E Learning System

 

We developed a custom e-learning application for a local organization. Basically the e-Leaning platform is divided into two major modules:

 

•   The interactive eLearning module
•   The e-Library module

 

The platform requires students to pay for subscriptions through bank or Mpesa and they are automatically assigned a virtual learning course description, content and duration. After their subscription expires, they are logged out to renew it.

The interactive eLearning module

 This offered the lecturers and students a virtual classroom environment where they share learning materials, lecturers post assignments and students submit finished assignments.

 

The figure below shows learning resources of a Chemistry course

 

The figure shown above shows the various resources, tools and operations of a course. We are going to explain some of these resources, tools and operations.

Reporting

 

This highlights the progress of a student and shows the marks and grades achieved by a student. These stats are shown in both tabular and graphical formats. The figure shown below illustrates this.

 

The figure above shows a summary report of a student based on online interaction with this system

 

The figure shown above shows academic progress of a student

 

Multimedia Teaching Resources

 

This sub-module offers media rich academic resources such as video clips, audio clips, photos etc. The figure shown below shows the various media available in the system.

 

Assignment

 

This sub-module enables a lecturer to create an assignment. All students that are registered to that particular course will see all the created assignments. After completing the assignment, a student can submit his/her work.

 

The figure shown below illustrates this.

 

 

 

Course glossary

 

Course glossary is a sub-module that allows the system users to create new terms and their definitions. It is more or less like a dictionary of terms that are specific to that course

 

The figure shown below shows a screen for adding a new term/glossary

 

Survey

 

This sub-module aids in creating online surveys. The surveys could have multiple choice questions or open ended questions. The figure shown below illustrates this.

 

 

  More utilities are illustrated by the following diagrams

 

 

Quiz sub-module: enables anyone to post any question

 

 

 

Notes, enables users to write short notes or reminders

 

 

 

Events Calendar allows management and student create timetables and share them

 

 The e-library module

 

This module offers online library where subscribed users can access eBooks (in .pdfformat).

 

The figure shown below illustrate e-Library module. This is a virtual library where subscribed students can access academic referencing materials much like in an actual library.

 

 Lists of eBooks (admin view)

 

Sample e book opened for reading online