The Avenue platform was migrated to Moodle 4.5 in mid-November. Teachers and learners now enjoy a refreshed interface, enhanced navigation, streamlined grading and activity management, improved course editing tools, and greater accessibility for all.
Advanced Learning Leadership Group begins January 19th Avenue Leadership Training for Managers & Lead Teachers: Refreshed, Remodelled Course Framework Embraces Peer to Peer Sharing Avenue Leadership Training now formatted into two courses of 8 weekly units each Participants build skills as lead teachers or managers Grow your learning tech leadership skills with a community of LINC, CLIC and Ontario ALT colleagues Complete all the weekly
In Mid-November Avenue will migrate from Moodle Version 3.10 to Moodle Version 4.5 and
Avenue will be unavailable to our learners and teachers.
Moodle 4.5 is the latest long-term supported (LTS) release of the world’s leading open-source
learning management system.
It brings a modern, intuitive interface, streamlined navigation, and enhanced tools for teachers,
learners, and administrators.
The upgrade ensures Avenue remains secure,
Just as FaceBook, Gmail and LinkedIn look different than they did five years ago, we must adapt with technology changes.
Moodle 4.5 allows us to keep updated with all features and have better system performance.
It also allows us to add more tools (more about that when these tools are ready).
Ce poster francophone, présenté lors de la conférence Voies vers la prospérité, a suscité un grand intérêt en illustrant comment Avenue.ca soutient l’intégration des immigrants francophones. Notre plateforme offre des formations gratuites et interactives, adaptées aux formateurs CLIC/FLS, et intègre des principes d’équité, diversité et inclusion (EDI). Les outils modernes, comme le Constructeur de cours automatisé et le portfolio en ligne aligné sur l’ELBP, permettent
Présenté lors de la conférence Voies vers la prospérité 2024 (les 25-26 novembre à Vancouver), ce poster bilingue a rencontré un vif succès en mettant en avant notre plateforme Avenue.ca, soutenue par IRCC et le MTIFDC de l’Ontario. Avec 27 000 utilisateurs actifs et 2 650 cours, Avenue propose une solution moderne pour l’apprentissage des langues d’établissement. Ses outils personnalisés, comme le Constructeur de cours
We are delighted to announce the birth of a sibling for Avenue.ca. In October the project launched a new shiny platform where autonomous learners can learn English and orient themselves to Canada. CanAvenue.ca has the potential to fill a serious service gap for adult newcomers. These learners can benefit from independent language learning: Newcomers on waiting lists for formal language training Prospective immigrants before their arrival
Orientation to Avenue.ca is a brief, self-directed course created for TESL students, stakeholders, and interested language training professionals to help them understand how Avenue.ca is used and its role in Canadian immigrant settlement language training.
The Avenue team is happy to announce a leap forward in the ease and convenience of transferring eLearning resources from the Tutela repository to the Avenue.ca learning management system. Teachers with both Tutela and Avenue accounts can now reach into Tutela to grab Word or PDF documents, media files, or eLearning objects like H5Ps or SCORMs and add them to their Avenue course. Refer to
An Avenue Video Testimonial from a LINC Professional Swati Sinha is a passionate and dedicated ESL instructor with extensive experience teaching in India and in Canada. Currently, she teaches both in-person and online at various levels in the LINC program at COSTI Immigrant Services. In spring 2024 New Language Solutions commissioned an expert team to profile a LINC professional who implements Avenue in their teaching.
The Avenue – LearnIT2teach Project offers more than an online teaching and learning platform for settlement language training; Since 2018 we have also offered training and resources for language volunteers working with newcomers. New Language Solutions is growing that volunteer training to include preparing volunteers to support newcomers in employment preparation or the workplace. We will be piloting this latest iteration of volunteer training in
New Language Solutions is pleased to announce the release of our new learning technology standards. All concerned in their development hope the standards will benefit instructors, learners and programs in the settlement language training sector. The NLS team wants to reinforce the good practices sector pros already engage in and inspire them to reflect, explore and go deeper. These standards are not performance evaluation tools