Training and learning solutions
We offer a range of e-Learning solutions across multiple industries and disciplines. Our extensive learning library:
- Brings world-class thought leaders and renowned business leaders to your desktop
- Matches your learning needs with extensive and current online assets
- Delivers the full text of thousands of leading professional books
- Engages learners with interactive courses, enlightening videos and practical simulations
- Allows employees to learn in the modality that works best for them
- Makes global corporate values consistent with locally relevant issues
- Offers courseware in numerous mission-critical certifications
We offer courses on ISO standards, Employee Health & Safety (EHS), and MS Office, IT Technical, IT Security, Soft Skills, Hospitality and many more.
Why ISO e-Learning?
The course uses interaction, animation and voice to walk through the certification process and describe ISO. Students can stop, review and test their knowledge at any stage. Acronyms and abbreviations become easier to understand and the delivery via web or intranet offers cost-effective, on-demand training for students of any level at any time.
Why EHS e-Learning?
Lack of competence and awareness among workers results in accidents in mines and on industrial sites. Adequate training is the only way to reduce the number of accidents. The programme tackles specific challenges and can be customised to suit the needs of different clients. Mines, for example, may opt to integrate the animation of how to use a hard hat into their programme package, while a packaging company may include the animation illustrating fork-lift truck operation. The duration of the programme varies from three hours to one day, depending on the client’s requirements.
Technical support
We will help your technical staff, training office, commercial office or other parties interested in setting up internal activities by providing technical guidelines pertaining to server set-up, network requirements, etc.
- Server setup (preliminary to fundaLMS (installation)
- Support for importing/exporting data from and to HR software or other data sources
- Support for migrating to fundaLMS from other e-learning systems
- Support for the choice of learning objects
- Planning and managing a course during the startup phase of a project
SERVER and NETWORKING
MySql 5.0 or newer (utf-8 collation for database and tables is suggested)
• Apache 2.x or IIS6 or newer
• PHP 5.2.x or newer ◦ dom extension, in some Fedora and CentOS distributions there were PHP5 installations without dom extension that has to be included ◦ Max Upload file size should be at least 128M (depends on your learning object’s total size) ◦ Max Post size should be at least 128M (depends on your learning objects total size) ◦ Max Execution time should be at least 300 seconds ◦ Memory dedicated to PHP: at least 64 Mb ◦ PHP should be able to send emails (i.e. connected to an SMTP server) ◦ MySQL and FTP modules enabled ◦ SMTP server installed and configured to work with PHP ◦ FTP server installed and configured with access permission for localhost
• Functionality to recursively set permissions to directories
• SSH access
• Sftp-scp access (SSH and FTP should accept the same user)
• PhpMyAdmin available
fundaLMS is designed to work with the most recent versions of PHP and MySQL. To enhance the security level we suggest you:
- Keep PHP and MySQL updated • Assign correct permissions to directories and files (the only writable directory should be “files”, including all directories below) • Check that the .htaccess file placed in the files directory denies the web server to execute these extensions: .php .php3 .ph3 .ph4 .php4 .ph5 .php5 .pl .py .cgi .rb .asp .aspx) in files stored inside the directory or its subdirectories
fundaLMS manages three kinds of data with different critical levels:
- LMS system files: low critical level • User-loaded file (learning objects and others): critical (stored in the “files” area) • Database containing usage data, users, etc.: very critical
fundaLMS recommends a complete daily backup of all three kinds of data; if not possible, priority should be given to the more critical ones.
The number of registered users is an important parameter for a correct dimensioning of the server that will host fundaLMS, but it’s important to consider also other factors, such as:
- Bandwidth and peak management: this parameter is influenced by the type of Learning Objects adopted and the number of users that utilise the contents. Video content generates bigger traffic than a textual content. • CPU and memory load: this parameter is influenced by the number of users connected at the same time and the type of functions used. In particular, in a self-learning context, where the users will only use content without intensely working with tools like forum, wiki and chat, the serve load will be lighter than a university/master context in which the presence on the system will be more intense and the functions used will generate a heavier load on cpu and memory. • Disk space: in a e-learning system space is used by three elements: ◦ fundaLMS installation: no more than 50 Mb ◦ Learning objects: space used depends on the number of active courses, on their length and the format adopted (audio, video, text) ◦ Files uploaded by users: this parameter only affects the collaborative didactic model (university, master, etc.) because the students work creating and sharing files. • Simultaneous users: this can mean: ◦ Users connected in a given minute ◦ Users connected in a given second ◦ Users that query the server at the same time • Even the “didactic model” influences the server load, a user utilising a content (for instance a flash scorm object) will require more resources than another one chatting or posting on a forum, because the number of server queries in the former case is much higher.
CPU Memory Disk space* Bandwith
Up to 500 1 Core 1 Gb 60 Gb 1.5 Mbit
Up to 3500 1 CPU 4 Gb 60 Gb 10 Mbit
Up to 7000 2 CPU 8 Gb 60 Gb 20 Mbit
Up to 10500 3 CPU 12 Gb 60 Gb 30 Mbit
Up to 14.000 4 CPU 16 Gb 60 Gb 40 Mbit
* Estimated for 50 Multimedia courses delivered (1 hour each)
Online Learning
Slash your training costs and dramatically improve return on training investment
Slash your training costs
Improve knowledge retention
Measure Individual Progress
- Real-time reports to management on progress, engagement and skill levels
- Software-based adaptation of course content to suit individual learners’ abilities
Flexibility
- Allow your staff to learn anywhere, anytime, on any device
- Choose between affordable, easily developed bespoke content or generic content
- Use your company’s look and feel
Revenue Earnings and Productivity Gains
- Streamline operations by making sure all staff understand internal processes and procedures
- Elect to sell your own courses externally as a revenue stream through our online content shop
- Use of a payment gateway is available if required
- Secure login options keep your data safe
Pay As You Go
- Investment is based on number of users
- Monthly fee
- No capital costs – easily load your own content
- Implementation, course development and configuration fees built into the monthly subscription
- We will teach you how to manage your own system to further reduce costs
What is adaptive learning?
Adaptive learning is data-driven and continually takes data from students and adapts their learning pathway to change and improve over time for each student. Knowledge gaps are constantly identified and course content automatically adapts, using complicated algorithms, to suit. That means a huge time saving as there is no need to sift through already familiar content.
We have a complete adaptive learning solution that lets you easily create and deliver courses that adjust to individual learner behaviour to make them blossom. The platform is specially made for training providers and is used by a lot of corporate trainers. It combines an online author environment, LMS, LCMS, a learning community and web-shop functionality.
We offer our software as a service, so hosting, updates, support and even a learner helpdesk are included.
We will help you develop and configure a system that suits your company needs.
Being cloud-based, there is no expensive hardware required. A per user subscription means there are no capital costs, just a monthly fee over which you have complete control, based on number of users.
We guarantee to slash your current training costs and increase productivity.