L E A R N I N G S O L U T I O N S

LMS FEATURES

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHTable of Contents

Unique Features of Vowel LMS

Tracking of non-SCORM Learning Material

Face-to-Face Training Management

HTML Drag and Drop Course Authoring Tool

Responsive Interface

Course Management

Lesson Types

Authoring

Assessment with Quizzes

Scoring and Certification

Reporting

Cloud Hosting

Face-to-Face Training Management

Learning Tools and the Learning Toolbar

User Interface

Tracking and Resume Support

Social Learning and Integrations

Add-ons

Upcoming Features

UNIQUE FEATURES OF VOWEL LMS:

Tracking of non-SCORM Learning MaterialThe Vowel LMS provides you with a facility to track non-SCORM learning material like

Word, PowerPoint, audio files, video files, and PDFs. Furthermore, it helps you track the

time spent on lessons “down to the second” - an important parameter in any learning

environment.

Face-to-Face Training ManagementThis unique feature aids you in managing your face-to-face training as efficiently as

your online training. By creating training batches and independent training

categories, you can make it easier for the user to find courses. The calendar

display will further help you in your search. Features like editing user enrollment,

user nomination, sending notifications and reminders, and ease of marking

attendance are all at your disposal and let you organize offline training schedules.

HTML Drag and Drop Course Authoring ToolThis intuitive course authoring tool allows you to create attractive, engaging

eLearning courses by simply dragging elements from the sidebar, and appending

your content. These elements let you embed online and offline videos, audio, text,

etc. to create courses quickly and efficiently.

Responsive InterfaceThe Vowel LMS is completely responsive and it lets the users switch between

devices – a desktop, laptop, tablet, or a mobile device – ensuring quick delivery of

content and on-the-go learning.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHCOURSE MANAGEMENT

Multi-Level CategorizationMulti-level categorization offers you a choice of “a single-level category

structure” or “a nested categorization” depending on the kind of content you

have, and organizing it in a way that the user can access it easily.

Eligibility Criteria Eligibility criteria define learning paths. This ensures that the learner

has thoroughly understood a concept before moving on to the next

one keeping the learner on track.

Multiple Attempts SupportWhen creating a lesson, the administrator can choose the number of

attempts a user is allowed for a particular course. This reinforces learning

and makes it more effective.

Associated FilesYou can enhance lessons by providing additional study material using

the associated files feature.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHCOURSE MANAGEMENT

Access Control Level (ACL)Managing access to courses is important for your training requirements.

ACL support for the courses and users lets you control simple as well as

complex permission structures to restrict or allow access as required.

Search and TagsAs your knowledge repository grows, finding content can get difficult.

The search feature and the tag feature will make it easier for the

administrator and learners to find courses.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHLESSON TYPES

Standard WYSIWYG Editor

The standard WYSIWYG editor helps you create simple HTML courses. You can create a course with

elements like text, graphics, and even hyperlinks to external references.

AUTHORING

SCORMSCORM is a set of standards used in the eLearning industry, to track content and its

usage. Our LMS is SCORM compliant, and hence all your existing courses can be

ported into it.

Video LearningLearning with audio-visuals is engaging and effective. The Vowel LMS allows you to

upload your own videos or embed videos from external links like Vimeo or YouTube.

Audio LearningIn some cases, learning can simply be about plugging in headphones and listening

to audio content. This feature makes it easy for breaking the monotony of textual

content.

HTML5HTML5 lessons can contain rich interactive content and even games. This lesson

type adds interactivity, engages the learners and makes your content interesting.

Moreover, it makes your content platform-independent.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHASSESSMENT WITH QUIZZES

01Central Question BankThe LMS lets you maintain a bank of questions that you can use to create your

quizzes. Any new question(s) that you create are automatically added to the question

bank, and this repository of questions can be used to create a quiz anytime.

02Multiple Choice QuestionsThe LMS provides you with a facility to create multiple choice questions. There’s

also a facility to create questions with multiple correct answers.

03Rule-based Quiz GeneratorThe LMS lets you create quizzes by using either the question bank or by adding

questions on the fly. Alternatively, you can use the intuitive, rule-based quiz

generation tool to generate a quiz and then modify it as needed.

04Answer Sheet DisplayThe Vowel LMS provides you with an option of displaying the answer sheet to

users after they complete the quiz.

05Optional Resume SupportThis feature allows users to complete a quiz if they have left it incomplete.

06Time-bound QuizzesThis feature enables you to set a timer and set alerts for the quiz to help learners finish

on time. Optional Resume Support is also available for the quizzes with timers.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHSCORING AND CERTIFICATION

Multiple Scoring Methods

You can choose between “the best score, the average score, or the latest attempt

score” for lessons and quizzes across multiple attempts.

Certification Criteria

You can set criteria for the successful completion of a course. Learners will be

eligible for certification only when the set criteria are met.

Certificate Generation

This feature provides you with a certificate template, but if you so choose, you can

design your own certificate using the template editor.

REPORTING

Course ReportThe Course Report displays information like Access Control Levels, Likes and Dislikes,

Comments, Recommendations, etc. about all the courses that you have created.

CLOUD HOSTING

Cloud hosting enables you to have secure, scalable storage for your content without having

to have your own infrastructure. The cloud hosting option provides faster deployment of

the system, with the latest build always available to you. Currently, the Vowel LMS integrates

with Amazon S3 for cloud access.

Student Course ReportThe Student Course Report allows you to view individual progress based on

the courses assigned to each student.

User ReportThe User Report details the activities like “Enrolled Courses, Completed Courses,

Incomplete Courses” of each registered user in the LMS.

Attempt ReportThe Attempt Report lists information about courses, lessons, and quizzes.

It shows the attempts by users along with the time spent for each attempt.

Activity ReportThe Activity Report displays all LMS-related activities performed by the learners and

the administrator. The learner, however, will be able to view only the activity that they

have performed.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHFACE TO FACE TRAINING MANAGEMENT

Training Categories and Training BatchesThe administrator can create training categories and batches. The administrator

can set starting date for these batches. The Vowel LMS allows you to mass-import

user data using a CSV import tool.

User Enrollment The administrator can enroll users for courses and edit user enrollment.

Training Display Training modules can be browsed by the user using the category structure and

filters. The modules will only be visible to users as per their set access level. A

calendar-based view is also available to display the offline training schedules.

Self-EnrollmentFor courses where this feature is enabled, users can self-enroll themselves.

Nomination for TrainingsThe administrator can nominate learners for face-to-face training. Accordingly,

they can select a specific batch for the nominee to attend.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHFACE TO FACE TRAINING MODULE

Notifications and Reminders When a user is enrolled or nominated for a course, he or she will receive a series

of notifications as reminders. For instance,

The first notification email will be sent to notify the user about the

enrollment details.

The first reminder email will be sent 21 days before the course starts along

with the essential course details.

The second reminder email will be sent nine days before course starts.

The training administrator can email attendees of the course about any

other incidental changes or other details of the course.

The training administrator can send reminders through SMS too.

Marking AttendanceThe administrator can mark attendance for trainings. If the administrator sets a

training owner while creating the training, this person will have the authority to

mark attendance for the training using the web interface.

Using either an Android or an iOS app, the training owner can mark attendance.

The app allows the same administrator account to be configured on multiple

devices in case you have multiple people managing the training on the ground.

LEARNING TOOLS AND THE LEARNING TOOLBAR

Learning DashboardEvery student has a personalized learning dashboard that gives a quick view of

their learning activities, recommendations, and activity charts.

The Learning ToolbarThe learning toolbar provides easy, intuitive access to various learning tools like

associated files, notes, and comments and is available when you open a lesson in a

module.

NotesThis feature on the learning toolbar is a facility for the users to take notes while

they are viewing a lesson. These personalized notes are saved so that the learners

can refer to them later.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHUSER INTERFACE

Multiple Course LayoutsThe learners can choose how the courses should be displayed on their course dashboard.

They can choose to create menu layouts common for all categories or have a category-specific

menu.

Course PageThe course page displays details about a particular course. A table of contents, lesson

attempts, your progress, overall course progress and social information like group discussions

and other members enrolled in the course are shown on a nice, intuitive interface.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHTRACKING AND RESUME SUPPORT

Time Tracking for all Lesson Types

The time spent on learning is an important

assessment parameter in many countries.

Traditionally, this was seen as a feature only

available to SCORM courses, but we have

made it available to all types of lessons.

Resume Support

Learning involves spending long periods of

time on content, and it might not always be

possible to complete a lesson in one sitting.

The Vowel LMS remembers where you left

off, and lets you resume the next time you

wish to complete a lesson.

Though formal training is important, the time spent on unstructured, informal learning is greater

than the formal training because it can happen anywhere, anytime.

A lot of this learning happens through online and offline socialization and interactions. Our social

learning features aid learning through sharing of content, having interactions around the content,

and delivering it in innovative ways.

SOCIAL LEARNING AND INTEGRATIONS

Native Sharing on External Social NetworksThis feature allows you to easily integrate share buttons like Facebook, Google+,

and Twitter on your course pages.

The Learning Activity StreamThe LMS comes inbuilt with simple “activity stream” that records and shows all the

users’ learning activities. This can be displayed organization-wide to let people see

what their peers have achieved so as to motivate them to do better.

ORGANIZATION AND SEARCHSOCIAL LEARNING AND INTEGRATIONS

Social Network Activity Stream IntegrationSocial network integration allows the LMS to display user activities and

achievements to be updated directly onto the user’s social network wall.

Course Likes and DislikesUsers are allowed to “Like” or “Dislike” a course. Like and Dislike counts can be

viewed by all users and indicate the quality of the course material.

Course CommentingCommenting on a course allows users to give feedback about the various aspects

of the course. It could be feedback to the course author or a general review of

the course.

Course Groups & DiscussionsThrough the Internal Social Network, all users of a course can interact with each

other and the facilitator. Features like discussion forums and media sharing offer

an enhanced peer-to-peer learning experience.

Profile & Avatar IntegrationThe LMS uses Avatars of the users to personalize your course page. You can link

your avatar to your social network profile. Showing avatars of users or their friends

adds a feeling of familiarity and friendliness to the course page.

Badges to Show off your AchievementsOnline and offline events can be integrated with badges, and these can be

awarded using the same criteria as for certification. Showing off an achievement

and getting recognition for it motivates the learner to achieve higher standards.

Points IntegrationIntegration of point system can be used to motivate learners.

ADD-ONS

White Labeled BrandingThe Vowel LMS allows you to brand the LMS as per your organizational branding

guidelines.

Single Sign-on Facility The LMS offers single sign-on facility and integration with all ERP and HRMS.

UPCOMING FEATURES

Hierarchy ManagementThis feature can be used to set the hierarchy of the organization with the capability

to set a many-to-one reporting structure. This can be updated en masse using a

CSV file.

Drag and Drop Course ManagementThe Vowel LMS recognizes the Shareable Content Object (SCO) structure and

allows for reuse of content objects across courses using a simple drag and drop

feature from a central repository.

TinCan/Experience API/xAPIThe TinCan API (also known as the Experience API or xAPI) is an emerging learning

standard that enhances the functionality of SCORM. Currently, we have enabled

the API to integrate with SCORM cloud. Soon, we shall be integrating it with other

learning record stores as well. This feature will help you to analyze and track

bite-sized learning modules too.

Recommend a CourseUsers will be able to recommend courses to their friends. “Recommend a Course”

is an effective way to drive social learning.

UPCOMING FEATURES

iOS and Android app for LMSThe app will allow you to take courses offline, and it will record your data and store

it offline. Once the user comes online, the data will be synchronized with the online

record. This will allow learning to take place on a phone or tablet without an

Internet connection.

Course Member ChatEvery course will have a dedicated “course member chat” which will let users, who

have signed up for the course, interact with each other and help solve each other’s

queries.

Request a CourseThis feature will allow the user to browse through all the catalog courses that you

are offering and request to be enrolled to a particular course.

Assigning a Course and Learning Assignment Administrators will be able to assign users to one or more courses using this

feature. It will be mandatory for the user to take this course. Furthermore, the LMS

will allow users to upload subjective assignments given to them by their

instructors/facilitators through the system.

Dashboard CalendarA calendar will display all the events that a user is enrolled for, in a calendar format

on the dashboard.

Course Access Based on Learner ProfileYou will be able to make content available for learners based on their learning

pace and profiles.