Join the Cyber Teachers' Institute, a stimulating online professional development program designed to bring teachers together to learn from each other, evaluate best teaching practices, and search for solutions to the unique challenges of the online environment. Registration is now open! The courses are offered in June, July and August. The first course in the series starts on June 7! Learn more and register now....

On May 12, 2010 at 4:00AM, the Etudes team released several significant enhancements onto the Assignments, Tests and Surveys (AT&S) tool. These enhancements are now available to all Etudes users in their sites. Learn more....

Join us at the 2nd Annual Etudes Users' Summit in San Francisco, California, on May 13 and 14, 2010. We invite anyone interested in teaching, learning, and collaboration with Etudes or Sakai to join us and experience our vibrant community. The attendees, Etudes members and non-members alike, will appreciate and benefit from the interaction and exchanges. Registration is now open! Learn more....

If you are attending the TechEd 2010 Conference in Pasadena, CA, be sure to join us at our sessions. Learn more....

April 07, 2010, Sunnyvale, CA - Etudes has published its hosting and support services rates for fiscal year 2010-2011. The average per-user cost for Etudes hosting and support is $5.25 per-user. Learn more...

February 15, 2010 - Sunnyvale, CA - The Etudes team is pleased to announce the release and deployment of a set of new "Site Info" enhancements. The new functionality is designed to preserve the integrity of rosters and give additional power to instructors to block students from Etudes course sites. Learn more....

Two highly-desired features were deployed onto Etudes on January 26, 2010: (a) Ability to batch-download all question submissions onto one's desktop for offline grading, and (b) Ability to insert inline comments in double brackets and have it display in red for students. Learn more....

January 3, 2010 - The Etudes team is pleased to announce the release of Melete 2.7.2 (a.k.a. Modules). To review what's new in the Modules tool, please see: Melete 2.7.2 Release Notes. Learn more....

December 31, 2009 - The Etudes team is pleased to announce full access key support and other accessibility enhancements throughout the Etudes system. These enhancements have been deployed onto Etudes (12/28/09). Learn More....

December 30, 2009 - The Etudes team is pleased to announce the release of JForum 2.7.1 (Discussion & Private Messages). For highlights of this release (with screen shots), see:
http://etudes.org/release/discussion/2.7/. Learn more....

December 28, 2009 - Sunnyvale, CA. Etudes instructors and students can now access the system via a new, friendly URL! Going forward, please access your Etudes courses by simply typing myetudes.org on your browser. Learn More....

November 28, 2009, Sunnyvale, CA - A new version of the assessment engine of Etudes is now released. Renamed to "Assignments, Tests and Surveys" (AT&S), the new version of the tool has been successfully deployed onto Etudes. Learn more....

Cloud computing has arisen as the in-vogue description for the massive aggregation of a wide variety of IT services delivered via fast digital networks -- much like power generation and the electrical grid of a public utility. The idea is not new. Similarly, ETUDES (http://etudes.org) operates as a not-for-profit membership consortium among twenty-three California community colleges. Learn More....

May 28, 2009, Sunnyvale, CA - A number of new features and enhancements in the Private Messages tool were deployed onto Etudes this morning (Thursday, May 28, 2009) at 4:00 am. Learn more...

October 10, 2009, Sunnyvale, CA - The Etudes team is committed to the on-going evolution of the platform. Here is a summary of Etudes enhancements and new features that underway, completed, or planned. Learn More....

We are pleased to announce the first Annual Etudes Users Summit, April 23 & 24, 2009, Los Angeles, California. We invite anyone interested in e-learning to join us, learn about Etudes, and experience our community. Learn More....

March 3, 2009, Sunnyvale, CA - Etudes instructors can now author assessment questions offline, using a word processor or text editor, and then paste and import them into a dynamically-created pool into the assessment engine of Etudes. It is easy and can save authors a tremendous amount of time. Learn More....

December 12, 2008, Sunnyvale, CA - Etudes is pleased to announce the following Etudes upgrades in the Discussion & Private Messages tool and in the assessment engine of Etudes. Learn More....

November 13, 2008, Sunnyvale, CA - Etudes has now released a small milestone version of AT&S that includes a few nice touches, enhancements and fixes. Learn More.....

October, 17, 2008 - The Etudes team has now released Jforum 2.5, which includes grading of discussions amongst a few other enhancements! Learn More....