Does the ETUDES-NG Gateway - Training provide students with the training that they will need in order to use the new ETUDES-NG efficiently and effectively?

There is no training for students at this time. I know Vivie is planning something for students in terms of how to use discussion & private messages.

That said, Etudes-NG is really a very student-user friendly program. I am offering a course for my CC students using it now; they are managing very well with almost no instruction in how to use the program. It really is very intuitive.

The system is in use with thousands of students already and they jump right in and use it. From the student side, it's very easy to use. They don't have the authoring challenges and additional browser requirements that instructors have due to content publishing and such.

Having said that, we plan on creating an orientation site on the software for students. We've had this for ETUDES, though very few students go through it.

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