A custom eLearning content type with no connection to a system. Users can interact with the course, read content, answer questions, do exams but nothing is stored or made available for review. Neither is there any automation for providing certificates or check for conditions. The course is ‘as is’ and can be made available through any digital medium carrier.

Integrated courses are part of (and integrated in) the Managed Online Platform and each integrated course can contain one or several content types such as standalone courses, videos, text or downloadable content such as pdf files. By wrapping the different content types in an integrated course additional functions become possible. Think of creating conditions where a user is not allowed to start a lesson until a previous lesson is completed, storing progress on the completion of lessons, topics or exams, or providing certification upon passing or completing a course or lesson. Integrated courses are of a higher order than standalone courses.

Standalone content (courses, videos, audio etc) are wrapped in integrated courses which are wrapped (integrated) into a Managed Online Platform.

LMS stands for Learning Management System and is a further specialization of the more generic CMS or Content Management System. Both are basically websites created to publish content on a network so visitors can gain access to it.

The Managed Online Platform is an LMS backend system which can interact with the integrated courses and provide extra functionality such as a webshop, reporting or communication tools. The eLearning Content can technically provide output data but needs an LRS system to give this data to.

An LRS is a Learning Record Store which takes user interaction data from a course and stores it. From this data you can track user progress and calculate grades.

Tin Can or xAPI are two terms used for the same thing. Tin Can is the evolution of the older SCORM. They describe the communication between the eLearning Content and the LRS. These captured statements form the data that is stored in the LRS and consists of the user interaction with the eLearning Content.

To summarize: user interactions captured (conform Tin Can standards) are stored in an LRS, part of an LMS, all together forming one unified system which we offer under the name Managed Online Platform.

HTML5 is the most recent version of the Hypertext Markup Language and is used to describe a website. It is enhanced with:

• CSS: Cascading Style Sheets to add styling to default makeup
• JavaScript to allow things to happen.

Consultancy is offered free by us with any service we provide but to a smaller extent also for free for those who want it. So if you are not sure about possibilities, requirements or technical implications make sure to contact us. We will always try to help you to where you need to be.