What to look for in your academic management system?
A learning management system (LMS) is a functional approach to methodical course completion and effective academic planning. An LMS covers planning, scheduling of courses, student engagement, faculty assistance, assessing learning and teaching and generating reports.
Digitisation has reduced the time spent on long paper works and accessibility has been the focus of the digital world. LMS tries to make the course and learning and teaching process transparent and collaborative for students and faculty.
The said change lies in the delivery and effective execution of the program. Now staff members can easily set their digital calendars for each semester and use reliable analytics and plans generated by the LMS.
Here are some features of LMS that you should take into consideration while choosing for Institution.
Personalization
Do you know why Starbucks is so popular today? The choice of customisation that they give the customers. The same goes when choosing an academic planner. An LMS should understand the nuances of your institution and help you plan and deliver the program according to your needs.
DigiClass assures a customisable program scheduler and planner, an activity dashboard, real-time reporting and grading and a personalised notification system. Unless your LMS can cater to specific requirements, you are not partnered with the right choice.
Collaborative learning
Learning approaches are seeing a major shift with the blended digital learning processes. Modern learning seeks to give a collaborative space for students to explore the course in their unique way.
For collaboration, students are grouped in order to widen their perspectives. The more you interact and try to identify a concept, the more comprehensible it becomes. DigiClass allows staff to form discussion forums and allot formative assessment tasks for student groups.
Mobile support
Recent statistics in the US have shown the shift to online newspapers (with an increase in subscription of 20%) which has been witnessed due to the ease of getting current updates readily. So why not do the same for your LMS?
DigiClass supports mobile-assisted learning and teaching, where students and staff can access the learning material from anywhere, get upcoming updates, view the timetable, and track the assessments and progress reports.
Assessments and tests
The shift to outcome-based education has highlighted the importance of identifying and mapping the learning outcomes to the course objectives. Now you need to test how effective this mapping is.
In order to find out your student’s attainment level, continuous formative tests, quizzes after each session and pop-up tests are done. This helps the teachers as well as the students to identify where they stand at the learning curve.
Reporting and grading
An effective LMS helps you generate real-time reports and eases the process of grading the students. This helps students to track their performance chart and allows teachers to identify the learning gaps.
DigiClass gives you real-time feedback and reports which can be accessed throughout the course. Consistent reporting helps the institution to meet the accreditation standards and makes the process of tracking and monitoring a course simpler.
To sum up
Learning and teaching with an LMS have proven to enhance the retention rate and help in achieving institutional and personal goals. You must ensure that the incorporation of blended learning and increased accessibility to course content is merged with the institutional needs.
The above features cover broad categories and are a must while choosing your LMS. So opt for a solution that can attend to your specific goals and guide you through the visions of quality learning and teaching.
