Today the higher education system should guarantee a confident transition to the digital era, provide training for professionals in demand in the labor market, who have digital literacy and thoroughly know the Internet technologies. In this paper, the authors investigate the problem of subject learning management and digital transformation of the educational process on the example of basic geometric-graphic training of junior students in a technical university. The experience of implementation of the GGT distance course on the Moodle platform and the system of automated control of educational results, as well as their use in various forms of education: full-time, distance and mixed, is described. Positive and negative aspects of distance learning are discussed. The paper presents the results of a survey of students, as well the study of the quality of knowledge gained in the discipline in various forms of education based on automated control of current educational tests. The study analyzes the learning outcomes shown by the students of the Mining Faculty of PNRPU over the past several years with various forms of organizing the course of GGT. The effectiveness of using relevant educational technologies in the framework of geometric and graphic training at PNRPU is assessed. The data of the survey of students, showing their attitude to distance learning, are given. It is concluded that in order to achieve the best results in teaching, a mixed approach is optimal, combining the use of distance learning with traditional classroom studies of students under the guidance of a teacher.