ing updates and details. They might decide to use UNM pre­ferred email for course com­mu­ni­ca­tion, or they might use the course mes­sag­ing tool. Announce­ments can be sent to the UNM pre­ferred email, and indi­vid­u­als can elect to receive dis­cus­sion and blog post­ings by email as well. Go to MyUNM to make sure UNM emails are going to the email account checked regularly.

Visit learnaboutlearn.unm.edu and link to valu­able infor­ma­tion and resources for UNM’s new Learn­ing Man­age­ment Sys­tem. For ques­tions, email learn@unm.edu.