New technologies have transformed many fields, including education. Among the digital tools that are changing the way of teaching are digital workspaces (ENT). ENT is an online platform that allows high school students, their parents, teachers and National Education staff to access digital educational services and resources. The Île-de-France Region offers an innovative and efficient ENT to schools in the region: the ENT Île-de-France on the MonLycee.net website. This digital tool makes school life easier and promotes student success.

Let's find out together what ENT Île-de-France is and what it offers.

What is MonLycee.net, ENT Île-de-France?

The ENT Île-de-France is a project supported by the Île-de-France Region , in conjunction with academic authorities, schools and service provider companies¹. It offers simplified and secure access to a multitude of online resources and services, adapted to everyone's needs and expectations.

For example, high school students can consult their grades, their timetables, their textbooks, or even access educational applications. Parents can follow their children's schooling, communicate with teachers or even pay half-board online. Teachers can create interactive lessons, share documents with their students, or use web conferencing tools. National Education staff can manage absences, scholarships, or even internships.”

What are the objectives of ENT Île-de-France?

with the site MonLycee.net ENT Île-de-France aims to:

• Promote the academic success of Ile-de-France high school students by offering them simplified and secure access to educational content adapted to their needs and level.
• Strengthen the link between stakeholders in the educational community (students, parents, teachers, staff) by facilitating communication, sharing of information and monitoring of school careers.
• Support the digital transformation of high schools by offering innovative and efficient tools to support educational and administrative practices.
• Contribute to sustainable development and the ecological transition by reducing the environmental footprint of school activities (less paper, less travel, etc.).

What services and resources are offered by ENT Île-de-France?

ENT MonLycee.net offers a wide range of digital educational services and resources, accessible from a computer, tablet or smartphone . Among them, we can cite:

• Access to digital textbooks for all disciplines and all levels, as well as additional resources (videos, interactive exercises, etc.).
• A catalog of more than 200 educational digital resources selected by the Île-de-France Region and the academies, covering various fields such as modern languages, sciences, history-geography, media education, etc.
• A personal space for each user, allowing them to consult their schedule, textbook, notes, absences, messages, etc.
• A collaborative space for each class or group of students, allowing you to create and share documents, projects, surveys, blogs, etc.
• A space dedicated to parents , allowing them to follow their child's education, communicate with teachers and staff, find out about guidance and school scholarships, etc.
• A space dedicated to teachers and staff, allowing them to manage their courses, assessments, report cards, continuing education, etc.
• Access to transversal digital tools such as web conferencing , the Pearltrees Education content aggregator or the QR code generator.
• Access to regional initiatives such as the Ecological Participatory Budget or Lycées'UP Ressources .

How to connect to ENT Île-de-France?

To connect to ENT Île-de-France, you must have a username and password provided by your school. There are two access portals depending on the type of establishment:

• For public high schools: via the site ent.iledefrance.fr or www.monlycee.net .
• For private high schools under contract: formation.ent.iledefrance.fr

Once connected, the user can access all ENT Île-de-France services and resources from their personalized dashboard.

Here is a video tutorial for connecting to ENT Île-de-France for the first time.

How to use the ENT?

Once connected to the ENT, you can access the various services and resources offered by the portal. You can navigate the menus located at the top or on the left side of the page. You can also customize your workspace by adding or removing widgets on your dashboard.

Here are some examples of services and resources available on ENT MonLycee.net:

• Messaging : it allows you to exchange messages with other ENT users (students, teachers, parents, etc.) .
• The diary : it allows you to consult events related to your schooling (courses, homework, meetings, outings, etc.) and to add more if necessary.
• The textbook : it allows you to consult the instructions and documents given by your teachers for each course and to submit your work online if requested.
• Grades : they allow you to view your academic results (tests, report cards, etc.) and track your progress.
• Absences : they allow you to consult your absences and lateness and to justify them if necessary.
• Digital textbooks : they allow you to access digital versions of the textbooks used in your courses.
• Educational digital resources: they allow you to access various educational content (videos, interactive exercises, serious games, etc.) to deepen or revise your knowledge.
• Creation tools : they allow you to create documents, presentations, videos, podcasts, blogs, etc. to carry out your school or personal projects.
• Webconferencing : it allows you to participate in live virtual meetings or classes with your teachers or classmates.

Learn more in this video about how to properly use ENT.

What are the advantages of ENT Île-de-France?

ENT Île-de-France has many advantages for users, including:

Access to all information and educational resources in one click

The ENT Île-de-France makes it possible to centralize all the information and resources necessary for the smooth running of school and university life and the training available. No more searching for hours on the internet or in books to find the information or documents you need. With ENT Île-de-France, you have everything at your fingertips: your email, your diary, your textbook, your notes, your absences, etc. You can also consult and download various educational resources adapted to your level: documents, exercises, course materials, digital works, etc.

Better organization and greater autonomy in school work

ENT Île-de-France allows students to manage their school work more efficiently and independently. They can track their progress, review their lessons, practice with interactive exercises, carry out collaborative projects, etc. They can also communicate with their teachers and classmates by messaging or forum, and ask for help or support if needed.

Stimulating motivation and creativity through attractive and interactive digital media

ENT Île-de-France allows students to benefit from digital supports adapted to their needs and their level. They can thus learn in a more fun and personalized way, using multimedia tools (videos, images, sounds, etc.), serious games, quizzes, etc. They can also develop their creativity by producing digital productions (slideshows, podcasts, blogs, etc.) or by participating in competitions.

Facilitating educational differentiation and individualization of school pathways

ENT Île-de-France allows teachers to offer educational content adapted to the needs and abilities of each student. They can thus differentiate their pedagogy by taking into account the learning pace, cognitive preferences, difficulties or potential of each person. They can also individualize educational paths by offering possibilities for remediation, deepening or guidance.

Promoting digital skills and transversal learning

ENT Île-de-France allows students to acquire and develop digital skills essential for their academic and professional success. They can thus master digital tools (software, applications, etc.), search for and process information (select, verify, synthesize, etc.), produce and distribute digital content (create, modify, share, etc.), communicate and collaborate online (exchange, cooperate, respect ethics and security rules, etc.). They can also reinforce transversal learning, such as autonomy, creativity, critical thinking, sense of initiative, etc.

An improvement in the school climate and living together thanks to reinforced communication and citizen participation

ENT Île-de-France allows students, teachers and administrative staff to communicate more easily and more regularly with each other, but also with parents and external partners (local authorities, associations, businesses, etc.). ). They can thus exchange information, advice, feedback, ideas, etc., and strengthen the feeling of belonging to the educational community. They can also participate in the life of the establishment, by getting involved in collective projects, solidarity actions, democratic bodies, etc., and contribute to improving the school climate and living together.

What are the challenges and prospects for ENT Île-de-France?

ENT Île-de-France is an ambitious and evolving project, which is part of the digital transformation strategy for high schools initiated by the Île-de-France Region. It aims to respond to current and future challenges in education, such as:

• Adaptation to new needs and new expectations of students, parents, teachers and staff, in a context of diversification of profiles and educational paths.
• Taking into account technological and societal developments, particularly in terms of security, accessibility, inclusion, equal opportunities, etc.
• Contribution to the major challenges of the 21st century, such as sustainable development, ecological transition, European citizenship, etc.

To achieve this, ENT Île-de-France relies on a collaborative and participatory approach, involving all the stakeholders concerned. It is regularly enriched with new features and new educational digital resources, based on expressed needs and feedback. It also benefits from digital support for Ile-de-France teachers, offered by the SQOOL Academy, the first academy entirely dedicated to teachers.

ENT Île-de-France is therefore a digital tool serving high school students and teachers, which allows them to benefit from a modern, innovative and efficient learning environment.

ENT Île-de-France: a complete and diversified digital educational platform for 1.3 million users

ENT Île-de-France was created in 2019 , as part of the digital transformation strategy for high schools initiated by the Île-de-France Region. It succeeds the Monlycée.net project, launched in 2009, which was a digital work space intended for public high schools in the Ile-de-France region . The ENT Île-de-France aims to cover all types of educational establishments in the region (public, private under contract, agricultural) and to offer a more complete and diversified offer of services and digital educational resources.

ENT Île-de-France has around 1.3 million users , divided into four categories:

• Students: around 900,000 students are registered in Ile-de-France high schools and have an account with ENT Île-de-France. They represent the majority of users on the platform.
• Parents: around 200,000 parents of students have an account with ENT Île-de-France. They can thus follow their child's education, communicate with teachers and staff, find out about guidance and school scholarships, etc.
• Teachers: around 100,000 teachers work in Ile-de-France high schools and have an account with ENT Île-de-France. They can thus manage their courses, their evaluations, their school reports, their continuing education, etc.
• Staff: around 100,000 staff (administrative, technical, medico-social, etc.) work in Ile-de-France high schools and have an account with ENT Île-de-France. They can thus manage their administrative activities, their communications, their continuing training, etc.

What progress has been made by ENT Île-de-France?

ENT Île-de-France has made several progress since its creation in 2019, including:

• The extension of the scope of the platform to all types of educational establishments in the region (public, private under contract, agricultural), which represents around 500 additional establishments compared to Monlycée.net
• The enrichment of the catalog of services and digital educational resources, with more than 200 resources available in various fields such as modern languages, sciences, history-geography, media education, etc.
• Improving the performance and reliability of the platform, with efficient technical devices to ensure the availability, security and confidentiality of ENT Île-de-France
• Digital support for users, with awareness-raising and training actions offered by the Île-de-France Region or by the academies

What are the innovations brought by ENT Île-de-France?

ENT Île-de-France brings several innovations compared to Monlycée.net or other existing digital workspaces, for example:

• The possibility for students to benefit from a laptop or an individual digital tablet provided by the Île-de-France Region
• The possibility for teachers to benefit from digital support at the SQOOL Academy, the first academy entirely dedicated to teachers
• The possibility for users to participate in regional initiatives such as the Ecological Participatory Budget or Lycées'UP Ressources
• The possibility for users to combine the regional scholarship based on social criteria from the Île-de-France Region and the study allocation contract (CAE) from the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency (ARS)

FAQ about ENT Île-de-France

How to change or reset your password?

To modify or reset your password, you must go to the access portal corresponding to your type of establishment:

• For public high schools: https://monlycee.net/
• For private high schools under contract: https://formation.ent.iledefrance.fr/

You must then click on the link “Forgot your password?” located below the password entry field. You must then enter your username and email address, then follow the instructions sent by email to choose a new password.

How to access digital textbooks?

To access digital textbooks, you must log in to your account at ENT Île-de-France, then click on the “Textbooks” button located in the main menu. You must then select the desired discipline and level, then choose the textbook from those offered. The textbook then opens in a new window, and allows you to view the pages, videos, interactive exercises and other associated resources.

How to access other digital educational resources?

To access other digital educational resources, you must log in to your account at ENT Île-de-France, then click on the “Digital Resources” button located in the main menu. You must then choose the desired category of resources from those proposed:

• Modern languages
• Science
• History geography
• Media education
• Etc.

You must then select the digital resource from those proposed. The digital resource then opens in a new window, and allows you to consult the content, activities, quizzes and other associated features.

How to use personal space?

To use the personal space, you must log in to your account on ENT Île-de-France, then click on the “My space” button located in the main menu. The personal space allows you to consult:

• His schedule
• His notebook
• His notes
• His absences
• His messages
• Its parameters

It also allows access to personalized services according to the user's profile:

• For students: an orientation area, a scholarship area, an internship area, etc.
• For parents: a school monitoring area, a communication area, an online payment area, etc.
• For teachers: a lesson area, an assessment area, a report card area, a continuing training area, etc.
• For staff: an administrative management space, a communication space, a continuing training space, etc.

How to use the collaborative space?

To use the collaborative space, you must log in to your account on ENT Île-de-France, then click on the “Collaborative space” button located in the main menu. The collaborative space allows you to create and share documents, projects, surveys, blogs, etc. with members of a class or group of students. It also allows you to participate in discussion forums, chats or web conferences.