Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011 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 evolution of the processes and systems that Universities and companies developed to register students in courses and keep track of student records. Moodle  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 electronic or "e-learning," a category of programs that are variously identified as "Course Management Systems" (CMS), "Learning Management Systems" (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  Functionality:Moodle's main screen is essentially a "classroom information portal" with customizable blocks such as calendar, login, and news  Technically  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 can communicate with existing university database applications.  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 for management of test questions  supports reporting features for test questions

Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011 AVCI administrative tools and features Features Features :  Providing host courses on the server and focused on locally developed courses Tools 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 another existing University Schedule system;  Teachers and administrators can move students to another group if necessary.

Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011 User Management role  Roles for specific participants can be defined for each course and resource;  Instructors can assign user roles to other users enrolled 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 an embedded HTML editor ;  All grades for Assignments can be viewed on one page (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 a maximum grade;  Students can upload their assignments (any file format) 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 are generated by administrators or Public Relations Office;  These feeds can be customized by allowing new channel 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 for conflicts;  Users can share events;  Shared events are shown with a different color than users events;  Events reminder is a useful function that sends mail to the user.

Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011 Course Management: Lesson  Lessons are organized in a hierarchical level, where items represent folder or file.  Navigation through the lesson can be straight forward by using tree view where the content of the selected item is shown on a grid view with a paging feature enabled.  Page content is HTML compatible, with a full set of edit 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 existing list of question types, such as: Multiple choice questions (radio buttons), multiple select (Checkbox),true/false, Drop Down list and Text/Essay.  Quizzes are automatically graded, and can be regraded if questions are text type or essay  Quizzes can have a limited time window outside of which 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 are directly embedded to the page  Files can be uploaded (renamed, moved) and downloaded (zipped, unzipped) on the server  Folders can be created and managed on the server  Internal web pages (html formatted) can be created with HTML editor Internal text pages (no formatting) can be created and linked to  External web applications can be linked to with data passed to them

Adding Events to Calendar Portal and AQAS-Philadelphia University 21-22/6/2011

News and Announcements

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