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Unique Needs of Schools, Colleges and Universities

In a formal education environment, e-Learning must be made available in both "synchronous" and "asynchronous" forms. These fancy words just mean that in some cases everyone will want to be connected at the same time (synchronous) while other courses might best be taught in a way that allows students to learn on their own self-paced schedule (asynchronous).

Normally, a self-paced course would not need an instructor, and a synchronous course would, in order to facilitate live interaction. However, there are cases where a self-paced course would also need a mentor or subject matter expert, and your e-Learning platform must be able to easily handle all these scenarios without a lot of extra setup work.

Your e-Learning environment should also offer features like:

• Blending multimedia learning, where you can integrate video/audio/flash with simple text in various layouts



• Built in content authoring for developers and instructors who are not HTML experts and who don't have PC or web editing skills



• Multiple methods of importing or enrolling students, and a centralized approval function for enabling new registrations



• An online notebook for each student, and a searchable document library with user-defined document types



• Automatic grading and recording of tests, including pre-course testing, final exams, and any other assessments you decide to include along the way



• Automatic course evaluation processing, recording and reporting



• Progress reporting including test item analysis, student progress vs. his/her learning plan, enrollment information and training history

In an ideal world, you would be able to activate or de-activate system features any time you wanted to by using a simple web-based screen. This kind of instant configuration helps simplify the job of administering the system.

As higher education comes to the web, the best offerings are those built on a robust, versatile e-Learning system that allows for point-and-click configuration and easy customization when necessary.