LMS More Than Software

Congratulations You Were

Just asked to teach online

Let the Excitement Begin

Life is Good

Or Were You “Persuaded”

Suddenly

Reality Sets In

Confusion

Now What?

Were You Well Trained?

Have a Good Support System?

Where Do You Turn for Help?

Not just LMS questions

but, teaching questions

Ever Felt All Alone?

Teaching Online is Isolating

LMS More Than Software

LMS More Than Vivie Sinou Executive Director Vivie Sinou Executive Director Glenn R. Golden Chief Architect Glenn R. Golden Chief Architect

LMS More Than Core Team

A Team of Trainers Courses in Pedagogy Intern in training sessions DE Leadership Background Lead many training sessions

A Team of Trainers

Etudes Faculty over 10 Years over 2,500 trained faculty 18 California Community Colleges

Confidence Starts with Quality Training

Quality Training Begins With Community

Etudes Faculty From a Fullerton College Instructor: I have to admit that I was very reluctant to see the features of Etudes...All I have to say now is that I am very impressed and completely in love with this system.

Etudes Faculty "This was really a terrific class, on an amazing tool. I have been a user of Blackboard, and this is such a better tool. I am anxious to begin loading curriculum into my Etudes sites.” Another instructor’s feedback on the training:

Community Continues With Active Users Group

Community Continues

By giving the faculty a voice to express their needs.

Community Continues Faculty Drives the Evolution of Etudes Tools and Features

Etudes Listens As educators we can focus on our faculty’s pedagogical goals and needs.

Etudes Listens As a non-profit that is all we have to focus on

Etudes Responds Releases early Releases often Instead of limited releases of new versions Etudes Always improving

Community Updates We don’t just update the software We update the community

Etudes Faculty The Etudes community is amazing! In all the years I've been teaching, I have never had this level of support. What a difference it would have made if I had had access to a community like this when I was a youngster first starting out. Leslie Hope English Instructor Los Angeles Valley College

Etudes Faculty Leslie Hope English Instructor Los Angeles Valley College I've grown professionally so much since I started using Etudes. I've never enjoyed my job as much or worked as hard as I am doing now.

Etudes Coordinators As a Distance Education Coordinator, I love the support that all the faculty get from Etudes. Even though I am very available to them, the fact that they can go into the Etudes Users Group and get immediate help and guidance on their own makes a huge difference. Dr. Wendy Bass, Distance Education Coordinator

Etudes Administrators Diane Rosner, former Dean of Instruction Lake Tahoe Community College Our college was on the brink of three years of declining enrollments. When our college decided to go with Etudes to build a distance learning program, we not only got a big college support network, but we got a price that was affordable for our college to move students ahead

Etudes Information Officers Dr. John Wagstaff, CIO El Camino College My network systems aren't built to deliver % of reliability on a 24/7 basis. That's the risk! With Etudes, I don't worry. We've been with Etudes for three years now. We have had no down-time and no glitches. I don't get any complaints. That's a good thing for me.

Etudes Information Officers Dr. John Wagstaff, CIO El Camino College The other thing that attracted us to Etudes is the cost point. Because Etudes is a non-profit consortium, the membership isn't in the business of making money. It is in the business of covering its costs and evolving the product.

Etudes Information Officers Dr. John Wagstaff, CIO El Camino College And that means, from El Camino College's point of view, that we'll pay less than we would with a commercial vendor - in fact, we pay a lot less.

Etudes Family You’re never alone