The following features give instructors power to design, deliver and continuously improve their online courses
Content Authoring
- Built in Learning Path designer to guide learners through content & instructional activities
- Create content & activities like creative works, video lectures, assignments, surveys & resources
- Customizable learning paths & modules
- Multimedia content delivery for video/audio lessons
- Embed videos, audio, web content, etc. nearly anywhere (in lectures, forums, galleries, & more)
- Playlist video/audio, PDFs, documents & presentations (Word, Powerpoint, etc), embedded Livestreams, Youtube/Vimeo, & more in a single unified content viewer
- Clean & intuitive design
- In-video quizzes
- Advanced text/html editor
- Flexible syllabus creator
- Resource attachment (downloads, books, PDFs, products, links, and more)
- Clone & reuse content
Learner Engagement Tools
- Automate & award custom badges upon module/milestone completion
- Coursework gallery
- Peer assessment
- Forum & Gallery participation
- Digital Student Portfolios
- User profiles
- Social media sharing
- Private group forums
- Private group messenger channels
Student Progress Tracking
- Individual learner progress tracking
- Course progress tracking
- Attendance tracking
Course Administration
- User management (roles, permissions, invitations)
- Course management
Bulk course upload
- Platform-wide notifications & alerts
- Platform-wide settings (course archival, e- commerce, SSO, and more)
- Personal and course-specific calendars
- Smart auto-scheduling for all content
Communication Tools
- Real-time platform notifications, alerts, & email
- Course announcements on platform & via email
- Direct messaging for individual & group chat
- Course Forums (public & private)
- Gallery commenting
- Portfolio commenting
- Support for video conferencing through calendar
Learning Analytics
- Content engagement metrics (video plays, file submissions, etc.)
- Course and platform activity metrics
- Enrollment metrics
Software Integrations
- Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI)
- Common Cartridge (CC)
- Student Information System (SIS)
- Single Sign-On (SSO): Google, Facebook, AuthO, Shibboleth, LDAP, SAML, and others
- E-commerce (Stripe)
- Calendar Sync (iCal)
- Polycom Videoconferencing
- Plagiarism Detection (Turnitin, Unicheck)
- Salesforce
- Custom integrations available
Assignment & Assessment (if required)
- Flexible multi-part assignments
- Multi-file submission
- Participation-based assignment w/ auto- grading (forum participation, gallery participation)
- Peer assessment
- Course completion certificates
- Auto-gradable quiz, test, and worksheet builder