Course Content, Tools & Features
Both students and teachers benefit from the many great tools and features of direct-ed online courses:
FREE Learning management system
direct-ed courses are a valuable resource in the classroom. The proactive management system helps tutors by reviewing students progress and ensuring they concentrate their efforts where most required.
Diagnostics for all key skills
The key skills diagnostics make a swift assessment of each student's ability. It identifies their strengths and weaknesses, highlighting the appropriate level of key skill as well as the topics or areas they should study.
Customise the courseware
You can add your own pages into existing direct-ed courses, create new topics within courses and even create your own courses!
Key skills tracker
A tracker is provided to complement the assessment tool. Recording general progress, answers to questions and the status of each student's portfolio, this facility provides a clear and detailed report.
Discussion groups
Students can gain immediate access to up to date material and interact with tutors and other students via online discussion groups.
Highly Interactive material
Innovative techniques are used to create a blend of interactive multimedia elements to the material, bringing it to life - enhancing and enriching the learning experience.
Interactive calendar
This enables students to set appointments, tasks and deadlines. Group leaders are able to add items for their group members.
Book marking facility
Both automatic and manual book marking are provided which help the students' use of direct-ed courses online. This great feature enables students to come and go without losing their place whether from home, work or college.