Ever uploaded an image and then realized it’s not sized quite right or that it needs a bit of touch-up? More to the point, ever feel frustrated that to fix the problem you’d have to open the image in a desktop editor, tweak it, and upload it again? Be frustrated no more! Haiku LMS is now integrated with Aviary, a powerful set of web-based design tools, so that you can edit images on the fly within your Haiku class!
To Bryan Falcón, Executive Vice President of Haiku Learning Systems, Inc., this integration melds perfectly with Haiku’s goal of providing a simple, easy-to-use learning management system. “We believe that one of the greatest obstacles that stands in the way of web “simplicity” is the file upload/download process. It is clumsy, time-consuming, and unfriendly to all,” he said. “With Aviary, we take one step closer to our end goal of a download-free world. Teachers and students will now be able to create, edit, submit, and assess images and drawings without ever uploading a file from their desktop. This is exciting stuff.”
Take a gander at what Aviary offers to education
With Aviary you can create, edit, modify, enhance, and share digital images and assets. Aviary delivers all of the key features of desktop image editors such as Adobe Photoshop, with the simplicity and accessibility of a web-based application. That means that, as with Haiku LMS, you don’t have to download or install software, and classwork is stored securely online.
Teachers can use Aviary to:
- Provide timely feedback at any point during the creation process
- Monitor student progress in real-time
- Collaborate with colleagues and students on shared materials
- Publish and post class materials and presentations online
- Connect with other teachers and educators
- Find additional support and lesson ideas through forums, blogs, and the Aviary newsletter
The Haiku team is thrilled to include such a powerful tool for our educators and students, and Aviary is, too: “Aviary is very excited to be teaming up with Haiku,” said Michael Galpert, Aviary Co-Founder and Vice President. “Haiku’s lesson and learning management system is the perfect complement to the Aviary tool set. With Aviary and Haiku, teachers will be able to engage and collaborate with students as students acquire new skills and expand their creative capabilities.”
Who’s Using Haiku LMS and Aviary?
Sweat Equity Enterprises!
An education innovation organization that connects and educates young people through design, media, and technology, Sweat Equity Enterprises (SEE) aligns teaching and learning to the needs of the 21st century. They do that by linking students to clients in a mutually beneficial relationship: students get hands-on experience developing original graphics, products, or apparel designs, and organizations get the benefit of students’ creativity and leading-edge ideas.
SEE believes that young people learn best by experiential and team projects that empower them as leaders and tap into their individual skills and passion. Students receive guidance from SEE-trained educators who lead them through a five-step process: design challenge, research, concept development, final concept development, and client presentation. The end result is a student who experienced the creative process in a real-world, real-stakes situation, and a client who has a product they can implement and promote.
SEE has awarded more that $1.5 million in scholarships and education support services to nearly 850 students around the world, and now they are using Haiku LMS and Aviary to extend their reach.
“By embedding the Aviary suite into the Haiku LMS, Sweat Equity can now offer schools and after-school programs an eLearning environment where students learn 21st century skills while creating products through real world design challenges from national brands,” said Leonardo Bullaro Director of Sweat Equity Enterprises. “Haiku and Aviary have been vital in scaling our project-based learning and professional development offerings.”
As always, the Haiku team is excited to see what Haiku LMS users create with new features, and we’d love to hear ways you’re working Aviary into your Haiku class!
We just added a new feature called “Content Sharing” to Haiku LMS. You can share your Content Blocks, Pages, and Classes. It’s a clipboard of sorts that lets you copy your content and send it to another Haiku LMS user for them to import into their class. The recipient is then free to update the information as they’d like — the content isn’t attached to your class.
Common Cartridge Imports: If you’re already using an LMS then you know what it took to enter and organize all your curriculum data. Haiku LMS is Common Cartridge (IMS) compliant, and if your current LMS (e.g. Blackboard and Moodle) is, too, then you can bring your data along when you make the switch to Haiku.
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