April 2024

Torus v.27 Brings Many New Authoring Updates

2025-06-20T10:24:16-04:00April 23rd, 2024|All posts, New tools and features, Torus, Torus Releases, Video|

Torus Version 27 brings major authoring upgrades including undo/redo, tooltips, curriculum-linked content, and searchable objectives. Students benefit from smarter feedback flow and saved responses, while new admin role levels offer clearer permissions and control.

September 2023

Torus v.24 Prepares for Fall Semester with the Largest Torus Release Ever

2025-06-20T10:23:09-04:00September 22nd, 2023|All posts, New tools and features, Torus, Torus Releases, Video|

Torus Version 24 adds onboarding wizards, smarter portals for students and instructors, flexible assessment controls, and new authoring tools like collaborative discussions and flowchart-based adaptive authoring—making course setup and delivery more intuitive than ever.

April 2023

Torus V.23 Update Brings New Features, Lays Groundwork for More Improvements

2025-06-20T10:23:28-04:00April 16th, 2023|All posts, New tools and features, Torus, Torus Releases, Video|

Torus Version 23 introduces new student and instructor portals, progress-aware learning analytics, collaborative discussion features, explorations for applied learning, flexible scheduling tools, and A/B testing via UpGrade—expanding what’s possible in course design and delivery.

November 2018

With OLI’s new website comes a new student workflow

2019-02-18T16:39:26-05:00November 9th, 2018|All posts, New tools and features, Video|

Living our mantra of "iterative improvement" Many of you have been part of the Open Learning Initiative family for a decade or more. In our shared goal of bringing better outcomes to students, we've worked together for years to continuously improve the content, the tools, the pedagogy, and the relationships. Today we've made

May 2012

OLI Featured at Carnegie Mellon Event in DC

2019-02-15T17:13:54-05:00May 9th, 2012|All posts, Video|

Carnegie Mellon University recently hosted an event on March 1, in Washington D.C. on the topic of OLI. There, CMU President Jared L. Cohon discussed OLI and CMU's leadership in the science of learning. In addition to OLI Director Candace Thille, he was joined by Ken Koedinger, CMU professor of Human-Computer Interaction; Martha Kanter,

OLI Website:
New look and
New student registration process

OLI’s website has undergone a refresh, and so has the student registration process. Watch the video to see how easily students can register with a Course Key.

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