An overview of SIMS.net Learning Platform

SIMS Learning Platform is a virtual Learning Environment (VLE), which integrates with SIMS, to provide a personal online workspace enabling students to manage their own learning, whether they are inside or outside the classroom.

Give students more responsibility for their learning and improve performance
Students manage their own learning with personal task lists and course diaries, and they can access and submit assignments electronically from home, library or in school.

Students can see how well they are working towards their goals
Students are able to see what they need to achieve, and understand how each assignment is contributing to their progress.
They can view a list of tasks they need to complete and when they need to be completed by.

Monitor whole class or individual student performance
With SIMS Learning Platform you can access assessment results from SIMS and compare this with learning targets or previous results.

The information can also be used to monitor the effectiveness of learning strategies or compare students’ achievements against national targets.

Create exciting individual learning materials
Animation, sound and video files can be added by simply dragging and dropping the relevant file into the lesson.

Teachers and non- technical staff can easily design and deliver exciting and visually stimulating learning materials.

Faster and more effective assessment
SIMS Learning Platform can automatically mark electronically submitted tests, reducing the workload for teaching staff and providing instant feedback for students.

The results of these assessments can then be exported directly to SIMS Assessment Manager for an accurate assessment of students’ progress.

More support for students
Students can communicate with their teachers by email and teachers can leave detailed feedback online, directly into a student’s personal learning log.

Simple administration and dynamic links with SIMS
If a new teacher joins the school or a pupil moves class, for example, the latest information is instantly reflected in SIMS learning Platform.

Dynamic new links with SIMS will ensure that data within the SIMS Learning Platform is kept up to date automatically by your management information system.

Schools using SIMS Learning Gateway will be able to give teachers, students and parents secure access to data held in their SIMS Management Information System via the SIMS Learning Platform.