COURSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM(CMS)

Introduction:

Course Management Systems (CMS) are a set of tools that enables the instructor to create online
course content and post it on the Web.
A course management system (CMS) tools provide an online environment for course
interactions. A CMS typically includes a variety of online tools and environments, such as:
 An area for faculty posting of class materials such as course syllabus and
handouts.
 An area for student posting of papers and other assignments
 A grade book where faculty can record grades and each student can view his or her
grades
 An integrated email tool allowing participants to send announcement email
messages to the entire class or to a subset of the entire class
 A chat tool allowing synchronous communication among class participants
 A threaded discussion board allowing asynchronous communication among
participants
In addition, a CMS is typically integrated with other databases in the university so that students
enrolled in a particular course are automatically registered in the CMS as participants in that
course.
The decision to use a CMS in a traditional face-to-face course has implications for course design
that often go unnoticed by instructors in their initial use of such systems. This module lists
technical and pedagogical tips that instructors should consider as they place materials into a
CMS.

Purpose:

 Course management systems have become an integral part of the higher education system.
 They make teaching and course management easier by providing a framework and set of
tools for instructors.
 The administrative aspects of such systems may include class rosters and the ability to record
students’ grades. With respect to the teaching aspects, however, it could include learning
objects, class exercises, quizzes and tests.
 The CMS may also include tools for real-time chat, or asynchronous bulletin board type
communications.
 The CMS tool also focuses on all aspects of teaching, learning and teacher-student
interaction.
 Course management systems are narrower in scope i.e., this system focuses on the
management and distribution of eLearning and instructor-led courses.
 To put it another way, course management is often the main function of an CMS – a secure
place to store and launch training to a subset of users.
In some respect, you can attribute metrics to a course management system, but that isn’t a
requirement.

PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS IN CMS:

Solution: Know what to look for during hands-on demos and study worker preferences

Problem 2: Courses are bland and unengaging

Solution: Look for robust course creation features and user feedback options

Problem 3: Losing knowledge exchange

The best ideas get bounced around a few times- that’s how we separate the viable from the
ridiculous.

Regularly exchanging knowledge improves morale, boosts overall performance and helps your
team generate better ideas.

But, most LMS software has no way of capturing that or providing a real, trackable way to inspire
it.

We need to encourage real, regular information sharing and vigorous debate. This type of
knowledge exchange solidifies learning and drives the whole team forward.

SCOPE:

Ease of use – This is the primary requirement for a software tool to become popular.
Cost efficiency – When it comes to costs, businesses become more efficient as they have more
control over the expenditure.
Accessibility – Cloud-based LMS tools are always online. This means that you and your
employees or students can access the learning platform anywhere and anytime, which is a great
benefit for business owners and training players.

Share ability – All of the content can easily be shared with any registered employee.

Study of the system:

The system has been developed considering every single quality factor. Due to this reason the
system is extremely secure from the crash down downside. Moreover, the system is very reliable
and attributable to the safety features, provides for the course management system, unauthorized
users cannot access the system.

No. of modules:

 Administration

 Student

 Search

 Report

 Authentication

1. Administration:

Admin can produce accounts for college students and faculties and make course
programmed list and add instructors and students to it course list.
Admin can produce course details exploitation course creation kind that consists in fact
name, course id, and choose student. Using Student creator kind student details are entered
to information. User name, adapt username, password, given name and name, ID. After
accounts are produced supported every students and instructors are divided and accessorial
to list exploitation create missing students kind.
2. Student:
 Student can register with application or the proposed system and login with user name and
password. He will check and submit home work. Every student can have id.

3. Search:

Student can search the topics required and can listen to the classes as per the requirement.
The student can search any topic as per his/her requirement if he is registered.

4. Report:

This module accommodates the results of the student.The student can assess his standards
accordingly and improve the performance if required.

5. Authentication:

The three most common authentication options are user authentication, email authentication,
and database authentication.
The first option, user authentication, is the simplest and most insecure. New members are
allowed to create their own accounts and choose usernames and passwords without any
check being performed.
With email authentication, new members can create their own accounts but these accounts
are not activated until a member responds to a message sent to the email address he or she
registered with the system. Once an account is activated the username and password
associated with that account are stored locally within the system.
The third and most secure option is database authentication, in which username and
password information is kept in a separate database, to which the member has no direct
access.
Functional requirements:
The functional requirements for course management system are as follows:
1. Creating courses
2. Grade manager
1. Creating Courses :
Integration with registration system:
The system shall periodically upload the latest register’s classes list to determine
courses that offered in the current semester.
The system shall generate course for each class that registered and determine the
current set of students that enrolled in that class.
The system shall allow course instructor to update course content.
2. Grade Management :
Allow grades to be entered online:
 The system shall allow instructors to enter and modify grades online.

Allow students to access their grades online: The system shall allow student to log in their
account and check their grades at any time.

The system shall provide statistical information such as averages, standard deviation, median
about students grades. Track and Handle Re-grade Requests: The system shall be able to track
and handle requests for re- grades, and all information about re-grades shall be available to the
student, and the course instructor