ILEARN FEATURES

Assignments:
Allows teachers to collect work from students, review it and provide feedack
includin! !rades" Students can sumit an# di!ital content $files%, includin! for
e&ample, word'processed documents, spreadsheets, ima!es, audio and video
clips" Assi!nments don(t necessaril# have to consist of file uploads" Alternativel#,
teachers can ask students to t#pe directl# into an online te&t assi!nment"
Blogs:
BLOGS IS a form of online )ournal used # millions of people around the world for
self'e&pression and communicatin! with famil# and friends" *lo!s are usuall#
or!ani+ed as a chronolo!ical series of postin!s created # the author of the lo!"
*lo!s usuall# are written # one person, althou!h some lo!s can e authored #
!roups of people"
Chat:
Allows students to have a real'time s#nchronous discussion via the we" This is a
useful wa# to !et a different understandin! of each other and the topic ein!
discussed"The ,hat module contains a numer of features for mana!in! and
reviewin! chat discussions"
Choices:
The teacher asks a -uestion and specifies a choice of multiple responses" It can
e useful as a -uick poll to stimulate thinkin! aout a topic. to allow the class to
vote on a direction for the course. or to !ather research consent"
Databases:
Allows teacher and/or students to uild, displa# and search a ank of record
entries aout an# conceivale topic" The format and structure of these entries
can e almost unlimited, includin! ima!es, files, URLs, numers and te&t amon!
other thin!s"
Forums:
Successful communication and communit# uildin!. common area for students to
come to!ether and discuss unlimited topics, includin! social activities and
educational ideas"
Lessons:
In a lesson pa!e(s simplest form, the student can select a continue utton at the
ottom of the pa!e, which will send them to the ne&t pa!e in the lesson" Lesson
can deliver content in interestin! and fle&ile wa#s to each student, with no direct
or time sensitive action re-uired # the teacher once the lesson has een
created" Each answer to a -uestion ma# send the student to a different series of
pa!es in the lesson" The teacher(s response and the ne&t pa!e the student will
see has alread# een thou!ht out # the teacher"
Quizzes:
Allows the teacher to desi!n and set -ui++es consistin! of a lar!e variet# of
0uestion t#pes, amon! them multiple choice, true'false, and short answer
-uestions" These -uestions are kept in the course 0uestion ank and can e re'
used within courses and etween courses" 0ui++es can allow multiple attempts"
Each attempt is automaticall# marked, and the teacher can choose whether to
!ive feedack and/or show the correct answers"
Resources:
1df documents must e created accessile" Scanned documents that ecome
pdf(s are N2T accessile3the# are treated like ima!es" 2nl# ta!!ed pdf
documents are accessile to screen reader pro!rams"
Surves:
1rovides a numer of verified surve# instruments which have een found useful
in assessin! and stimulatin! learnin! in online environments" Teachers can use
these to !ather data from their students that will help them learn aout their class
and reflect on their own teachin!"