New Products for 2009

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 2 Update Summary Enrich teaching and learning Meet accountability needs Maximize investment in curriculum Expand administrative support Minimize technology risk Products enhanced for your Learning Enterprise

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 3 Enrich Teaching and Learning Further engage students: –Easily integrate web-based rich media content –Integrate real-time web information through RSS feeds –Evaluate students consistently through grading rubrics Use improved grading workflow through a more flexible gradebook Increase instructor effectiveness through lesson plans Enhance the assessment life cycle through improved item analysis capabilities More…

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 4 Further Engage Students Include rich media directly in course content items Add Web 2.0 content “mashups” to portal pages Easily integrate web-based content

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 5 Further Engage Students Add RSS feeds to courses as well as portal pages Select from a list of pre-defined RSS feeds or insert your own Integrate real-time web information

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 6 Evaluate Students Consistently Improve grading quality with rubrics Evaluate all submissions against the same criteria Ensure reliability of scores across multiple graders Share criteria with students before and after grading

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 7 Use Improved Grading Workflow Define grade reports to match any academic calendar Surface ungraded items and generate term-based reports Manage all gradebook activities via one screen

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 8 Increase Instructor Effectiveness Collect, organize, and share lesson elements Use established or user-defined templates Align lesson plans to learning objectives

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 9 Enhance the Assessment Lifecycle Evaluate results against eight statistical measures of assessment Review question pools in aggregate or individually Identify, edit, and re-grade poorly performing items Use item analysis to understand student results

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 10 Maximize Investment in Curriculum More effectively manage centralized content –Develop and share rubrics, lesson plans, and surveys –Search shared content by keyword or standard Score and review student submission data at the course or repository level Ensure content portability –Import Common Cartridge and other formats –Export to Common Cartridge to avoid vendor lock-in –Provide standards portability More…

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 11 More Effectively Manage Content Develop and share rubrics, lesson plans, and surveys Find content items by keyword or standard Improve centralized content management workflow

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 12 Administer Assessments at Scale Publish assessments and surveys across multiple courses Review student results at both the course and aggregate level Improve distribution and results analysis workflow

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 13 Ensure Content Portability Export course content in the Common Cartridge™ format Create and distribute standards-aligned course content Preserve your institution’s content investment

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 14 Meet Accountability Needs Decrease the risk of cheating through a secure testing environment Enable institutional assessment through improved course surveys Support a learning outcomes approach using program rubrics Achieve authentic assessment with ePortfolio More…

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 15 Support Proctored Assessments Control student browsing with built-in browser controls Practical refinements from real-world use in proctored labs Decrease risk of cheating using a secure browser

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 16 Improve Institutional Assessment Develop and distribute centralized survey instruments Include new Likert-scale questions Generate reports with statistical measures Evaluate courses, instructors or programs

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 17 Integrate Learning Outcomes Measure student progress with program assessments Centrally develop assessments in repositories, link to courses Evaluate students in course, repository, or both View aggregate results, or disaggregate by course

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 18 Achieve Authentic Assessment Support portfolio assessment in courses or programs Assign ePortfolio work via a dropbox within the LMS Evaluate students with unique program rubrics Reuse portfolio work from courses to support program objectives Deploy ePortfolio to reflect your organizational model

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 19 ePortfolio for Course and Capstone

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 20 Expand Administrative Support Support consortia models –Configure ANGEL to match your institutional hierarchy –Allow delegation / distribution of administrative rights and roles Manage course migration and back up procedures Support the LMS adoption life cycle through services Support user community effectively through online tutorials and Evergreen training More…

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 21 Improved Consortium Support Centrally manage an ANGEL enterprise system Create a model that matches any institutional hierarchy Delegate administrative privileges based on the model Partition data by organizational unit

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 22 Improved Rights and Roles Management Design system roles with complete flexibility Build roles from any collection of rights Support distributed work-flow with improved security

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 23 Leverage Intelligent Content Exchange Throttle system resources using a content exchange queue Automate course backups by organization unit Control course migration and backup procedures

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 24 Manage Change Effectively Exercise best practices and improve capabilities Assure proper installation of the LMS environment Leverage expertise for ongoing implementation management Use built-in upgrade utilities to plan with precision From 7.3 Administrator Console

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 25 Accelerate LMS Adoption Life Cycle Improve on-boarding and sustained learning Provide access to on-line documentation and tutorials Use Evergreen Training to build consistent faculty capacity Supported Progress

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 26 Minimizing Technology Risk ANGEL Learning has taken additional steps to ensure optimal performance of ANGEL LMS 7.4 Our inclusive Community Development Model creates an informed vision Community driven Real-World testing polishes pre-release software –Limited Field Trial –Open Field Trial Secure protocol support: HTTPS, SFTP Scale: developed and tested to support common load balancing schemes

©  2009 ANGEL Learning, Inc. Proprietary and Confidential, 27 Simple. Powerful. Open.