Jawaid Iqbal
A learning management system (LMS) is a software application for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting, automation and delivery of educational courses, training programs, or learning and development programs. The learning management system concept emerged directly from e-Learning. In the current pandemic its of great importance and is being implemented in all educational institutions because of its wide range and capabilities. As the fatal virus is stopping all sources of teaching and learning generally in India and partially in Kashmir, the education department has come with a new tool here before which the Novak corona virus looks helpless and is surrendering day by day. The school children who were not grasping knowledge, classes and aims and objectives of teaching learning processes are now learning at homes besides community classes are also going in parallel to it. The most important advantage of LMS is the learning material remains saved and students can view the desired material at their will. Here teachers are uploading contents i.e. video lectures, assignments, audio recordings, documentary videos, documents, PDF files and what not. Although the classroom learning has its importance but this management has not left any stone unturned also. Teachers are creating user ids and likewise students are being provided their user names and passwords and after receiving this they open lms link and study at homes, they see what had been uploaded by their respective teachers and they easily jot down the Assignments and give feedback to their respective teachers class wise.
If the course is free, then the LMS must provide a way for users to enter their information (name, email address) to sign up. Another aspect of the front-end is the login page for existing users. Once logged in, users will be able to access all the course content that they signed up for.
Here the role of education department is crucial and vital how good they came into the expectations of parents at the very important time. Although it’s a little costly as many school children do not have access to laptops or android phones but its responsibility of parents that they should arrange an Android phone by which many students can learn on a single phone. Here the role of volunteers is essential, here is the job for them to show the society how good they are, even the local educated retired masters, imams of our societies, and other dignities can play their part. In addition to it,we are having Diksha platform, Byjus learning app and Aakash digital apps through which we can encourage our students to learn more and more in this pandemic. Its need of the hour, we should not surrender in front of virus, instead we should face the problems with open heart and bring the educational loss back on its track .It’s just a moral duty of educated youth and most importantly of teachers to help each and every child to learn how to use LMS at homes. An LMS is also often called an online course platform, online course builder, or course creation solution. There’s both a front-end and a back-end component to an LMS.
The front-end component is what the user sees. This includes the pages that describe what the course is about as well as a way to enroll. If the course requires a fee, then the LMS should at the very least integrate with a means for making the payment. If the course is free, then the LMS must provide a way for users to enter their information (name, email address) to sign up. Another aspect of the front-end is the login page for existing users. Once logged in, users will be able to access all the course content that they signed up for.
( The author is a teacher in J&K School Education Department. Views are his own)[email protected]
