Week 8 - Learning Management Systems

 In this week's lesson our topic was LMS, an abbreviation for Learning Management Systems. Such systems help teachers in managing class, homeworks, reports, etc. There are many systems teachers can use as a management tool. The websites/systems we mentioned in the class are below;

Microsoft Teams: An system which has features like live meeting, chatting, assigning works, pairing into groups, grading, etc.

Perculus: A system that is known for being more private; therefore, safer than other systems. However, it is not applicable because of the lack of features.

Blackboard: An education based systems with many features. It is similar to Teams but this one can be accepted more useful due to the convenience of it. It allows teachers to download documents easily. Other striking features are time tracking, various testing types (fill-in-the-blanks, open-ended, multiple choice, etc.), rooms, etc.

Edmodo: Guess what? Another education based system 😁 It offers features like online classes, discussion boards, parent meetings -💔-, group works, etc.

Moodle: A website that offers many features, I guess? We didn't check it out because of the software issues; therefore, it is not applicable as much as the others.

Google Classroom: Yep, another website with various features similar to others. 👍

Later in the lesson, my classmates were divided into groups (Yes teacher, I was chilling in Çekmeköy subway again...) and they were told to discuss advantages & disadvantages of these systems.

If I were to choose one of these systems, my choice would probably be Microsoft Teams since it is the one I am the most familiar with. 

I wasn't present at the time of the lesoon but still It seemed fun and active. Thank you for informing us about such an important matter! 💝