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EDTECH
Velocity0.0

Online course platform for educators, with engagement-focused learning design and assessment automation.

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OpenLearning shipped a batch of fixes for how assessors grade evidence.

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◆Current state
OpenLearning, a higher-education LMS, published a batch of feature notes in late September, most aimed at outcomes-based assessment. Evidence can be shared across several criteria instead of configured for each, feedback is tied to the specific version of a learner's resubmitted work, assessors can choose where a comment goes, and AI-generated assessments can be refined without regenerating them. Course templates and program-based class access address reuse and enrolment friction.
◆Where it's heading
The assessor workflow remains the centre of investment, and this batch fixes the friction of real grading: duplicated evidence, ambiguous feedback placement, and comments that lost track of which submission they addressed. AI appears as a draft generator that can now be edited in parts. The entries summarise the problem fixed but link out for detail.
◆Prediction
Expect further outcomes-assessment refinements in the next monthly update; the entries don't indicate deeper AI grading.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1mo ago

    NEW FEATURE: Choose Where Feedback Goes

    Assessors can choose whether a comment attaches to evidence, a criterion or the overall assessment, where the sections previously looked alike. It addresses where feedback ends up, part of the batch aimed at day-to-day grading.

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  2. 1mo ago

    NEW FEATURE: Simplify Outcomes Assessment With Shared Evidence

    Evidence that applies to several criteria can be configured once and shared, rather than repeated under each. It removes duplicated setup for designers and repeated evidence for assessors.

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  3. 1mo ago

    NEW FEATURE: Track Assessor Feedback Against the Right Version of Learner Work

    Assessor feedback is now tied to a specific version of a learner's post, so resubmissions don't blur which work a comment referred to. A fix for a real audit gap in outcomes grading.

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  4. 1mo ago

    NEW FEATURE: Program-Based Class Access

    Admins can restrict class enrolment to learners from selected programs, avoiding payment pages for classes a program already covers. An enrolment control for institutions selling bundled programs.

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  5. 1mo ago

    NEW FEATURE: Refine AI-Generated Assessments Without Starting Over

    Parts of an AI-generated assessment can be refined without regenerating the whole thing. It makes the AI draft editable in pieces, the way OpenLearning has positioned AI so far.

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  6. 1mo ago

    NEW FEATURE: Turn Existing Courses Into Reusable Templates

    Educators and staff, not only course admins, can turn existing courses into reusable templates. It removes an approval bottleneck in course development.

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