Transitioning to Bruin Learn
Supporting DGSOMs academic mission
The UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine will be replacing their existing Learning Management System, Gryphon, with Bruin Learn and One45. Most courses will be transitioned to Bruin Learn in Fall 2025 with Gryphon being fully decommissioned in December 2026.
Read through our frequently asked questions to learn more about this change and how it'll impact your courses as faculty or students.
Accessing Bruin Learn
Courses will start being offered in Bruin Learn as of Summer 2025. By Fall 2025, most courses will be offered in Bruin Learn.
There is a possibility of having courses in both Gryphon and Bruin Learn in 2025-26. By Fall 2026-27, all courses will be offered in Bruin Learn.
Faculty access to Bruin Learn will be dependent on migration schedule and when their course will start. For example, faculty teaching in Fall 2025 will get access in Summer.
Students will gain access when enrolled in their first course in Bruin Learn, with most starting Fall 2025.
You can login to https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/ using your Mednet username and password or UCLA Logon ID. Affiliate faculty and staff who do not have a Mednet username and password will need to create a UCLA Logon ID here: https://accounts.iam.ucla.edu/register
Accessing One45
One45 will be rolled out to Clinical Curriculum starting with Year 2 Intersession I course in September 2025. It will be rolled out to pre-clinical curriculum in August 2026.
One45 will be rolled out to year 2 students in September 2025 to complete their Intersession evaluations as well as the required clinical experience for their Clerkships.
It will be rolled out to pre-clinical curriculum in August 2026.
Accounts will automatically be created for students, faculty, and staff. You can login to https://dgsom.one45.com/ using your Mednet username and password. If you do not have access to One45, you can request it here.
Choosing a new LMS
DGSOM currently hosts Elentra Learning Management System (LMS), also known locally as Gryphon. As
of June 30, 2025, Elentra Consortium that has been supporting the LMS will no longer exist. As a result,
this product retirement offered an opportunity to explore modern LMSs that better serve student learning and faculty needs.
The committee was composed of nominated faculty, students, representatives from Curricular Affairs, Education Technology Services (ETS), and the Educational Measurement Unit.
The decision to implement Instructure Canvas, also known locally as Bruin Learn, and One45 represents a comprehensive, multi-pronged evaluation. The committee identified key pain points in Gryphon and defined key requirements for the new solution. After evaluating several options through a thorough review process, Bruin Learn and Acuity One45 were selected. They best met the DGSOM’s requirements with a user-friendly, flexible, and streamlined interface. They stood out for their ease of use, modern interface, and strong integration with external tools.
Bruin Learn will be the content-hosting site for all DGSOM courses.
Acuity One45 supports the specific needs of our medical curriculum, including scheduling, assessment and evaluation. Students will be using One45 to provide and receive feedback, log their required clinical experiences, check course enrollment/completion, receive grades, among other things.
Migrating from Gryphon to Bruin Learn and One45
For faculty, contact the Curricular Affairs Office if you haven’t heard about the plan for your course.
For students, make sure you have downloaded any of your data that you would like to retain off Gryphon by December 2026.
DGSOM has worked hard to craft a plan that will best serve our faculty and students. Your curriculum specialists will be reaching out to you over the summer to support the transition. In the meantime, UCLA Bruin Learn Center of Excellence has developed robust resources that you can explore to learn more about the platform. Training and support timelines are based on the course.
DGSOM has worked hard to craft a plan that will best serve our faculty and students. Your curriculum specialists will be reaching out to you over the summer to support the transition.
Curricular Affairs are currently migrating vital course content to Bruin Learn. More information on this migration will be shared by Curricular Affairs. In addition, Curricular Affairs and the Education Technology Services team will be providing significant support for faculty and students to learn the new beneficial features of the new system.
Gryphon will continue to be used through 2025-26. Most courses will be transitioned to Bruin Learn in Fall 2025 (with a few approved exceptions). In 2026-27, all courses will be hosted in Bruin Learn, and no live courses will be on Gryphon. Faculty, staff, and students will be able to access Gryphon until December 2026 and download any materials they would like to keep. We will send reminders and updates ahead of the shutdown.
Bruin Learn will have a space for pathway and non-academic sites. If you are the faculty or administrative director in one of the DGSOM pathways who utilized Gryphon, and are seeking create a course in Bruin Learn, please email dgitets@mednet.ucla.edu and request a Bruin Learn course shell to begin the migration process. You will receive confirmation and basic instructions on how to migrate your content.
Bruin Learn Features and Information
Bruin Learn works exceptionally well with 3rd party tools such as Panopto, Zoom, and more. As of Fall 2025, we will have most major 3rd party tools in Bruin Learn courses for use by faculty.
Bruin Learn is compliant with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and ETS evaluated the platform’s security during the evaluation period.
Canvas has the top rating in Student Disability Services’ evaluation. The team carefully evaluated the accessibility of the core Canvas features, navigation, and content. Canvas also has a strong commitment to accessibility, and more information can be found on the “What are the Canvas accessibility standards?” page. As a reminder, the content added to Canvas by faculty and staff will still need to be accessible to support all students’ learning.
Canvas’s mobile experience was rated highest by faculty, staff, and students. Evaluators indicated that Canvas’s mobile apps were a significant improvement when compared to what we have now. They are also highly rated in both the Apple Store and on Google Play.
Canvas has had a significant increase in market share over the past decade. Now, many of our peer institutions use Canvas. Instructure has a set of information on its website detailing higher education resources.
Training and Support
Yes. Our staff have been actively learning Bruin Learn, and we’re coordinating training sessions to support our users. In addition, we’re developing video guides to help faculty and students navigate and use Bruin Learn effectively.
UCLA Bruin Learn Center of Excellence has developed robust resources, including how-to guides, office hours, live training, recorded webinars, and self-paced training for faculty, staff, and students.
Yes. Our staff have been actively learning One45, and we’re coordinating training sessions to support our users. In addition, we’re developing video guides to help faculty and students navigate and use One45 effectively.
Acuity One45 offers a comprehensive library of knowledge base articles that can be found here.
For help with Bruin Learn or One45, please email dgitets@mednet.ucla.edu