Common use of Learning Management System Clause in Contracts

Learning Management System. Key to WPCS’s mastery learning program at the STEM Academy, WPCS will implement a digital, secure, and cloud-based Learning Management System (“LMS”). An LMS is software for the administration, documentation, tracking, reporting and delivery of curriculum. WPCS will select and purchase (or utilize free or open-source) LMS, such as BUZZ, PowerSchool Unified Classroom, Schoology, Blackboard, HotChalk, Moodle, OpenOLat, Summit Learning, Google Classroom, or a similar LMS. Teachers will build and upload lesson plans, course content, and assessments into the LMS, making it available to students, teachers, support staff, and parents anytime and anywhere they have access to a computer and an Internet connection. Course content will be laid out and scheduled according to a minimum pace, with students able to move through core content at their own pace. Teachers will introduce topics through engaging, hands-on learning activities, and then allow students to explore and move through curated content in a largely self-directed, but scaffolded environment. Students will take assessments when they are ready to demonstrate mastery, and teachers will monitor progress, focusing time and intervention strategies on those students struggling to stay on pace or having difficulty understanding course content. The LMS will also be used to present and track projects, integrated as a part of STEM project-based learning. Project summaries, expectations, benchmarks, and outcomes will be presented to students using the LMS, with progress and feedback recorded and monitored in near real-time.