Imparare Studio Practica Italiano

Imparare Studio Practica Italiano (ISPI) is a cross-platform mobile application that combines the learning user experience of Brightspace and EdPuzzle all into one electronic learning environment to be used by University of Ottawa students enrolled in the Italian Language and Culture program. The client, Professor C. Perissinotto, proposed a mobile app that provides a convenient, all-in-one resource for University of Ottawa Italian Studies students. This app offers course material from Italian Studies classes, as well as Italian language practice.

The client’s current solution involves using multiple online learning tools to supplement her teaching. These include Brightspace, Edpuzzle, and Book Creator. Students enrolled in Cristina’s courses use the University of Ottawa’s Brightspace platform to complete quizzes, submit assignments, view course materials, and access their grades. Edpuzzle is an external learning platform that helps Cristina create interactive videos with embedded quizzes, and hosts a significant portion of the client’s video content. The limitation of these powerful tools is that they are decentralized, which makes it difficult for Cristina’s students to access and fully engage with the course material in a cohesive manner.

Currently, they need access across multiple platforms to take part effectively. Cristina’s vision is to improve and simplify her students’ learning experience. Cristina devised the idea to create a mobile application that can solve this problem. This mobile application combines the learning tools she employs into one platform, allowing students to find course materials with ease, see deadlines, and view other learning resources.

This mobile app combines various learning resources that the client provides to students, and ultimately, is a companion study resource for the Italian Studies department. The app contains language learning resources, resources related to the Italian Humanities (Literature, Art, etc.), as well as an administration portal for the client to update the content of the app’s database.