Soft Launch of Moodle-Based Saylor Courses

As mentioned in a previous post a few months ago and discussed in our recent Hangout on Air, we have been working on updating various components of our site and courses. Phase I of this (or at least the first part to be public facing) was the redesign of our website in September. We announced then that, moving […]

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Partnering with Accredible to build interactive portfolio certificates

Update November 2017: you can see an example certificate and current features at https://www.saylor.org/accredible-certificates With Accredible, we have just announced our work to build the next generation of course certificates. As Accredible says on their post, Accredible’s certificates go beyond the standard PDF certificate, showing what a student has learned by embedding evidence and insights into […]

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Reminder: “Office Hours” Hangout on Air February 11th

Join us Wednesday, February 11th, at 2:00 PM EST (that’s 7:00 PM UTC) for our live “office hours” session via Google Hangout on Air. The video will be archived. Our team will be wearing our education, tech, and community hats while giving updates about recent months and the near future. When: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015 | 2:00 PM EST Where:  Community page […]

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Hang out with us on February 11th

Two weeks from today, we will hold a long overdue “office hours”* session via Google Hangout on Air. We will take questions before and during the hangout, and the video will be archived for those who are not able to watch it live. Expect updates about our website, our tech, our courses, our certificates, and our […]

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Try out our (proposed) new discussion forums

If you have used our discussion forums, you may have mixed feelings about them. We certainly do. Some forums are very active, while others are very quiet. Flagging spammers and managing your notifications is difficult. Getting someone’s attention, to say nothing of getting a staff member’s attention, can feel like hitting the jackpot. We would […]

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