University of Abuja Centre for Distance Learning and Continuing Education Learning Management System (UNIABUJA CDLCE LMS) is a platform for e-Learning. UNIABUJA CDLCE LMS  helps in administration, documentation, tracking, and reporting, virtual learning classroom and online events, e-learning programs, and training content. UNIABUJA CDLCE LMS  is robust learning management software that can do the following:

 ·         To create, deliver and manage web-based content for courses.

 ·         To facilitate and deliver online courses asynchronously.

 ·         To communicate real-time (synchronous collaboration).

 ·         To assess integrated quizzes and grade books

 ·         To attach files for students to download

 ·         To create rich, vibrant and interesting classroom environments without learning HTML

 ·         To easily manage your course from year to year (never lose your work!)

 ·         Continue your class discussions online

 ·         Chat online with students

 ·         Engage students in discussions forums

 ·         Help students collaborate over the internet, within their groups and within the classroom.

 ·         To upload course materials such as audio, video, documents (.doc, .pdf, .ppt files).

 ·         To embed files and resources

 Learner Management Features - Calendar

 Keeping a calendar of events is important to both the learner and course instructor.  Events can be created for different categories, including:

 ·         Global events that appear in all courses (system admin).

 ·         Course events set by an instructor.

 ·         Group events set by instructor relative only to a group.

 ·         User events set by learner (e.g. due dates, personal etc.).

 Upcoming Events appear on the course homepage, alerting the learner across all courses they are enrolled in of different category events.  Alerts are color-coded by category.

LEARNER MANAGEMENT FEATURES – ADMIN

 The Administration control panel puts all important learner management functions a single click away. 

 Teachers and Students can be manually enrolled or removed from a course.

 Configuration of course Backup and Restore is achieved on a single screen.

 

FEATURES

 Assignment

 Used to assign online or offline tasks; learners can submit tasks in any file format (e.g. MS Office, PDF, image, a/v etc.).

 Chat 
Allows real-time synchronous communication by learners.

 Choice 
Instructors create a question and a number of choices for learners; results are posted for learners to view.

 Dialogue

 Allows for one-to-one asynchronous message exchange between instructor and learner, or learner to learner.

 Editing

 The EDIT view allows the teacher to add content, edit content, add activities and resources, rearrange content, and “hide” content from students.

 Assignments

 Assignments (online, offline) can be delivered to students, and they can upload files which you can grade online and give feedback.

 Chat

 The Chat feature in  NOUNLMS will facilitate real time conversations between users. It can be logged.

 Forum

 Threaded discussion boards for asynchronous group exchange on shared subject matter. Participation in forums can be an integral part of the learning experience, helping students define and evolve their understanding of subject matter.

Glossary
Create a glossary of terms used in a course. Has display format options including entry list, encyclopeadia, FAQ, dictionary style and more.

 Journal
Learners reflect, record and revise ideas.

 Label
Add descriptions with images in any area of the course homepage.

 Lesson
Allows instructor to create and manage a set of linked "Pages".  Each page can end with a question. The student chooses one answer from a set of answers and either goes forward, backward or stays in the same place in the lesson.

 Lessons

 Lessons, similar to learning objects, represent a means of delivering structured learning through Q & A sessions that are drawn from embedded content.

 Quiz
Create all the familiar forms of assessment including true-false, multiple choice, short answer, matching question, random questions, numerical questions, embedded answer questions with descriptive text and graphics.

 Instructors have granular control in defining course assessments, and can import quiz questions.  NOUNLMS also supports embedding audio into a quiz.

 Resource
The primary tool for bringing content into a course; may be plain text, uploaded files, links to the web, Wiki or Rich Text (Moodle has built-in text editors) or a bibliography type reference.

 Survey
This module aids an instructor in making online classes more effective by offering a variety of surveys including critical incident sampling.

 Workshop
An activity for peer assessment of documents (Word, PP etc.) that students submit online. Participants can assess each other’s project. Teacher makes final student assessment, and can control opening and closing periods.

 Reports

 User activity on Moodle can be monitored using the Logs option. This features levels of detail from module, to student details, grouped by date and time 

Using UNIABUJA CDLCE LMS

For Students

-          Type http://www.uniabujacdlce.com/

• -          Click on Portal Login
• -          Supply your login details carefully (Username and Password), then click Login to continue
• -          Click on My Courses to display the list of courses
• -          Select the course you want to work with (e.g. GST307)
• -          Select the Course Modules in Tab View to view the materials
• -          Click on a material from the list of materials in the Tab View

For Lecturers

• -          Type  http://www.uniabujacdlce.com/  to the lecturer’s My Page preview
• -          Supply your login details carefully (Username and Password), then click Login to continue
• -          Under the Settings block, click on Question Bank to display the preview and menus associate with it
• -          Under the Settings block, click on Courses to display the preview and menus associate with it