Seven elite universities, including CMU, offering free online courses

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OLI and CMU are in good company on a curated list of top-tier schools that offer free online courses. Learn about the other schools and their online offerings below.

Torus Version 33: Smarter Insights, More Powerful Adaptive Learning, and Streamlined Course Management

Laura Delince Ceballos2026-06-09T15:50:32-04:00June 9th, 2026|

Torus Version 33 is one of the platform's largest releases to date, introducing the Instructor Intelligent Dashboard, significant Adaptive Pages enhancements, a comprehensive Template Management overhaul, accessibility improvements, and 151 total platform updates designed to improve teaching, learning, and course administration.

Torus Version 32b: Accessibility, Mobile Refinements, and High-Impact Fixes

Laura Delince Ceballos2026-03-09T11:12:04-04:00February 25th, 2026|

Torus Version 32b is a focused addendum to Version 32, delivering meaningful improvements in accessibility, mobile responsiveness, admin workflows, and instructor analytics. This release also resolves several high-impact issues affecting proficiency filtering, course copying, and activity bank metadata. While compact in scope, 32b strengthens usability, reliability, and inclusivity across the platform.

Torus V.32 Accelerates Admin Workflows and More Actionable Instructor Analytics

Laura Delince Ceballos2026-01-07T11:05:09-05:00December 16th, 2025|

Adds Score-as-You-Go feedback, redesigned scheduling, LTI integration, and cleaner data exports for smoother teaching workflows.
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