Data Protection, User-Friendliness & Accessibility: Why Schools Trust itslearning

When choosing a Learning Management System (LMS), schools are looking beyond digital tools, they need platforms that ensure data protection, deliver true user-friendliness, and guarantee accessibility for every learner. 

Let us show you how itslearning is delivering on these priorities across Europe, through the experiences of three leading institutions, IGS Lengede (Germany), Collège du Léman (Switzerland), the University of Southern Denmark (SDU), and four German states. 

IGS Lengede: Raising the Bar on Data Protection 

In Germany, few issues matter more than data privacy. That’s why after eight years with another LMS, IGS Lengede  decided to switch to itslearning in 2018. Ensuring full compliance with strict German standards and continued improvements of teaching quality. 

They built the digital toolbox L3Kids (Lengeder teaching, learning, collaboration, information and document management system) within itslearning, putting data protection at the core of their digital concept. Combined with didactic strength and usability, this approach earned them the German School Award for Best Digital Concept just three years later. 

“In the end, the result was clear. Following the primacy of didactics and taking into account the areas of usability and data protection, the decision was made to use the Norwegian system itslearning.” 

Kerstin Jaspers, Didactic Director, IGS Lengede 

This case shows how itslearning’s GDPR-compliant infrastructure and ISO-certified security standards give schools confidence to innovate without compromising on privacy. 

Collège du Léman:
Driving User-Friendliness for International Learning 

For Collège du Léman in Switzerland, an international day and boarding school with students from more than 100 nationalities, the main challenge wasn’t privacy, it was consistency and ease of use. With multiple digital tools, teachers and students lacked a unified experience. 

By adopting itslearning, the school streamlined planning, communication, and assessment. The Planner tool became central: lessons are organised in numbered, and logical sequences introduced to make it simple for students to follow their learning journey and for teachers to align resources with clear objectives. 

Regular feedback, and consistent layouts ensure that students, regardless of background or learning style, can navigate courses with ease. For teachers, the platform’s intuitive design saves time and supports better feedback. 

At Collège du Léman, user-friendliness translates into autonomy: students are more confident, while teachers have more clarity to support them. 

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 The University of Southern Denmark (SDU) spans six campuses across the country and has more than 40,000 users on its platform. In May 2020, after a year-long process that included consultations with eLearning experts, educators, students, and a formal tender, SDU chose itslearning as its new learning management system. 

The aim was clear: strengthen educational development and ensure consistency. As Specialist Consultant Sara Kvist explains: 

“It was also important that our new LMS supported student-driven learning, because that’s an underlying principle of teaching and learning at SDU.” 

This is especially true at the Faculty of Engineering, where group work plays a key role in teaching. Kvist points out: 

“At the Faculty of Engineering, we emphasise group work. itslearning has some really great features to support that, they are super-practical as we have group projects almost every semester. It makes things a lot easier for teachers, as they can receive assignments, provide feedback, communicate with students and grade their work all in one place rather than, for instance, via e-mail or physically on paper.”

Sara Kvist

Students also benefit from the user-friendly, student-centred design of itslearning, which gives them quick access to essential information, materials, and resources: 

“When it comes to primary features for students, itslearning is set up in a user-friendly way. It has a student-centred layout which gives easy access to core information, materials, etc.” 

Overall, itslearning has strengthened collaboration and made learning at SDU more consistent, engaging, and student-centred, bringing all information, materials, and tools together in one place 

Scaling Impact: Four German States Go Digital with itslearning 

Building on school-level successes, four German states, Bremen, Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Berlin, have signed a 2,5 years partnerships with itslearning as part of the DigitalPakt Schule. The schools can import and export courses to and from any LMS that supports the 1EdTech Common Cartridge (IMSCC) standard, allowing teachers to easily start working on the itslearning platform.  

This collaboration focuses on: 

• Enhance Accessibility: We’re acting on the results of a detailed accessibility audit based on WCAG 2.1 and German BITV standards. Expect smoother navigation, faster page loads, and a more inclusive experience for everyone. 

• Improve Mobile Experience: The itslearning app is getting a big upgrade. Teachers will be able to assess assignments and students can complete them directly in the app. With better tablet support, calendar sync, and customizable notifications, mobile learning will feel seamless and intuitive. 

• Unified Course Catalogue: A refreshed course catalogue will make it easier to discover, manage, and enrol in courses, whether for extracurricular learning or professional development. With a modern design and improved admin controls, both internal and external catalogues will become more engaging and user-friendly. 

• Tailored Interface for Primary Education: We’re building a new course type designed for primary schools. With simplified tools, improved image support, and easier ways to create and format content, teachers can focus more on supporting young learners in a fun and structured way. 

• Student-Centered Learning Outcomes: Learning outcomes will now follow the student, not just the course. No more losing access to past work, feedback, or progress. Students will get modernised tools to revisit materials, manage their own files, and build a continuous learning journey across courses. 

Together, these updates are designed to make itslearning more inclusive, flexible, and student-focused. Whether it’s improving accessibility, strengthening mobile learning, or supporting teachers with better tools, our goal is simple: to create a smoother, more engaging learning experience for everyone.

Learn more about this partnership.

A Common Foundation 

Though their contexts are different, IGS Lengede, Collège du Léman, SDU, and the four German states  demonstrates the same reality: a modern LMS must protect data, be user-friendly, and guarantee accessibility. 

itslearning has built these principles into the core of the platform: 

• GDPR and ISO 27001 compliance for trust in data security. 

• Intuitive design and planning tools that simplify teaching and learning. 

• Inclusive features and mobile access to ensure learning is open to all. 

From pioneering schools like IGS Lengede, to international institutions like Collège du Léman, to major universities like SDU, and now entire German states, itslearning continues to supporting education at every level.