Instructor quick guide
In LMS, a Instructor has responsibility for the materials in their own Training. They often also manage enrolments and are able to change the layout of the Training page. This quick start guide introduces LMS's features to those with the Instructor role.
Training set up
A Training is a space on a LMS site where Instructors can add learning materials for their students. A Instructor may have more than one Training and a Training may include more than one Instructor and more than one group of learners. A Training can display its materials in a number of ways or 'formats', for example in weekly sections or named topic sections. You can show all the sections at once or just reveal one at a time. See Training settings for more information.
Training sections may be renamed by turning on the editing and clicking the configuration icon underneath the section name. Sections may also be moved by drag and drop and sections added or removed by clicking the + or - underneath the bottom section. See Training homepage for more information.
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Training enrolment
Before a learner can access your Training, they must first be authenticated user and that is the responsibility of the site administrator. There are several enrolment methods available to a Instructor, what is available, again, depends on the site administrator. The admin might enrol students into Training automatically, or the Instructor might be able to let students enrol themselves. Depending on the theme used, this can be done either by clicking the gear menu in the nav drawer link Participants or by clicking Enrolled users from the Users link in the Training administration block. This is the Manual enrolment method. Other options can be seen in the Enrolment methods link and include Self enrolment and Guest access.
Note: Guests can only view the Training and its resources; they cannot participate in any activities. An enrolment key may be set if Self enrolment is enabled so that only students with the key can enter. The screencast Enrolling learners gives more information on Training enrolment. If your Training looks different, watch this earlier screencast on Enrolling learners .
Grading
Every Training has its own Gradebook which can record scores from assignments , quizzes , peer assessment workshops, 'branching' lessons, SCORM activities and LTI learning resources.
Other activities such as forums, databases and glossaries can have ratings enabled which will also then be reflected in the gradebook.
Grade items can be manually created from Training administration > Grades > Set up > Categories and items and it is also possible to import and export grades.
Tracking progress
If completion tracking has been enabled for the site and in Training administration > Edit settings, you can then set completion conditions in activity settings. A checkbox will appear next to the activity and a student may either be allowed to tick it manually, or a tick will display once criteria for that particular activity have been met. This feature can be combined with Training completion so that when certain activities have been completed and/or grades obtained, the Training itself is marked complete.
Badges can also be issued, manually or based on completion criteria to act as a motivator and record of Training progress.
Restricting access
A Training can be set to display everything to everyone all the time, or it can be very restrictive, displaying certain items at certain times, to certain groups or based on performance in previous tasks.
Training items and sections may be manually hidden using the 'hide' icon when the editing is turned on. If Restrict access has been enabled by the administrator then a Restrict access section will display in each Training activity and resource, allowing you to choose how and when this item will be revealed, and whether to hide it completely or show it greyed out with the conditions for access.