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EDTECH
Velocity5.0

Learning management system for schools and higher education

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itslearning pilots a new Assignment tool, its first new building block in months.

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◆Current state
itslearning's October digest opened the new Assignment tool to all customers as an opt-in pilot: teachers create activities with or without submissions from one starting point, and assignments without submissions get a new assessment view for grades and formatted feedback in the student list. It is part of the German Development Project with four German states. November's digest adds only tree links in folder descriptions.
◆Where it's heading
Most of 2026 was subtraction and accessibility: retiring Test 2.0 and the project Links page, making SCORM a paid add-on, rebuilding Files. The Assignment pilot is a replacement rather than a removal, with the old Task tool kept alongside it during the pilot.
◆Prediction
Expect the pilot to extend new Assignment to submissions, which still use the old interface, before Task is retired.

◆Recent moves

  1. 12d ago

    November 2026 product updates

    November's digest adds tree links to content from a folder description. A small authoring convenience in a thin month.

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  2. 19d ago

    October 2026 product updates

    New Assignment opens to all customers as an opt-in pilot, with a new assessment interface for assignments without submissions. Those with submissions still use the old interface, so the replacement of Task is only partway done.

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  3. 2mo ago

    One-step content block deletion, persistent menus in plans

    A thin digest carrying two real interface changes: permanent deletion directly from a content block's menu, removing the archive-then-delete detour, and global and course menus that stay visible inside plan pages. The second is the same accessibility-compliance navigation work that has filled these digests all year.

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  4. 3mo ago

    Fixes for assessment scrolling, course copy and page errors

    A fixes-only month - assessment scrolling, a course-copy permission error, course templates - with no product updates section at all. This is the floor the feed periodically hits between compliance pushes.

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  5. 4mo ago

    Personal Files area rebuilt for accessibility and Office editing

    The personal Files area rebuilt for modern design, improved accessibility and in-place Office editing. One of the larger interface conversions in the accessibility-and-retirement program, and additive rather than subtractive for once.

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  6. 4mo ago

    SCORM player swaps to Rustici and becomes a paid add-on

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    The SCORM swap is the sharpest edge of the same retirement program that covers Test 2.0 and the project Links page - but this one changes commercial terms, not just code. Font selection shipped alongside it as routine accessibility work.

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