Design Tools

Online Learning has invested in both course authoring and course management technology. Here is a brief outline of our tools:

eLearning Authoring Tools

Our course authoring tools allow us to offer a richer, more interactive learning experience while reducing the overall development time and cost. Some of the features include:

— Reuse of existing materials (e.g. Word or Power Point)
— Automatic generation of navigation (e.g. forward, back, up, tree structure, breadcrumbs)
— Automatic generation of table of contents and index
— Easily add multimedia files (e.g. Flash, javascript, html, audio or video)
— Easily change output appearance using global imagery and style sheets
— Easily "style" a wide range of quizzes (e.g. true-false, multiple choice, match list, etc)
— Easily "style" drag-and-drop or point-and-click interactions and rollovers
— Easily "style" server-marked quizzes for student grading and certification
— Easily "style" client-marked quizzes for student self-evaluation
— Output courses in XHTML, HTML HELP, and SCORM 1.2 Compliant formats
— Track changes for reviewing the materials

eLearning Management Tools

Our learning management system provides interfaces for students, instructors and administrators. The system's modular design allows us to add new software components (e.g. new discussion board or chat software) easily, extend the system using open software technologies and avoid being locked into a system. The interfaces

Student Interface

Using the student interface, students can access course materials, send messages to the instructor, view their classmates, submit and upload assignments, view their course calendar to see when assignments are due or when chats are scheduled, visit the class chat room, or visit the class discussion board.

Instructor Interface

Using the instructor interface, instructors are able to manage every aspect of class setup and class delivery. They are able to create the course calendar, view student information, view student assignment submission, download assignments from the system, upload marked assignments to the system, grade assignments, email the class as a group or individual, section the class into teams for group assignments, post messages to the discussion board, post instructor comments, copy class structures to new classes and access the course materials.

Administrator Interface

Using the administrator interface, administrators manage courses, classes, students, instructors, administrators and other assorted user profiles. They can also obtain reports on course enrollments and student completion status. Course registrations can be handled manually or automatically depending upon how the system is configured.