Home  |  Content Publishing  |  Content Management  |  Resellers  |  Contact Home Content Publishing     Overview     ECDL/ICDL     Microsoft Office Specialist     OCR Clait Content Management     Overview     LMS     LCMS     Document Repository     Library Resource Management     Competency Testing     Authorisation     Messaging and Proactive Reporting     Forums     Classroom Training     Cost Analisys and Invoicing     Assignment Management     Bulletin Board Module     Feedback and Surveys     Podcasting     Capability Framework Resellers Contact Armelenos - Just What You Want! We have been listening to our customers for over 15 years and you have told us that there is no single solution to training people that fits the needs of every organisation. These learning resources cost valuable time and money so you need to ensure that they are being used effectively, achieving positive learning outcomes for people, and being delivered on time and budget. To help manage your learning resources we have created “Armelenos”, a powerful modular Learning Content Management System (LCMS). Armelenos is modular so that you can choose just the features you want right now, and add new capabilities as you need them in the future. Armelenos can function from a simple LMS reporting and tracking on e-learning courses, or you can add more functionality such as: • Classroom training and management for face-to-face training; • Messaging to alert people of new training events and information; • Cost analysis for internal budgeting and/or invoicing for third party training services you have provided; • Storage repository for documents and learning resources that can be opened in a web browser; • Management of physical shared library resources like books DVD’s etc; • Verification of people’s identity for on-line assessment tests; • Homework assignments for students; • On-line forums and bulletin boards for assisting collaborative learning; • Podcasting of live or recorded teaching sessions; • Survey forms to provide feedback from users regarding the training; • Setting personal learning paths for people by mapping their job roles and skills to the available training; • Creating an internal repository of job skills that can be searched when vacancies occur. Regardless of the size of your organisation, Armelenos can help you achieve “just what you want” at a price you can afford. Click on one of the Armelenos modules below to find out more information about it. Alternatively click on a topic in the Training activities list to see how Armelenos can help solve your problem. Module - Learning Management System The “Learning Management System” module is the core module and it controls the use of the e-learning content in Armelenos. This means monitoring how people are progressing through the training and any tests contained within the e-learning content. See More Module - Learning Content Management System (LCMS) The Learning Content Management System (LCMS) module in Armelenos allows you to create new courses from existing ones. The e-learning content in Armelenos is comprised of SCORM objects (SCO’s) and AICC learning objects, which make up the training courses. These existing learning objects can be reused using the LCMS module to create new courses. This is useful when you want to tailor “off-the-shelf” courses to your own specific needs or re-use information that occurs in multiple training courses. See More Module - Document Repository Training content comes in many different forms, and can be structured in various ways. For example it may be important to a users job function to read the contents of a web page or a document that you have provided to learn how to perform a specific task. The “Document Repository” module in Armelenos provides an easy way for you to utilise the various training resources available to your organisation that you want to allocate to users. See More Module - Library Resources Management The “Library Resource Management” module in Armelenos has been designed for organisations that want to catalogue, monitor and manage their library of physical training resources. These library resources are typically books, magazines, videos, CD’s, DVD’s and audio tapes, which are available for loan by the students or employees of an organisation. See More Module - Competency Testing The “Competency Testing” module on Armelenos has been designed so that assessment tests can be created quickly and easily to measure the skills of people. Assessment tests can be used before training is undertaken by Learners to ensure that they have the required minimum skills to attempt other forms of training. Assessment tests can also be created for post-testing so that you can measure the skills of people that have completed training. This could be a training course that was provided in the classroom, or a training course that was provided via e-learning. See More Module - Authorisation The “Authorisation” module in Armelenos has been designed for organisations that require the authorisation of a person’s identity, before allowing them access to certain content that is stored in Armelenos. Typically this occurs when Learners are required to take competency tests and you need to make sure of each person’s identity before they take the on-line tests. This helps prevent cheating as each person can be verified before they get access to the test by a supervisor using photo ID like a driving licence or employee card. See More Module - Messaging & Proactive Reporting An essential part of a good training environment is to keep everyone updated with the latest training information. Learners need to be informed when new training resources are available. You can keep Learners informed of the available training resources in the organisation by sending messages on how to access training courses, as well as messages about assignments and training courses that need to be completed by a specific time. See More Module - On-Line Forums The disadvantage of e-learning as opposed to “face to face” training is that Learners cannot pose questions to the instructor to have them answered immediately. The “On-Line Forums” module can alleviate this problem by facilitating an online question and answer session between Learners and Trainers. This is extremely useful when the Learners and Trainers are geographically remote from each other. See More Module - Classroom Training Management Often organisations use a blended learning approach for their training needs. This often involves “face to face” training provided by instructors in classrooms. “Face to face” training often involves different components such as e-learning, competency testing and assignments. The “Classroom Training and Management” module in Armelenos allows Trainers to plan and schedule “face-to-face” training activities within an organisation, which makes it particularly useful if a blended learning approach is desired. See More Module - Cost Analysis & Invoicing Sometimes it is desirable to attribute costs to the various training activities within an organisation so you can determine the return on investment (ROI). This allows you to demonstrate the effectiveness of the training by showing the associated costs in relation to the financial outlay. The “Cost Analysis and Invoicing” module in Armelenos has been designed for organisations that wish to assign costs to their training resources, and work out a return on investment (ROI) cost of their training activities. See More Module - Assignment Management Assignments are a good way to gauge the skill levels of Learners as they demonstrate their understanding of the subject being taught. Traditionally assignments are given to Learners by their instructors, and then manually submitted by Learners once they have been completed. The “Assignment Management” module in Armelenos allows organisations to set assignments for the Learners, which they download and complete. See More Module - Bulletin Board The “Bulletin Board” module in Armelenos has been designed for organisations that want to provide on-line bulletin boards for their Learners. They allow you to create ‘communities of interest’ for specific topics and have people that share the same interest communicate with each by posting messages to the bulletin board, that other people then can respond to. See More Module - Feedback & Survey The easiest way to identify the views and opinions of the people in your organisation is to have them complete a survey. Traditionally surveys are paper based, which means that in order to obtain meaningful information from the results, someone is required to analyse the data. The “Feedback and Survey” module in Armelenos allows organisations to quickly create surveys and feedback questionaries for Learners. See More Module - Podcasting Podcasting is the method of distributing multimedia files such as audio programs over the internet, for playback on computers or mobile audio players like MP3 players. Podcasts are often used for radio shows but other uses include school lessons, conference meetings, and the distribution of messages to people. The Podcasting module in Armelenos allows Learners to link to podcasts that are available to them, and then the relevant audio files are automatically downloaded to their computer or MP3 player. See More Module - Capability Framework The Capability Framework module in Armelenos allows you to create a job skills repository and is the final piece in the jigsaw if you want to create a training environment that defines the specific training needs for each person in your organisation. By associating the training you are providing with the required skills (referred to as capabilities) for the various job roles within your organisation, you can create personal learning paths for people and provide the necessary framework to ensure they achieve their training goals. See More Common Armelenos Training Activities Are any of the following training activities required by your organisation? Click on a topic to see how Armelenos can help you run and manage the activity successfully: E-learning Courses Utilise AICC compliant ?off-the shelf? courses. Utilise SCORM v 1.2 compliant ?off-the shelf? courses. Create new courses quickly and easily from existing e-learning content. Create new custom e-learning content for in-house needs. Course and Site Management Create physical groups of your organisation?s structure. Create virtual groups for different job roles of employees. Assign content globally to learners, or to groups and individuals. Assign content on an open-use, time-based or single access policy. Set access levels for users. Specify features available to learners. Import registration details for learners. Reporting and Tracking Detailed reporting of learners? activity. Detailed group reporting of learners? activity. Detailed organisational reporting of learners? activity. Historical reporting of learners? activity. Assessment Testing Create pre-tests to assess people?s skill levels on subjects. Create competency tests to assess what has been learned from training courses. Create tests that require manual marking by an instructor. Alerts for instructors when short answer questions in tests are ready for marking. Verification of people?s identity for on-line assessment tests. Classroom and Face-to-Face Training Scheduling of classroom courses; Scheduling of instructors to teach classes. Enrolment of students into courses. Management of physical training resources such as slide projectors, computers and other teaching aids used in classrooms. Cost Management Cost allocation for internal training activities. Detailed cost analysis reporting for budgeting purposes. Invoicing of third partes for training services provided. Collaborative and Distance Learning Live on-line question and answer chat sessions between instructors and learners. Bulletin boards for posting messages between groups of learners. Broadcasting Distribution of audio files that contain recorded instructor led teaching sessions. Distribution of Podcasts and other media shows used in courses. Messaging and Alerts Messaging to inform people of new training events and information. Alerts for instructors when learners have completed specified training events. Alerts for instructors when short answer questions in tests are ready for marking. Alerts for instructors when learners have homework assignments ready for marking. Library Management Cataloguing of physical shared library resources like books DVD?s etc. Management of library resources. Search feature for learners to locate library items. Reservation of library items. Notification of overdue library items. Authorisation Management Verification of people?s identity for restricted information. Verification of people?s identity for on-line assessment tests. Document Repository Storage of reference documents used in e-learning courses and in classroom training. Storage of Human Resource and internal policy documents. Storage of multimedia learning resources that can be opened in a web browser. Capability Management Define job roles and associated skills within an organisation. Link specific job roles to available training resources. Link specific competency tests to job roles. Create personal learning paths based on completion of courses and results in competency tests. Create an internal repository of job skills. Create a list of the best internal candidates ranked in order of preference for job vacancies when they occur in the organisation. Create a list of the best candidates ranked in order of ability for job vacancies when they occur in the organisation. Create lists of people within the organisation that have specific skills. Survey and Feedback Create feedback forms to gather the response of learners about training courses they have undertaken. Create survey forms to gather information about proposed training events and preferences. Reporting of satisfaction levels and preferences for training. Student Assignments Create assignments for delivery on-line to learners. Alerts for instructors when assignments are ready for marking.