Course Management System
Course management is the practice of using computer software - called a course management system (CMS) - to organize and manage courses, course materials, students, grades, quizzes, and communications. Course management systems are usually web-based.
A course management system can be used as an add-on for a regular course allowing teachers to manage various aspects of teaching. It can also be used in distance learning or hybrid courses as the primary mean of communication among teachers and students.
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RCampus Course Management System
RCampus Course Management System is a web-based software system designed to facilitate the management of courses for faculty and students, especially by helping teachers and learners with course administration. The system can track the students' progress, which can be monitored by both teachers and students.
RCampus Course Management System is a part of our larger Open Education Management System which is also available to schools (see our licensing and hosting / outsourcing options). Its tools are available instantly to teachers and students through Reazon Campus Network websites.
Features of rCourse
Our tools are designed to be easy-to-use, quick to set-up and highly secure.
- Building multimedia class portals/websites
- Adding students automatically or manually
- Automatic building of the roster
- Copying and distributing coursework and assignments across multiple classes
- Email alerts for reminding upcoming tasks
- Collecting assignments using different submission settings
- Assigning and collecting multiple ePortfolios
- Managing and sharing documents and files using document center
- Grading students using gradebook complete with statistics and interactive graphs
- Organizing questions in the test bank
- Building quizzes for online assessment
- Using rubrics for communicating expectations and quickly assessing student work
- Building teams with dedicated team menus
- Using unified message system for threaded discussions and for sending messages to any combinations of recipients
- Managing events and assignment deadlines using calendar complete with automatic synchronization with students calendars
- Tracking to-do items
- Networking with others through eCommunities
- Bookmarking favorite items
- Many navigation shortcuts
- and more.
Definitions
- Course: A course refers to a specific subject of study, such as Basic Algebra, from which classes are offered.
- Class: A class is a single offering of a course.
Testimonials
rCampus is an amazing tool for educators. I have been working on my graduate action research project for the last five months. I chose to try rCampus to set up a gradebook for my subjects. I created a rubric online using the rubric tool. I also utilized the coursework link to the student roster. I logged in the scores for my students’ pre-assessment and post-assessments using the linked rubric for the assignment. I loved the fact that I could just click on the rubric and it would tally the scores for me without having to do calculations myself. My favorite feature though of the gradebook was the gradebook statistics feature. This feature gave me the data that I needed to share for my statistical analysis of the results for my research. It also allowed for importing the data to an Excel spreadsheet using comma set values if I needed to use this feature. The rubric statistics proved to be extremely valuable for my research project as well. I have recommended this tool to every educator that will give me long enough to tell them about the benefits of this web 2.0 tool. As a graduate student in the Masters of Education program with technology as my emphasis, I have to say that I am impressed with this tech tool!
- Deborah Breda, December 2008 graduate of Salisbury University, Masters of Education, Technology Track
More testimonials.
See Also
- Faculty websites - Lists your courses on your website automatically.
- Faculty online groups - Collaborate with others.
- Rubrics - Use rubrics for assessment.
- ePortfolios - Assign Student ePortfolios for recording the learning process and demonstrating the learning outcome.
- Class creation - Quick guide for creating a class.
- Class properties - The page to add class information. Also explains each area.
- Class portal - About class websites.
- Class FAQ - Working with classes.
- Student registration - Two options to register students: self-registration and manual registration.
- Roster - Roster at-a-glance and How-to.
- Course - Definition of a course.
- Courses FAQ - Working with courses.
- Learning Management System - Features our Learning Management System.
