As we enter into 2011, we are pleased to announce the launch of EthosCE Learning Management System Version 3. Among the many significant enhancements and improvements EthosCE core and add-on modules, such as Conference Management, Performance Improvement, and Mobile, are:
EthosCE Core
- Enhanced CE Transcripts User Interface (broken down by activities in: complete, in progress, and external status)
- Improved course integration with shopping cart
- Option to bypass shopping cart for free course
- Option to accept checks but not enroll until approved by an administrator
- Option to bypass internal cart and use external system
- Web service to accept payment from outside systems
- Web service to expose cart contents to outside systems
- Multiple course types – any content type can be a course
- Module enrollment mechanism configurable to allow enrollment to be control by outside events (e.g., purchase, external purchase)
- Improved functionality for Live Activity Attendance
- Filter attendance list to enrolled users only
- Remove users from attendance list
- Configure required required on a per-activity basis
- Support for both internal LMS (Drupal quiz) and external (Moodle, etc)
- Improved reporting performance
- Course cloning or replication
- Improved Moodle integration (database-based sessions)
- Integrated permissions for Moodle LMS
- Certificate grouping: Allows mapping of a group of field values (e.g., degree) to a single user type, which can then be mapped to a certificate type
- Certificate criteria to support more complex accreditation rules
- Group features
- Easily turn on/off learning group features (forums, news, resources)
- Support for course creation restricted by learning group or 3rd party partner
- New group feature: group pages that allow for group administrators to create content for their group, but not publish elsewhere. Useful for sub-clients
- Improved ease of upgrading to add-on features
Conference Management Module
- Purchase by conference or by day
- List conference sessions by day and concurrent tracks
- Support for custom site designs per conference
- Full integration with e-commerce
- Variable pricing
- Early bird fees
- Email all registered users
- Customize confirmation and reminder emails
- Attendance caps
- Wait listing
