1	Learning Management System - A product profile
2	Contents What is a LMS? Standards Adopted Components of an LMS Technologies used How is it different from e-Learning systems? Advantages of LMS Major Modules/Features LMS Compliant Courseware
3	What is LMS? LMS expands as Learning Management System It’s an advanced e-Learning application that runs in a company’s intranet or the internet Can cater to all corporate/professional training needs of an organization
4	Standards adopted LMS has been developed on an international learning system standard called SCORM SCORM – Shareable Course Object Reference Model This has been developed by ADLNET.ORG, pioneers in online learning technologies
5	Components of an LMS The Course Material in the form of HTML files, Picture files placed in to a SCORM compliant zip file The platform or the framework i.e the LMS on which the course files run
6	Technologies Used LMS is a Web based portal and so can run on any machine with just a browser The LMS has been developed on the latest Microsoft .NET platform ASP.NET and C# are the computer languages in which it has been developed Using such advanced technologies have evolved the LMS into a sturdy, efficient and a portable application
7	How is it different from e-Learning systems? e-Learning systems are not developed on any standards e-Learning systems are not generically developed They do not provide for superior management of the web application Progress tracking is also not available in most of these systems
8	Advantages of LMS… An LMS developed on SCORM standards can run any course that is developed on the same standard. Thus, any vendor who develops course materials on this standard can provide us with the required course material The system is totally modularised (uses Microsoft Web User Controls) enabling easy plugging in and plugging out of modules Role based system. Modules can be shown/hidden based on the logged in person Portal Admin, Admin, Instuctor, Student are the various roles a LMS user can take Chapter wise progress is tracked and reports are provided to the instructor/administrator
9	Major Modules/Features Portal Admin Module Admin Module Instructor Module My Classes Module (Student Module) General BBS (Bulletin Board Service) and Class based BBS feature Contacts Manager Chat facility
10	Screenshot… (Major Modules)
11	Portal Admin Module Portal Admin is responsible for creating the Administrators of the system He is the super user of the system
12	Admin Module Admin Users can.. Create Courses (Import SCORM compliant zip file into the LMS) Create Classes (One or more classes can be created from a Course file. Classes can be analogous to batches for a same course. Students can only be enrolled into Classes and not Courses directly) Create Students and Enroll them into the Classes that they have to study (can be prespecified based on the Job Function or Department or Location of a particular user) Drop Students from Classes for various reasons Approve/Reject BBS messages (Only after approval, messages posted by users will appear in the public BBS) Send email to students of a class View reports for the progress of a student in a class
13	Admin Module (Tab)
14	Instructor Module Instructors are assigned to Classes by Administrators when they create them. One class will have one instructor. Instructors moderate threaded discussions between the students They monitor the progress of students in their classes
15	Instructor Module
16	My Classes Module (Students) This will be the tab that will be visible for students. All classes that they are enrolled in will be listed categorically Current Classes, Completed Classes, InComplete Classes will be the classification InComplete classes are ones which the current date has crossed the must complete by date for that class without completing all chapters
17	My Classes Module..Screenshot
18	LMS Compliant Courseware Each Course file is a zip file The course is a set of HTML files and each HTML page can contain a link to a related page Each page can also contain relevant pictures Set of HTML files can be grouped into a chapter Chapter wise progress by the student will be tracked The course file can be created with a Author tool which can be separately purchased
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