Security Practices

• Complete a review of Privacy Framework
• Security Review for Verifiable Credential Refresh Service
• Security Review for CASE 1.1

• Reconvened the Security Committee comprising 1EdTech technical staff and experts in the field of security and edtech systems from the Contributing Members.

Joshua McGhee

Accessibility

• The Accessibility Product Steering Committee will continue to promote the adoption of the Accessibility Rubric and accessibility across the 1EdTech standards and market.

• The Accessibility Product Steering Committee began meeting to promote the adoption of the Accessibility Rubric and accessibility across the 1EdTech standards and market.
• PSC members published blogs and presented at meetings and events to promote adoption.
• PSC presented and promoted information to bring awareness about the recent DOJ's ADA legislation update including the requirement that all government digital content and web apps follow the WCAG 2.1 AA to make them accessible for all.

Susan Haught

AI Data

• Complete the first draft of the AI Data Rubric Specification

• The AI Data Rubric Charter was completed and approved by the TAB

Joshua McGhee

Data Privacy and Security Agreement (DPSA)

• Continue to promote the adoption of the publicly available 1EdTech Data Privacy and Security Agreement Template in the market. 

• The 1EdTech Data Privacy and Security Agreement Template was published and made available to the public.
• Early adopters included institutions and suppliers.
• Some task force members presented at meetings and events to promote adoption.

Susan Haught

Open Badges

• Continue to promote the Open Badges standard and collect extensions in GitHub. 

• Open Badges 3.0 specification was voted Final in June 2024.
  • Updated for W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model
• Implementation Guide completed with minor revisions ongoing for clarity as additional implementors provide feedback.
• 13 certifications by December 2024.

Rob Coyle

Comprehensive Learner Record Standard^™

• TAB vote to publish the CLR Standard^® 2.0 as Final

• The CLR Standard 2.0 specification was updated for W3C Verifiable Credentials Data Model 2.0.
• Three products were certified.
• CLR 2.0 is fully implemented in the Reference Implementation.

Rob Coyle

TrustEd Credential Coalition

• Pilot implementation of certification process.
• Have the first certifications ready by the Digital Credentials Summit in March 2025.

• The initial version of the TrustEd Microcredential Framework was announced at the Digital Credentials Summit in March 2024.
• 1EdTech Reference Implementation was updated to include the framework.
• Two suppliers and one higher education institution piloted an implementation.
• The TrustEd Microcredential Coalition was renamed the TrustEd Credential Coalition and TrustEd Credentials Framework to reflect that many different types of digital credentials can be issued using the framework. 

Rob Coyle

OneRoster^®

• Public Release of three extension services as "community extension services"
• Release of best practices version 5
• Final Release of the Norwegian Profile

• Candidate final for Program Participation extension service, implemented by Infinite Campus & Same goal
• Candidate final for Class Groups extension service, implemented by Infinite Campus and Microsoft
• Draft of the Family Management extension service
• Candidate Final for OneRoster 1.2 Norway K-12 Profile

Joshua McGhee

Caliper Analytics^®

• The Caliper Product Steering Committee (PSC) will assist with the LTI Advantage Data initiative.
• Continue developing marketing strategies to drive the adoption of the Caliper Standard.
• Create alternative packaging for Caliper Events to connect the consumer “why” to the technical “how” of Caliper.

• The Caliper Product Steering Committee (PSC) has been re-launched and is now meeting monthly.

Jacques Menasche

Edu-API

• The final release of first version of Edu–API

• Finalized the scope and most details of the data and service model for the final release
• Creation of the reference implementation
• Creation of supplier test systems
   

Joshua McGhee

Identity Task Force

• Release a final version of the Identity Best Practices document for member consumption.

• The Identity Task Force created a catalog of terms for the best practice document that identifies crucial country/institution agnostic terminology that will allow the best practice document to be consumable by a wider audience.
• Drafted all base use cases for the best practice document.

Jacques Menasche

Identity Management Task Force

• Finalize Charter and submit for TAB Approval.
• Send work to the Rostering Project Group.

• A new Identity Management Task Force was created to draft a work charter for an Identity Management standard.
• The initial scope of this work will focus on U.S. K-12 education but will eventually expand to higher education and international needs. 

Joshua McGhee

OneRoster^® Privacy

• Candidate Final for Privacy Framework
• Revision of Privacy Annotated OneRoster 1.2
   

• Identified patterns for data protection using 1EdTech data standards
• Created the first draft of the privacy framework
• Created first draft of Annotated OneRoster 1.2 Documents

Joshua McGhee

Uniform Resource ID

• Finish drafting all required documents to release the Uniform Resource ID standard.

• Drafted use cases and goals of this project to drive work.
• Identified WEB:DID as the technology that will be used.
• Began drafting documentation.

Jacques Menasche

AI-ALOE

• Continue assisting the AI research project funded by NSF AI institute (ALOE project), which is dedicated to creating and using deep learning in software tools and applications and collecting data for analytics. 

Joshua McGhee

Publish/Subscribe
(Pub/Sub)

• Candidate final for asynchronous binding framework document
• Candidate final for Edu-API Pub/Sub Binding

• Draft of asynchronous binding framework document

Joshua McGhee

Question and Test Interoperability (QTI)^®

The QTI Project Group will continue to finalize the ancillary QTI specifications. An update to QTI 3 will be published to include bug fixes and edits found by the QTI Project Group. QTI 3.0.1 update projected in late 2024.

• Published the 1EdTech QTI 3.0 Standardized Shared Vocabulary and CSS Classes
• Updated the QTI 3.0 Best Practices & Implementation Guide
• Finalized all of the ancillary QTI 3.0 specifications (listed below).

Susan Haught

Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT)

CAT finalization, including conformance and certification documents, the certification suite, and securing early adopters, is projected for 2025.
 

• The Candidate Final version of the CAT is on the roadmap for the QTI Project Group to finalize

Susan Haught

Portable Custom Interactions (PCIs)

Finalize the conformance and certification documents and the certification suite, secure the first implementers, and move the specification 1.0 Candidate Final to Final Release.

• 1EdTech Portable Custom Interactions 1.0 Specification Candidate Final has been created

Susan Haught

Personal Needs and Preferences (PNP)

The QTI Project Group will finalize the conformance and certification documents and the certification suite and secure the first implementers.
The specification will move to the Final Release.
 

• PNP is an ancillary specification for QTI 3 and will provide options to personalize the delivery of assessments and content.

Susan Haught

AccessForAll^®

AccessForAll Personal Needs and Preferences 3.0, Public Candidate Final Draft v2 will remain on the roadmap until the other QTI 3 specifications are finalized.

• The LTI AccessForAll PNP Connector Service 1.0 Candidate Final has been created and is under final review in the LTI Project Group. 

Susan Haught

Data-Support for Speech Synthesis Markup Language (Data-SSML)

Final Release projected for Q2 2024.

• 1EdTech Support for Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Using the 'data-ssml' Property Version 1.0 Proposed Final Release was created, based on the W3C version, enhancing text-to-speech capabilities for students. 

Susan Haught

Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)^®

New Certification Suite

Continue work to get the following services to Candidate Final:

• Asset Processor - Lets a tool provide a processor that will take a platform submission and return a report.
• Content and Link Service - Gives tools a way to manage their LTI links within a platform’s course.
• Platform Notification Service - This lets a platform give tools a list of events for a course and subscribe to be notified when those events happen.

• Updated Meeting format
• Restructuring of the LTI GitHub to one central repository. 
• Released cookie solution allowing learning tools and LMSs to circumvent the use of third-party cookies in conjunction with changes in the browser market positions
• Submission Review and Course Group Services have been moved to Public Candidate Final.

Jacques Menasche

Competencies and Academic Standards Exchange (CASE)^®

• CASE 1.1 Final Release, adoption and certification activities

• CASE 1.1 achieved Candidate Final status with early adopter certifications and beginning the official publishing process

Susan Haught

CASE Network 2

• Promote the adoption of CASE and CASE Network 2.
• Promote new implementations and features in CASE Network 2, such as exporting CASE Frameworks to Canvas (LMS), adopting CASE Rubrics, and new CASE framework types (e.g., AP Frameworks.)

• 12 registered suppliers made CASE Network 2 sustainable.
• Combined the CASE Network Advisory Board with the Digital Curriculum and CASE Product Steering Committee to more effectively promote the CASE standard and the benefits of CASE Network 2.

Beatriz Arnillas

Common Cartridge^® and Thin Common Cartridge

• Continue to promote Common Cartridge 1.4 and other versions by presenting at meetings and events, highlighting implementations, and defining use cases.

• Promoted the adoption and certification of Common Cartridge and Thin Common Cartridge 1.4 standards.

Susan Haught

LTI Resource Search

• Create a test suite for the Resource Search German Profile
• Certify early adopters and vote to move to Final Release

• A newly formed task force worked swiftly to create the LTI Resource Search German Profile Candidate Final 1.0.
• Norway and NATO showed interest in an LTI Resource Search Profile.

Susan Haught

Digital Curriculum Innovation SIG

• Interview members to identify topics of interest and initiate a 2025 meeting series.

• Experts presented on a range of topics, including portable course delivery with 1EdTech standards, LTI 1.3 Cookieless flow, Grade Passback, 1EdTech & Ed-Fi Collaboration, ID Management Best Practices, Edu-API, CASE Network 2, and CASE Services.
• Key outcomes:
  • Learning Resources and Digital Content Leaders gained an understanding of current 1EdTech interoperability standard versions and services based on their expressed interests 
  • 1EdTech and Ed-Fi are establishing the terms of collaboration to avoid competition and support the development of consistent, noncompetitive learning and reporting data ecosystems.

Beatriz Arnillas

1EdTech Japan Society

• 1EdTech Japan Society will continue to run its own PSC and collaborate with 1EdTech member groups and events.

• The 1EdTech Japan Society met at the Fall Technical Meeting and created the 1EdTech Japan Product Steering Committee (PSC). 1EdTech Japan will manage its PSC independently. 
• The 1EdTech Japan Society has implemented numerous 1EdTech standards, including LTI Advantage, OneRoster 1.2, Open Badges, CASE 1.0, and QTI 3.
   

Susan Haught

Colin Smythe

Norway

• The Norwegian Project group will put the finishing touches on the profile and move it to final release.

• With the assistance of UDIR 1EdTech, I created a profile of OneRoster 1.2 for the Norwegian market. That profile is currently in Candidate Final Status.

Joshua McGhee

Colin Smythe