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Learner features and benefits

Neat Features

Course assembly

Language Packs

Reporting

Enrollment

Exams

Communication

Course Management

Instructor Led Training

Scalability

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learner features and benefits:

  • Clean and easy to use learner interface
  • Password and username reminder
  • Background pre-loader eliminates next lesson load time for Flash content
  • Browse categorized course catalog for online and instructor led courses
  • View calendar events
  • Add courses and events to Outlook or your default calendar tool
  • Browse global resources for shared company documents
  • Integrated secure message system
  • Full printable transcripts with credits earned and total cost of training
  • Print certificates and records of completion
  • Report external training
  • Access and print course resources
  • Open book exams options to review lesson materials without leaving quiz
  • Provide feedback through course evaluation
  • Check classroom course dates, description, location, instructor and waiting lists
  • Full screen available for courses: menu hides when not in use

neat feature:

Mobile Device Enabled Attendance Reporting
  • Instructors can mark attendance via Mobile Device
  • Attendance marking does not require LMS access
  • Instant notification of Certification for learners in a Classroom setting
  • Works on iPhone, Blackberry as well as most web enabled mobile devices

quick course assembly features:

  • Import SCORM courses
  • Create courses by organizing lessons and chapters
  • Create lessons from Flash, PPT, PDF, Word and HTML pages
  • Combine any file type with SCORM courses
  • Add exams and quizzes with extensive featuresets
  • Track each lesson for access
  • Add custom feedback
  • Require electronic signature for terms and conditions
  • Add Help, Resources and Glossary Terms
  • Add a message board to any course

language packs:

  • Supports user-side language packs
  • Currently available: English, French, Dutch, Japanese, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Simplified Chinese and Spanish
  • Additional languages available on demand with quick turnaround
  • Support for foreign character sets / languages

reporting features:

  • Custom demographic fields
  • Course organization report
  • Course summary report
  • Course activity report
  • Full cross tab reporting on all employees and all courses
  • Course cost report
  • Employee cost report
  • Course time report
  • Employee time report
  • Prerequisite completion report
  • Average exam score report
  • Department or group report
  • Department or group admin report
  • Employee report
  • Employee detail
  • Enrollment report
  • Employee course access and performance report
  • Employee certificate report
  • Task activity report
  • Exam performance detail report
  • Course evaluation report
  • Quiz heuristics: Total attempts, passes, fails, time spent
  • Quiz question heuristics: Breakdown of answer averages with full detail
  • All reports contain extensive date range, filtering and sorting options
  • Print reports
  • Export reports to .csv
  • System snapshot with recent activity, system status, course activity, group or department sizes, weekly activity

enrollment features:

  • Enrollment key allows large groups to self register into specified courses
  • Import from CSV, Excel or TDV
  • Dynamic importing tool allows for data modification and automated enrollment on import
  • Email notifications for enrollment key instructions, course enrollment, course completion
  • Bulk enroll existing user groups to new courses
  • Learning Path feature creates full enrollment automation based on advanced rule sets
  • Manual learner enrollment with advanced rule sets to control course catalogs for learner groups
  • Learner can cancel and re-enroll in alternate Instructor led course section
  • Full waitlist management including waitlist cancellation
  • Full API available for integration with PeopleSoft, SAP and other HRIS systems
  • Full SSO support
  • Available Web Services
  • Blatant Media is a member of InCommon for quick integration with Shibboleth

exam features and options:

  • Proctored exams
  • Minimum score to pass
  • Test pools
  • Drag and drop, matching and short answer questions using Articulate and other 3rd party authoring systems
  • Multiple choice with automated scoring
  • Up to 5 answers
  • Supports multiple correct
  • Custom feedback
  • Multimedia attachments for questions
  • Linked lesson content for open book exam
  • Difficulty ratings
  • Mandatory questions
  • Time limit
  • Attempt limit
  • Access limit after passing grade
  • Random questions
  • Random answers
  • e-commerce purchase of additional exam attempts
  • NEW in next release: Correct to 100%, navigation, full colour customization, new question types including polling.

communication features and options:

  • Simple course forums with multiple threads
  • Integrated message system
  • Contact instructors
  • Automated system messages on course modification
  • Automated system messages on course completion
  • Email notifications can be copied to system administrator, course administrator and department or group administrator
  • Email notification of course expiry
  • Email notification of enrollment
  • Email notification of course completion / certification
  • Email with enrollment key instructions for group administrator
  • Email forgotten username and password
  • Custom email enrollment key based enrollments
  • Custom email enrollment key based completions
  • Custom email individual course instructions
  • Custom email individual course completion instructions
  • Resend user login information
  • Learner suspension with customized suspension message

online course management:

  • Course certificate expiry (years)
  • Course activation date
  • Course expiry in number of days from enrollment
  • Course expiry in absolute date
  • Course deactivation
  • Course authoring - Learning Objects, Quizzes, Exams, Tasks
  • Offline course tracking (classroom, 3rd party)
  • Track courses with multiple real-life events
  • Course categories
  • Course description
  • Course cost for e-commerce
  • Course cost for cost tracking
  • Various time tracking reports
  • Required grade
  • Course educational units or professional development credits
  • Course forum
  • Course help
  • Course Glossary
  • Course specific resources and links
  • Course administrator (instructor / provider)
  • Course qualifications
  • Course prerequisites
  • Custom certificate title and small print
  • Allow self reporting of outside courses

instructor led course management:

  • Calendar based course scheduling
  • Course activation date
  • Self-enrollment start and end dates
  • Multiple sections
  • Location / Directions / Instructor / Time
  • Repeating classes
  • Add to Outlook or default calendar
  • Resources
  • Prerequisites
  • Forums
  • Evaluation
  • Blackberry enabled attendance reporting
  • Waiting lists

scalability features:

  • Multiple portals or licenses on one system
  • Nested departments or groups
  • Customizable roles and levels of access
  • Provide view-only admin access to group administrators
  • Supports clustered servers
  • Unlimited learners / departments / admins supported
  • System status to monitor concurrent usage
  • Start projects small using Blatant Media hosted solutions
  • Migrate to enterprise level when your business activities are ready 

Absorb Learning Management System is created, maintained and supported by Blatant Media Corporation in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. © 2003-2007

 

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