1. © 2014 IRI Seminaries and Institutes Report 2014-2015 Initiatives Ron Schwendiman schwendimanrj@ldschurch.org 13 November 2014

2. © 2014 IRI Online Seminary 4000 students in US, Canada, UK, Australia, and New Zealand Moodlerooms courses will end May 2015 Desire2Learn “BrightSpace” was selected as the Academic LMS for all Church Departments (S&I, Missionary, Priesthood, Family History) NetDemensions is the Corporate LMS No current efforts for Online Institute

3. © 2014 IRI Learning Assessment As part of the “Elevate Learning” initiative in Seminary students are required to complete two learning assessments a year to qualify for graduation. Excelsoft has been selected to be our platform for managing and processing assessments.

4. © 2014 IRI Media in the Classroom Presentations App available for teachers since May. Public release in 2015. Pilot of Apple TV and Media Servers in buildings will run through 2 nd quarter of 2015. –Apple TVs will have all advertising and purchase capability removed by Apple, only wireless projection device. –Teachers can choose a laptop, or iPad/Desktop combination. 4 year cycle. 2/3 this year selected iPad/Desktop.

5. © 2014 IRI Electronic Publishing All materials are published in digital channels first. New Institute courses are digital only courses and will link extensively with other content. New web platform, Adobe Experience Manager, and new standards for Church web site visual design being completed in 2015. Using more machine translation, crowd translation, and translation memory tools in language projects. Scripture Master App will be integrated into the Gospel Library App Q1 2015. More social network publishing during Devotionals.

6. © 2014 IRI Network upgrades Just completing 2 nd year of 5-year upgrade cycle for routers, switches, and wireless access points. Wireless coverage for all classrooms, offices, and common areas. Seminary and institute students may use Internet connection with personal devices for classroom activities, if desired by teacher.

7. © 2014 IRI Classroom Observation Wireless Camera observation of teachers in classrooms is in pilot mode. Establishing protocols and standards for use. Evaluating cameras and software to facilitate growth of distant observation.