COURSE+MANAGEMENT+SYSTEMS

What are course management systems? Course management systems are internet based software packages which enables teachers to extend from the classroom to other instructional tools. Course management systems serve as a tool which helps students and faculty access the systems which include online management of assignments, class lists, and grade books. This instructional tool benefits communication by allowing the teacher and student is more interactive when they are not in class. These common tools include: Blackboard, eCollege, Moodle, and WebCT, CourseInfo, and TopClass. For example, this college uses WebCT and Blackboard which allows us to communicate to our classmates and to our professors. For researching course management systems you can visit the websites: [] [] How can you use it in education? 1. Writing classes ** 2. Grammar. ** **3. Oral communication and pronunciation classes. **
 * I **n WebCt, students can upload essays saved in HTML or text format which can be viewed from other classmates. **
 * **Bulletin board tools can be used for students to write and post essays, do peer reviews, receive teacher feedback, and hand in revisions. **
 * **the students are interacting with reading, writing, speaking, and listening which can occur outside the classroom as well. **
 * **Forms of on-line quiz makers and test discrete skills. This will enable the student to practice their grammar by chat rooms even if they are at home. **
 * **The conversations in chat rooms are often recorded. Teachers can use the recorded logs to analyze their speech, grammar structures, and do self assessments. The teacher can listen to see if the student is using the correct tense of a verb. **
 * ** T here are also Grammar web quests and electronic journals and online newspapers which all help students to pronounce their grammar and improve and learn. These activities help with their verb tenses, transitions, and punctuation within the newspaper articles. An example of this would be to summarize, change verb tenses, or changes quotation into direct speech. **
 * **This can include students who live abroad to learn the different languages besides their own. Students can go off-line to do their assignments on their own and then discuss their observations on the bulletin board. This works great for out-of-class projects such as surveys and interviews. Students can also create short audio pieces to post online for classmates or record a pronunciation exercise that their other peers would have to listen to. Chat rooms also help because students are able to practice their language functions by writing words and sentences instead of just speaking. **

Moodle is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Moodle.org is our community site where Moodle is made and discussed. website: []. Moodle give educators tools to manage and promote learning. Moodle can be used for on-line classes. For a demonstration of Moodle visit the website: []. Black board is also a free on-line course management system designed for students and teachers to take part in delivered online and use on-line materials. The instructor creates a course website and gives access to a variety of on-line learning tools. Blackboard usually contains course materials, discussion boards, virtual chat, online quizzes, and grades. Some classes are also just conducted through blackboard. To learn how to use features of Blackboard you can review the Blackboard Student User Guide. Blackboard is offered at the website: []. [|References] [|http://www.ecollege.com/ Course_Management_System.learn] [|http://www.edutools.info/item_ list.jsp?pj=4] [] [] [] [|re/reginfo.asp].

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