The Solution to That Age-Old LMS Problem

August 27, 2009

Being asked to "please try again" is something that’s happened to most of us in the learning management system community. There’s no shame in it. Juggling all the different subscription, banking, social network, email, and other account passwords is overwhelming.

 

 

And it seems like more websites are creating increasingly complicated password requirements. So the handy password you once used is suddenly no good anymore. Some sites want you to have a mix of numbers and letters. Some require more than 5 or 6 characters.

 

 

Others want a combination of lower-case and capital letters, others a mix of both plus numbers, while the most horrible sticklers require an over-six-character mix of both cases plus numbers.

 

 

Some very efficient, clever, and/or über-organized people have figured out a trick for remembering passwords. Taking the first letter of the website and the last, and sticking their usual key words in the middle with a set number. There are others, but I’ve forgotten them. Just as I’ve forgotten the passwords to oh-so-many subscriptions and other accounts.

 

 

I know I’m not alone. And that’s why universal login, that magical feature that learning management systems and other e-learning platforms are beginning to adopt, is so amazing.

 

 

For organizations and schools delivering e-learning content to large numbers of students, they can aid the accessibility and ease of use for their students by using a learning management system that provides universal login.

 

 

Coggno’s has recently integrated RPX with its learning management system. Accessing your training or other e-learning content is now so, so simple.

 

 

Coggno no longer requires users to create a Coggno account, providing instead a vast range of login options. Through the RPX app, users can now access Coggno using identities from major sites such as Google, AOL, Yahoo!, Twitter, WordPress, MySpace, and Facebook.

 

 

Using Coggno’s learning management system which include a text editor, SCORM, question banking, and video, assessment, and quiz tools, organizations are able to provide feature rich training cost effectively, and public schools are able to provide students with free and powerful e-learning solutions.

 

 


Create and distribute engaging learning experiences with Coggno’s Learning Management System (LMS) Online. Easy to use, robust and reasonably priced.

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Seeing The End of a Trend in LMS Training Content Writing

August 6, 2009

The trend in learning management system and other e-learning content writing has traditionally followed a "voiceless writing" model.

 

 

In this model, course creators write using a formal tone and text without style or affect. This is the writing style traditionally preferred by academia–one without any trace of an author’s voice or personality.

 

 

However, a burgeoning community of e-learning developers are creating content with more voiced writing. Particularly in an e-learning context, studies suggest that students respond with more interest to a voice with personality, in contrast to a formal and impersonal tone.

 

 

It’s true that in some cases, a bland tone is simply unavoidable–and that’s fine. But to create content with that blandness as the ideal isn’t wise. And too often, course creators fall into the trap of intentionally creating difficult-to-read content in order to impress learners, or so that students will have greater respect for the content. This is a bad idea.

 

 

What’s the best solution? Clear, concise, and relevant content.

 

 

Once you’ve prepared your course content and infused it with an interesting writing style and your own enthusiasm and passion for the subject, next comes the revision process. This is a major aspect of keeping your course writing concise and clear. Put your course through what writers call "deep revision." Look over your course and ensure that no sections, paragraphs, graphics, etc. look clunky, out of place, dull, or extraneous. Just as you used your powerful writing voice, use your authorial power to scrap whole pieces that don’t seem to fit. Any unnecessary bit needs to go.

 

 

Especially in online training courses, learners require content to be to-the-point, engaging, and one hundred percent relevant to what learners will need to perform tasks later on. These may be new skills, company policies, or any other critical information.

 

 

Just remember: voiceless writing in an online course is worse than live but bland and boring lecture. E-learning strives to be better than that. When developing content for a learning management system, keep your writing clear and concise, but most importantly, your own.

 

 


Develop and deliver interactive training courses with Coggno’s Learning Management System (LMS) Online. Simple user interface, potent and cost-effective.

 

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