itslearning-2026.1.5 product updates

Illustrations

Teachers can now choose from pre-defined illustrations provided by itslearning instead of uploading their own images. This makes it easy to add a quick visual element to represent the course while keeping a consistent style across courses.

Availability is controlled by your site administrator. If you do not see all illustrations in this tab, K–12 illustrations may be disabled for your site.

This feature is part of the German Development Project (GDP), a collaboration between four German states and itslearning aimed at enhancing digital education in Germany through tailored product developments.

Learn more about the GDP roadmap and what other features you can expect to see.

For German readers, more details on the German Development Project are made available on our webpages.

Your images

You can now save uploaded images to a personal library for reuse. This lets you build a consistent collection of course images that are always available when you need them.

Currently available for course images, will be rolled out for use in other features this year.

This feature is part of the German Development Project (GDP), a collaboration between four German states and itslearning aimed at enhancing digital education in Germany through tailored product developments.

Learn more about the GDP roadmap and what other features you can expect to see.

For German readers, more details on the German Development Project are made available on our webpages.

Avatars for profile pictures

Users can now choose an avatar as their profile picture instead of uploading an image. Avatars are pre-defined illustrations that provide a consistent, recognisable alternative to photos. Administrators can also assign avatars to users who have not uploaded a profile picture, replacing the default grey silhouettes with more engaging profile visuals.

This feature is part of the German Development Project (GDP), a collaboration between four German states and itslearning aimed at enhancing digital education in Germany through tailored product developments.

Learn more about the GDP roadmap and what other features you can expect to see.

For German readers, more details on the German Development Project are made available on our webpages.

Image cropping for profile picture

We’ve added our accessible image cropping tool to profile picture uploads. Crop and reposition the image to choose what’s visible before saving.

This feature is part of the German Development Project (GDP), a collaboration between four German states and itslearning aimed at enhancing digital education in Germany through tailored product developments.

Learn more about the GDP roadmap and what other features you can expect to see.

For German readers, more details on the German Development Project are made available on our webpages.

Frameless update: Assessment portfolios to frameless

We’ve updated the Assessment portfolios to use a frameless layout. This makes the interface simpler, faster, and more consistent with the rest of the platform.

Learn more about our ongoing work to remove iFrames in itslearning.