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Enterprise LMS with Adobe Learning Manager

By : Damien Bruyndonckx
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Enterprise LMS with Adobe Learning Manager

By: Damien Bruyndonckx

Overview of this book

Looking to deliver scalable online learning solutions? Adobe's latest enterprise Learning Manager is a powerful learning management system (LMS) that enables organizations to deliver, manage, and track immersive learning experiences. This book unlocks the full potential of Learning Manager, guiding you to become an adept administrator, author, or teacher, experimenting with Learning Manager from different perspectives. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of the features and their impact on your business. From platform setup to course administration, you’ll be able to create blended learning experiences, deploy your content to different devices, and explore Learning Manager's features for monitoring your students' progress on a daily basis. Finally, you'll discover techniques for organizing and maintaining your course catalog while elevating the learner experience. By the end of the book, you’ll be able to implement your organization’s training strategy, deliver engaging learning experiences, and generate meaningful reports to monitor their effectiveness.
Table of Contents (23 chapters)
1
Part 1 – Publishing Learning Content
6
Part 2 – Managing Learners and Tracking Learning Data
13
Part 3 – Enhancing the Learner Experience
17
Part 4 – Administering the Platform

Working with course instances

To understand course instances, it is necessary to remember that a Learning Manager course can include both synchronous and asynchronous modules. As a reminder, asynchronous activities are self-paced modules that learners can review at their convenience, while synchronous activities require learners and instructors to be present together at the same time, either face to face or online.

But there is another major difference between synchronous and asynchronous activities: synchronous activities are time-bound, while asynchronous activities are not.

Let’s take a quick example. Imagine it’s early April and you’re creating a course that includes a virtual classroom activity scheduled for, say, mid-May. If learners register for the course before the end of April, all is well. But if they register later, they may not have enough time to complete the required prework before attending the mid-May class. Even worse: what happens if learners...