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AVCI Platform in PU. Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Qawasmi Philadelphia University Director of Computer Center. Introduction. L earning management is an evolution of the processes and systems that Universities and companies developed to register students in courses and keep track of student records .
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AVCI Platform in PU Dr. Abdel-Rahman Al-Qawasmi Philadelphia University Director of Computer Center Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Introduction • Learning management is an evolutionof the processes and systems that Universities and companies developed to register studentsin courses and keep track of student records. • AVCI platform uses a Learning Management System (LMS) called Moodle. • Different LMSs can be used • is the most famous free and open source LMS. OLAT Dokeos Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
AVCI Learning Management System • Moodle is a software program for electronicor "e-learning," a category of programs thatare variously identified as "Course Management Systems" (CMS), "Learning ManagementSystems" (LMS), or "Virtual Learning Environments" (VLE). • Moodle also has a broad variety of additional modular features and a relatively quick learning curve, helping educators easily and effectively develop full online classes, either in advance or as the course is being taught. • Additionally, subscription-based media libraries, external web links, and other commercial software products can potentially be integrated into Moodle courses. Because Moodle provides utilities to easily backup, exchange, and restore course components. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
AVCI platform main features • Functionality:Moodle's main screen is essentially a "classroominformation portal" with customizable blocks such ascalendar, login, and news • Technically: Moodle is server-based software, meaning that the program is installed on a server, which can be implemented in a variety of ways--from remote hosting by a commercial server farm to local installation on a personal computer. All the functions and content of Moodle are accessed through a standard web browser, and deployment is relatively easy Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
AVCI platform capabilities • uses open data standard so that it cancommunicate with existing university databaseapplications. • utilizes standard HTML for content creation. • structured so students can view all of their current courses when they log on. • Questions can be created with platform’s authoring software. • has built-in threaded discussion list capabilities • supports question database formanagement of test questions • supports reporting features for test questions Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
AVCI administrative tools and features Features: • Providing host courses on the server and focused on locally developedcourses Tools: • Server • Client/web interface • Authorization tools • Logout feature • Resource and remote access tools • Student support tools • Instructor support tools • Administrator support tools • Guest account creation Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
AVCI LMS platform modules: • User Management Overview, enrollment and Roles • Course Management Overview, Assignment module, News module, messaging module, calendar module, lesson module , quiz module and resource module Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
User Management enrollment • Students are enrolled automatically from anotherexisting University Schedule system; • Teachers and administrators can move students toanother group if necessary. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
User Management role • Roles for specific participants can be defined foreach course and resource; • Instructors can assign user roles to other usersenrolled to the course; • Instructors can create content and assign privileges. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Overview • Flexible array of course activities – Quizzes,Resources, Assignments, Messaging, Events; • Most text entry areas can be edited using anembedded HTML editor ; • All grades for Assignments can be viewed on onepage (and downloaded as a spreadsheet file); • User logging and tracking is available upon request; • Mail integration - copies of Messaging, if desired,are mailed in HTML or plain text to the users. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Assignment • Assignments can be specified with a due date and amaximum grade; • Students can upload their assignments (any fileformat) to the server - they are date-stamped Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: News • RSS Feed reader allows consuming feeds that aregenerated by administrators or Public RelationsOffice; • These feeds can be customized by allowing newchannel adding. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Messaging • Messages are sent to the group or a single user; • Course content can be attached to the message; • If configured, a copy is sent to the personal e-mail. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Calendar • Users can add events and system will check forconflicts; • Users can share events; • Shared events are shown with a different color thanusers events; • Events reminder is a useful function that sends mailto the user. Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Lesson • Lessons are organized in a hierarchical level, whereitems represent folder or file. • Navigation through the lesson can be straightforward by using tree view where the content of theselected item is shown on a grid view with a pagingfeature enabled. • Page content is HTML compatible, with a full set ofedit tools for the teacher • Password protected folders if desired Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Quiz • Questions can be added dynamically from an existinglist of question types, such as: Multiple choicequestions (radio buttons), multiple select (Checkbox),true/false, Drop Down list and Text/Essay. • Quizzes are automatically graded, and can be regradedif questions are text type or essay • Quizzes can have a limited time window outside ofwhich they are not available • Quiz questions and quiz answers can be shuffled(randomized) to reduce cheating • Questions allow HTML and images Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Course Management: Resources • Files such as PDFs and Microsoft Office formats aredirectly embedded to the page • Files can be uploaded (renamed, moved) anddownloaded (zipped, unzipped) on the server • Folders can be created and managed on the server • Internal web pages (html formatted) can be createdwith HTML editor Internal text pages (noformatting) can be created and linked to • External web applications can be linked to with datapassed to them Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Adding Events to Calendar Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
News and Announcements Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Adding a new Course Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Adding a new Lesson to a Course Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
List of Lessons in a Course Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Adding a new Quiz Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Adding a new Chat Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Assign Roles in Course Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Assign roles to different users Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011
Add a resource Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011