Since infrastructure is the foundation on which e-learning is built, KFU has a powerful ICT infrastructure. As the infrastructure has to be reliable and secure for students to access and browse e-learning resources, our E-learning infrastructure has all needed software and hardware, smart classrooms and all accessible-web technologies to support and enable e-learning. The e-learning infrastructure is given a potential care by the administration to provide students and instructors with the most suitable and powerful learning environment.
Blackboard is an E-Learning Management System that allows instructors to create, deliver, and manage web-based components for e-courses. It enables, anytime and anywhere, student’s engagement and empowers instructors with tools they need to administer and track the progress of students throughout the entire educational cycle. It can be used to add online elements to a traditional course, or to completely develop online courses .
It allows students to download and upload files, participate in chatting forums and discussion boards, and to do assessments. Students are also able to view grades as well as the e-mails instructors and classmates . Also, it allows instructors to collaborate with their classes subjects. Given proper planning time, instructors can design thematic units using reusable learning objects. The university provides the WebCT LMS and Blackboard LMS. As soon as both systems are merged, Blackboard 9.0 will be available for our university community.
Virtual Classroom integrates a real-time collaboration and synchronous learning to Blackboard LMS with one-click access. It allows students to participate in live classes and practice all on-ground class activities electronically. It ensures the best user experience through superior quality, full duplex voice over IP, synchorous communications regardless of connection speed, interactive whiteboards, video abilities, breakout rooms, application sharing, ADA compliance, real-time quizzing, record and playback .they are advanced , yet easy-to-use . It offers live discussions among students and instructors anytime, anywhere .
This system makes every class available anytime or anywhere a student logs in, by automatically recording it, uploading it and finally indexing it on Blackboard LMS. Educators know that the more times students can watch, listen, and experience class resources, the better they learn. It simply records and then transfers the whole classroom experience into an online study milieu that significantly impact student achievements. It allows students to download the whole contents of a class and then listen to the class anytime and everywhere; even on their iPod and MP3.
These systems provide users with a comprehensive authoring environment for creating and delivering custom interactive multimedia content. It is easy-to-use and rich in features; it allows instructors to create, index and schedule their e-courses. It allows publishing e-courses in different formats: HTML, EXE, SCORM, and CDs. It allows instructors to insert multimedia elements like audio, video, images and animation to enrich their contents.
This is a complete assessment system that enables instructors managing, authoring, scheduling, delivering, and reporting surveys, quizzes and tests. It provides a computerized reporting and correction of the exams to maintain transparency in grading. This system is secure and can be integrated with Blackboard LMS.