SharePointLMS
Encyclopedia
SharePointLMS is a Learning Management System
which is based on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 & WSS3.0 platform. SharePointLMS is an .Net
-based application that is designed to be scalable, reliable, and secure. SharePointLMS is SCORM
1.2 and 2004 compliant and enables users to import courses either created using SCORM
Rapid Elearning authoring tools or off the shelf acquired SCORM
packages.
Educational Group to bring e-Learning into organizations and institutions that use the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 & WSS3.0 platform.
The main competitor officially included into Microsoft Learning Gateway package - open source project SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) had limited functionality. SharePointLMS was designed as full blown LMS to provide vast e-Learning features for customers. Early January 2008 SharePointLMS version 1 was released making its debut at BETT 2008.http://blogs.msdn.com/ukeducationpartnernews/archive/2008/03/06/elearningforce-sharepoint-lms.aspx
Learning management system
A learning management system is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting of training programs, classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content...
which is based on the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 & WSS3.0 platform. SharePointLMS is an .Net
ASP.NET
ASP.NET is a Web application framework developed and marketed by Microsoft to allow programmers to build dynamic Web sites, Web applications and Web services. It was first released in January 2002 with version 1.0 of the .NET Framework, and is the successor to Microsoft's Active Server Pages ...
-based application that is designed to be scalable, reliable, and secure. SharePointLMS is SCORM
SCORM
Sharable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment, which is commonly supported by a learning management system...
1.2 and 2004 compliant and enables users to import courses either created using SCORM
SCORM
Sharable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment, which is commonly supported by a learning management system...
Rapid Elearning authoring tools or off the shelf acquired SCORM
SCORM
Sharable Content Object Reference Model is a collection of standards and specifications for web-based e-learning. It defines communications between client side content and a host system called the run-time environment, which is commonly supported by a learning management system...
packages.
Background
SharePointLMS was developed in 2007 at the request and in cooperation with the Danish division of Microsoft Corp.Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation is an American public multinational corporation headquartered in Redmond, Washington, USA that develops, manufactures, licenses, and supports a wide range of products and services predominantly related to computing through its various product divisions...
Educational Group to bring e-Learning into organizations and institutions that use the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 & WSS3.0 platform.
The main competitor officially included into Microsoft Learning Gateway package - open source project SharePoint Learning Kit (SLK) had limited functionality. SharePointLMS was designed as full blown LMS to provide vast e-Learning features for customers. Early January 2008 SharePointLMS version 1 was released making its debut at BETT 2008.http://blogs.msdn.com/ukeducationpartnernews/archive/2008/03/06/elearningforce-sharepoint-lms.aspx
Software features
In addition to the standard learning management systems features such as Chat, Discussion, Forum, Homework and Drop Box, SharePointLMS offers the new features like:- Advanced documents management tool, which helps to create, edit, sort, store documents and create links to documents used in other document libraries
- Build-in authoring tools - quizQuizA quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players attempt to answer questions correctly. In some countries, a quiz is also a brief assessment used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills.Quizzes are usually scored in points and many...
maker and Question Pool, which allows teacher not just create quizzes, but to keep a Pool of questions for future use in quizzes or exams - Live conference tool to create a Virtual Interactive Classroom based on MS Communications Server
- Learning PathLearning pathwayThe chosen route, taken by a learner through a range of e-learning activities, which allows them to build knowledge progressively. With learning pathways, the control of choice moves away from the tutor to the learner. "The sequence of intermediate steps from preconceptions to target model form...
is the chosen route, taken by a learner through a range of (commonly) e-learning activities, which allows them to build knowledge progressively. This SharePointLMS feature provides the teachers with a tool to create the set of conditions to ensure students do not skip parts of the lesson - GradeBook to record the grades of the students and issue course certificates if applicable
- Course Statistics, each course has a statistical report showing information such as the most active users, which areas / tools are used in the course. This can be filtered down to an individual student
- SharePointLMS comes with a build in BlackboardBlackboardA chalkboard is a reusable writing surface.Blackboard may also refer to:* Blackboards are synonymous with "boards of infamy", an element of agitation-propaganda in the Soviet Union in 1930s, coincidental with Holodomor...
converter enabling users of BlackboardBlackboardA chalkboard is a reusable writing surface.Blackboard may also refer to:* Blackboards are synonymous with "boards of infamy", an element of agitation-propaganda in the Soviet Union in 1930s, coincidental with Holodomor...
to reuse their existing course materials.