Produkte: Soon Community Lernplattform

The standard version of the Soon learning platform offers the following functions and features:

Feature/FunctionExplanations
System management
Authentication/user login
  • Manual authentication (entering username/e-mail and password)
  • Password reminder function
  • E-mail-based self-registration
  • Support of various authentication methods (LDAP, CAS, Shibboleth, Web services, Active-Directory u.a.)
User list
  • Basic functions (create new, change, deactivate, delete)
  • Sortable and filterable user list
  • Collective functions (such as sending e-mails to specific user groups)
  • Import via uploadable list (e.g. Excel)
  • Additional and if required, profile fields (for mapping organizational structures such as departments, locations, etc.)
Enrollment/participation in events
  • Manual enrolment
  • Self-enrolment
  • Via group formation (e.g. mandatory events for new hires in the company).
  • Meta-enrolment (depending on other courses).
  • Guest access
  • Enrolment by area (e.g. all trainings below department)
  • Via Paypal (for chargeable courses)
Roles and permissions
  • The learning platform has a set of 9 standard roles that fully map standard scenarios (e.g., teachers, participants, and training managers).
  • Additionally, custom roles can be defined for specific tasks or access conditions.
Design and display
  • The appearance of the learning platform is mostly customizable. Detailed implementations of corporate design specifications are possible on the basis of 'themes' (HTML5/CSS/Javascript); as well as adaptations to tablets and other mobile devices for display at lower screen resolutions
  • In addition, there are various settings in the administration area for the start page, the display of information and navigation blocks, as well as the personal start pages of the users of the system
Help feature Extensive documentation and context-sensitive help available.
Data protection

All roles are fine-granularizable with respect to rights assignment. Adjustable privacy policies with preconfigured profiles are possible within the platform. In addition, each platform hosted with us is secured via the following measures, among others:

  • Username and password for personal access
  • Encrypted saving of passwords
  • Internal notifications in case of failed login attempts
  • Encryption of the entire transfer via HTTPS
  • Finely granulatable roles for rights assignment
  • Hosting at Soon-Systems with German server location
  • 24/7-Monitoring
  • Access to personal data regulated by data protection law
Data backups
  • Backup of the complete platform
  • Backup of entire course rooms or individual learning activities
  • automatic backups of course rooms
  • Backup at the end of the year
Language and localization
  • User interface localization available in over 80 languages
  • Language adaptations according to corporate culture (e.g. alternative terms for "instructor", "lecturer", "trainer", "teacher" etc.)
  • Custom adaptations possible at any time
Reports and logging
  • System-wide and course-related reports on user activities.
  • Reports on participant activities, use of course modules, course completions, etc.
  • Customized reports for special reporting needs and controlling, if required
Organization and control of learning processes
Face-to-face training and blended learning concepts Mapping and functional support via course structure possible on the platform
Training organization can be integrated (booking plugin)
  • Maximum number of participants
  • Waiting list
  • Automatic enrollment in courses
  • Confirmation email
  • Cancellation system
  • Enrollment deadline
  • Confirmation of terms of use
  • Message forum
  • Management of complete registration lists
Group work and virtual project groups
  • Division of courses and course activities according to groups and groupings (grouping of several groups)
  • Global, system-wide groups for enrolment and assignment to specific courses
Conditional activation of learning material, didactic structured learning paths
  • Activation of learning units depending on different conditions (e.g. score or call of previous activities, release by lecturer, certain date etc.)
Completion of course modules and courses
  • Manual completion by lecturer or participant
  • Evaluation with certain number of points
  • Depending on the completion of other courses
  • Depending on the participation in certain learning activities
Evaluation and quality management in teaching
  • Simple polling
  • Preconfigured survey types (e.g. COLLES, ATTLS)
  • Customizable feedback forms with different question types
Performance assessment and learning level control
  • Automatic assessment possibility for almost all activities, automatic grading
  • Collection and calculation of all assessments in central database (so called "Gradebook")
  • Different grading systems (e.g. numeric or non-numeric scales)
  • Manual assessment, subsequent correction of assessments
Calendar and appointment management

Calendar for participants, course-related, group and global appointments

Repository and file management for teaching materials and media
  • Central, divisional or short-term storage of documents, images, video and audio files.
  • Integration of external repositories and web services (Dropbox, Google Docs, etc.)
  • Easy uploading and unpacking of archive files (e.g. document or image collections)
  • Consideration of the rights situation for each upload
Creation and dissemination of learning content
Structuring of courses and learning units
  • Structuring of courses and learning units (mapping of organizational structures such as departments, subject areas, topics, syllabi, etc.)
  • Automated creation of navigation tools (breadcrumbs, course tree and catalog, navigation block, menus).
Editing of different contents, content management

Wysiwyg editor for easy input and formatting of text, images, audio, video and other media

Integration of external learning modules (SCORM, AICC, IMS, Hot Potatoes)
  • Integration of external learning modules (SCORM, AICC, IMS, Hot Potatoes)
  • Integration of learning programs, WBTs, Flash applications, etc. in SCORM format or AICC, IMS or Hot Potatoes (authoring software)
  • SCORM 1.2 according to ADL Conformance Test Suite; partial support of SCORM 2004
File management
  • Clear presentation in course room as single file or directory
  • Upload and automatic unpacking of zip files (archive file)
  • Integration of files from internal repository or external services
  • Complete consideration of rights structure when accessing files
Wiki
  • Collaborative work on connected collection of documents
  • For documentation purposes or to communicate content in a team or course room
  • Different wiki formats (HTML, Creole, NWiki)
  • Recording of a complete change history (protection against unintentional deletions or erroneous entries)
Glossary
  • Creation of inter-course room or intra-course room specialized dictionaries
  • Collaborative creation by the participants and/or the lecturer
  • Can also be used to introduce participants, as a literature database, etc.
  • Direct publication of entries or after review by lecturers (release mechanism)
Database
  • Display of tabular information (data, literature, addresses, web links, etc.)
  • Different templates for single and list views
Lection
  • Creation of coherent learning units
  • Text, image and media integration
  • Integration of questions about the content
  • Navigation and branching according to learning level
Book
  • Collection of pages with linked table of contents
  • Text, image and media integration
  • Automatic creation of navigation
Virtual training room, live classroom, simultaneous e-learning, webinars
  • Realizable via "OpenMeetings"; also: integration possibility of "Adobe Connect
  • Video and audio conferencing
  • Text chat
  • Whiteboard (shared creation, use and presentation of notes, images, diagrams and slides)
  • Application sharing (joint use or presentation of applications outside the learning platform)
Examination, learning level query and graduation
Test, exam, final examination
  • Test module with different question types
  • Various possibilities for feedback (e.g. evaluation after each question, feedback and help after wrong answer etc.)
  • Different layout types
  • Multiple-choice options for each attempt with random arrangement
  • Measures to prevent exam cheating
  • Random questions from pre-configured question pool if required (e.g. 10 out of 100 available questions per test)
Assignments
  • Online or offline assignments
  • Scheduling of assignments
  • Final or repeated delivery (for subsequent improvement)
  • Evaluation with the possibility of subsequent changes
Types of questions

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  • Multiple Choice
  • True/False
  • Short answer
  • Numeric
  • Calculated
  • Free text
  • Assignment
  • Cloze test
Pool of questions, collection of questions
  • Question collection divided into categories
  • Course room specific or system wide available
  • Random selection from question pool in test module possible
Combination with Save-Exam-Browser

Browser tool for fraud-proof online checks; puts the computer into a kiosk mode that prevents switching to other applications or exiting the program prematurely.

Communication and feedback
Forum
  • Various presentation options (classic forum, blog-like, etc.)
  • Possibility to use in separate or mutually visible workgroups
  • Optional notification via e-mail, pop-up window or instant messenger (Jabber)
  • Notifications in full text or digest form
  • Message forum for standard distribution of information in the course room
Notification system
  • Notifications via different channels (e-mail, popup, instant messenger)
  • Central and user-based configurable
  • Fallback solution if user is not online
  • Platform internal possibility to send e-mails to single participants or groups
  • Various filters for selection of recipient groups
  • Communication system among participants
RSS-feeds Notification of new content via web feed
Feedback

Freely configurable forms with different question types

Poll

Possibility for quick polling of opinions and participation of the participants

Blog Possibility to create participant blogs and learning diaries
Live-Chat
  • Live text-based conversations
  • Documentation and searchability of complete conversations
  • Various functions for moderation and follow-up