Educational Applications

Blue is the system that the University of Groningen uses to run its course evaluations. Blue offers users a lot of flexibility when creating evaluations and reports, incorporating data from multiple sources to give students a personalized experience. Available evaluations are shown to the student on the home page of Brightspace.

Although Blue is mainly focused on course evaluations, other types of evaluations are supported as well, such as programme evaluations or regular surveys.

Need support? We can help you at evaluation@rug.nl!

Brightspace is the electronic learning environment for the University of Groningen and plays a central role in education. Information and functionalities from other IT systems like Progress and Ocasys are integrated within Brightspace. All faculties use Brightspace intensively.

On the student portal users will find their courses but also for example their grades, news, and faculty tools.

Go to the EDUsupport website for more information. If you you have any questions please contact EDU Support

Kaltura is the system that is used to watch or record lectures, livestreams and upload videos. Both students and lecturers can upload and watch videos. Kaltura can be accessed directly via a course in Brightspace (for course-related materials) or via video.rug.nl (for other materials). Kaltura is managed by team ICT for Education. If you want to know more about Kaltura, you can visit the EDU Support website.

Ocasys is the course catalog of the University of Groningen. Ocasys contains information about all the programs and courses offered by the university, including the language of instruction, learning objectives, instructor(s), literature, and the study load in ECTS. In addition, students can register for courses, tutorials, and minors via Ocasys. Ocasys is developed by team ICT for Education.

Need support? We can help you at ocasys rug.nl!

Progress is the student and study information system (SIS) used by the University of Groningen, supporting the educational logistics for students’ academic careers. Progress is provided by the external supplier QSBN.

Enrollments are received and managed in the SIS. The required data for this is registered in Progress via a direct connection to the national enrollment portal Studielink. During the course of study, achieved results are recorded in Progress. Finally, the diploma and the supplement are also generated in Progress.

Need support? We can help you at progresssupport rug.nl!

TimeEdit is the scheduling system of the University of Groningen. TimeEdit is provided by the external supplier TimeEdit AB.

All lectures, practicals, and other educational activities are scheduled in the TimeEdit Core application. Much of the information required for scheduling comes from source systems such as Ocasys and AFAS. Additional scheduling information is requested from instructors using the TimeEdit Curriculum application and forwarded to TimeEdit Core.

Scheduled activities are shared via integrations with other applications, such as rooster.rug.nl. The rooster.rug.nl platform is developed by the ICT for Education team.

Need support? We can help you at syllabus rug.nl!

As of 2023, the University of Groningen has been using PLAN as its educational planning tool. With PLAN, educational planners can easily match educational tasks with available teaching staff. Heads of departments and teachers themselves can use PLAN to easily get insight into their assigned tasks.

Need support? We can help you at plansupport rug.nl!

Raiser's Edge is a system used to keep track of alumni information at the University of Groningen. Faculties as well as the department of Alumni Relations & Fundraising update this information regularly. Storing and updating this data allows faculties to easily form groups of alumni for the organization of alumni days, drinks and information meetings. Moreover, this data is used in the distribution of the alumni magazine of the university, Broerstraat 5.