BHARATHIDASAN UNIVERSITY MOBILE WEB APP (LMS) (SAAS BASED AND CLOUD INTEGRATED) USER MANUAL

Công Nghệ Thông Tin, it, phầm mềm, website, web, mobile app, trí tuệ nhân tạo, blockchain, AI, machine learning - Công Nghệ Thông Tin, it, phầm mềm, website, web, mobile app, trí tuệ nhân tạo, blockchain, AI, machine learning - Khoa Học - Science BDU Mobile Web App (LMS) (SaaS based and Cloud integrated) USER MANUAL Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli - 620024 Tamil Nadu (February 2022) 1 About uLektz Learning Solutions uLektz Learning Solutions (uLektz) is an ISO 9001:2015 and 27001:2013 certified education technology company. We provide universities and colleges an AI- powered Digital Campus System with their own branded mobile app to enable digital education. It helps colleges and universities enable digital education by creating an engaging learning and teaching environment, and integrating and automating all the academic and administrative activities. By using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, it provide personalised guidance and appropriate resources for education, skill development and careers to both students and educators. Thus, it helps institutions stay aligned with the recommendations of MHRD, UGC, NAAC, NBA, etc. AI-powered Digital Learning and Campus System Our cloud-based AI-powered Digital Campus System will help institutions integrate and automate all the critical academic and administrative activities and provide appropriate digital resources for education, skill development and careers. Implementing this system will: Provide the institution a white-labelled cloud-based web portal accessible via Desktop and Laptop along with institution’s own branded Android Mobile App. Provide institution a single point access to profiles and various performance reports of all the students and faculty members. Help institution to enable digital education and leverage innovative technologies for effective learning management. Help institution to manage all its students, faculty, courses, classes, time-table, attendance, etc. Help institution stay connected with all its students and faculty members for any immediate support. Help institution send instant notifications and messages to all or any specific group of students and faculty. Help institutions create and manage their own digital library of study materials – ebooks, videos, etc. Help the students to access digital resources for Education, Skill Development and Careers – Internships and Job Placement Opportunities. Help institution plan and implement specific business strategies and policies more effectively and also take instant feedback from the concerned stakeholders. No hardware or software to be purchased, installed or maintained. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 2 Some of the features and benefits of this system for the university include: 1. Institution Branded Web and Mobile Platform: Institution will be provided with its own branded web platform and mobile app. Having institution branded web and mobile platform will augment the brand image of the institution and also give students and faculty members a sense of personal belongingness and increases its effective usage. 2. Students and Faculty Information System: The system will help all the students and faculty members to create their profile. These profiles can be updated manually by individuals with appropriate rights and permissions. The built-in Artificial Intelligence of the system will also update the profile based on the users location, skills, interests, academics, etc. 3. Learning and Campus Management: The system will help institution to enable digital education with flipped classroom to engage students and enhance education using today’s latest ICT and mobile technologies, and effective educational pedagogies. The Learning Management System of the proposed system will facilitate the institution to: Create Programmes, Courses and Classes Assign students to classes Assign faculty to classes 4. Syllabus Lesson Planning: The system helps faculty members to notify the lesson plan to students in advance and help students study at home at their own pace before the class. Thus facilitating concept engagement in the classroom with the help of faculty, and improving the effectiveness of classroom deliveries an learning outcomes. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 3 5. Instant Messaging and Notifications: The system provides an interactive communication and collaboration platform for students, faculty and the management members of the institution to send important updates and notification messages such as Fee Payment, Class Schedule, Exam Schedule, etc., to all or any specific group of students and faculty members. 6. Online Assessment: The system will allow institutions and the individual faculty members to create Question Banks and generate Test Papers to conduct online assessments. These MCQ based assessments can be automated. 7. Performance Monitoring: The students’ performance can be tracked and monitored from the marks obtained from the online assessments, and also students can be tracked for their system usage activity. 8. Time-Table and Attendance: Individual Institution can setup and create time-table for their institution. The faculty can take the attendance class-wise. 9. Grievances and Emergency Contact: The system will facilitate students to contact the appropriate authorities of the institution for any support or grievances. 10. Alumni Management: The students who complete their programmes will automatically be marked as Alumni and will be available for the current students and faculty members to connect with them for any post study support. 11. Digital Library of Learning Resources: The system will include a Digital Library providing: 5000+ curated ebooks, videos and other format of study materials. Lakhs of online journals Facility for institutions and university to aggregate digital content of various formats such as ebooks, videos, presentations, PDF, PPT, DOC, etc., from their expert faculty 12. Online Skill Courses: The system will provide hundreds of free and paid online skill courses on various emerging areas as per the requirements of the industry. These online skill courses include online skill courses with certifications from NITTTR Chandigarh. 13. Internships and Job Placements: uLektz has partnered with many startups, multi-national companies and recruitment firms to understand their hiring needs and provide them appropriate candidates for internships and permanent job placements. Thousands of internships and job opportunities are listed on our platform, which will be notified to the students based on their location, academics, interests, skills, etc., using the built-in Artificial Intelligence. 14. Social Learning Platform for Peer Education: The system will help connect students and faculty members within and across institutions to share knowledge, experience and expertise through peer education. 15. Industry-Academia Connect: The system will help students and faculty members to connect with industry professionals to understand the current requirements of the Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 4 industry and prepare students accordingly. It will also help the students with professional networking. 16. Accreditation Support: Helps institutions to enable digital education and stay aligned with the recommendations of accreditation and regulatory bodies such as UGC, NAAC, NBA, NIRF, etc., 17. News Events Updates: Helps University and its affiliated institutions to publish and stay updated with the latest educational news, events and scholarships through uLektz News Channel. About Bharathidasan University Bharathidasan University established in February 1982, and was named after the great revolutionary Tamil Poet, Bharathidasan (1891-1964). The motto of the University "We will create a brave new world" has been framed from Bharathidasan''''s poetic words "புதியத ோர் உலகம் செய்த ோம் ". The University endeavours to be true to such a vision by creating in the region a brave new world of academic innovation for social change. The University''''s main Campus was initially located in a sprawling area of over 1000 acres in Palkalaiperur. However, as years passed on, the South Campus at Palkalaiperur with the available infrastructure was donated to the newly started Anna University of Technology. Very recently, another portion of the land has been allotted to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli. Also, the University has a downtown campus at Khajamalai, which housed originally the Autonomous Post-Graduate Centre of the University of Madras at Tiruchirappalli. In addition to the administrative complex, which includes the Vice-Chancellor''''s Secretariat, Registrar''''s Office, Finance and Examination offices, most of the academic departments and research laboratories are located in the main Palkalaiperur Campus. Among the academic units in the Palkalaiperur Campus are Schools of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Geosciences, Social Sciences, Marine Sciences and the Schools of Languages. In addition, the Campus also has the Central Library, University Informatics Centre, Hostels, Staff Quarters, Health Centre, Canteen and others. The downtown campus has the Departments of Economics, Social Work, Computer Science, the Centre for Remote Sensing, the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (Formerly UGC-Academic Staff College and others. Besides these, the Bharathidasan Institute of Management popularly known as BIM (adjudged as one of the top business schools in the country) is located within the BHEL premises, a public sector undertaking at Tiruverumbur. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 5 Bharathidasan University Web Mobile App Registered users of Bharathidasan University can access the “Mobile and Web App” from the official website http:www.bdu.ac.in The users can directly login into their Bharathidasan University account by clicking “University Mobile and Web App” link provided in their official website. https:www.ulektzcampus.comcampusBharathidasan-University-MzE3 Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 6 Mobile and Web App Registered students, faculty, HOD and Admin Management staffs can login using the valid official login ID and password. Mobile App login from ‘Google Play Store’ Partner Web Site The screen shot of Bharathidasan University “Mobile App” in Google Play Store is shown below. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 7 Admin Login Dashboard: This image shows the dashboard screen of Admin Login. It shows the total number of students, faculty members and eBooks assigned. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 8 Programs Courses: Click “Programs Courses” on the left side menu to viewadd all the departments, programs and classes. You can create Classes using this menu. You can find the number of students and faculties assigned for each class Click “All” on the RHS to create Batches Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 9 You can add the list of subjects for the respective classes using “Add Subject” option. You can add a user and assign to this specific class using the “AddAssign” option. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 10 You can migrate the student from one class to the other using the “Student Migration” option. You can assign a faculty to the respective subject using the “Assign Faculty” option. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 11 User Management: Click “User Management” on the left side menu, where you can find the total users along with their details such as email ID, mobile number, registration number and class details. You can add delete an individual user and download them as per the roledepartment. You can add individual user using “Add User” option and can also upload them in bulk using “Bulk Upload Users” option and you can assign the individual user to a Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 12 specific class using “Class” under “Add User” option (while adding individual users) or mention the class name in the template while uploading them in bulk. Click “Pending Request” to see if any request is given by the students to join the institution or to join a particular class. Select the check box and click “Accept” to approve the student request. Content Repository: Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 13 EbooksVideos: Click “eBooksvideos” under “Content Repository” on the left side menu to view the total eBooksvideos assigned to the institution as well the eBooksvideos uploaded by faculty members. To assign the eBooksvideos to E-Library, just select the checkbox of the respective eBookvideo and click “Assign to E-library”. To read the eBookvideo, click the “Action” column, where you can find a “Read” option to view the eBookvideo. Messages: Click “Messages” on the left side menu to send messages (App Notifications) to the studentsfaculties of respective departments. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 14 Notice Board: Click “Notice Board” on the left side menu and then click “Add notice” on the top right side to add any information to be notified to all the users of your institute. Reports: Click “Reports” on the left side menu, the click “Users” to find the number of students those who have accessed not accessed the webApp. Next click “Content” which displays the content uploaded by the faculties and the total number of students who have accessed the content. Then Click “Reports” to download the users list for the respective departments. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 15 My Test: Click “My Tests” to create e-test. You can select the question type and allot marks for each question and assign the test to the E-library. Once the e-test is created and taken by the students, the admin can download the reports. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 16 Upload questions for online assessment: Assessment can be added for each and every module using “Add Test” option. After entering the details, click “Continue with question paper creation now”. Click “Add Section” and enter the following details and then click “Confirm”. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 17 Click the hamburger icon to add the question which can be added individually or imported randomly as well as manually using the options available. Add Questions: Here the questions have to be added individually along with the options, negative marks and total marks. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 18 Import Questions Manually: Here the questions can be imported manually from the uploaded question bank. Questions can be filtered based on the category as well as based on the marks. Import Questions Randomly: Enter the number of questions to be imported randomly from the uploaded question bank. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 19 Question Bank: Upload questions for online assessment: Using this menu on the LHS, questions can be uploaded in bulk using the excel template provided herewith. Download xls template , fill in the questions, options, marks and negative marks. Choose the category and upload the questions using “Bulk Upload Questions”. Bharathidasan University Mobile Web App (LMS) 20 Timetable: In this module, Class, Periods, Subject and the respective faculty can be mapp...

BDU Mobile / Web App (LMS)

(SaaS based and Cloud integrated)

USER MANUAL

Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli - 620024

Tamil Nadu

(February 2022)

About uLektz Learning Solutions

uLektz Learning Solutions (uLektz) is an ISO 9001:2015 and 27001:2013 certified education technology company We provide universities and colleges an AI- powered Digital Campus System with their own branded mobile app to enable digital education It helps colleges and universities enable digital education by creating an engaging learning and teaching environment, and integrating and automating all the academic and administrative activities By using Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, it provide personalised guidance and appropriate resources for education, skill development and careers to both students and educators Thus, it helps institutions stay aligned with the recommendations of MHRD, UGC, NAAC, NBA, etc

AI-powered Digital Learning and Campus System

Our cloud-based AI-powered Digital Campus System will help institutions integrate and automate all the critical academic and administrative activities and provide appropriate digital resources for education, skill development and careers Implementing this system will:

• Provide the institution a white-labelled cloud-based web portal accessible via Desktop and Laptop along with institution’s own branded Android Mobile App

• Provide institution a single point access to profiles and various performance reports of all the students and faculty members

• Help institution to enable digital education and leverage innovative technologies for effective learning management

• Help institution to manage all its students, faculty, courses, classes, time-table, attendance, etc

• Help institution stay connected with all its students and faculty members for any immediate support

• Help institution send instant notifications and messages to all or any specific group of students and faculty

• Help institutions create and manage their own digital library of study materials – ebooks, videos, etc

• Help the students to access digital resources for Education, Skill Development and Careers – Internships and Job Placement Opportunities

• Help institution plan and implement specific business strategies and policies more effectively and also take instant feedback from the concerned stakeholders

No hardware or software to be purchased, installed or maintained

Some of the features and benefits of this system for the university include:

1 Institution Branded Web and Mobile Platform: Institution will be provided with

its own branded web platform and mobile app Having institution branded web and

mobile platform will augment the brand image of the institution and also give

students and faculty members a sense of personal belongingness and increases its

effective usage

2 Students and Faculty Information System: The system will help all the students

and faculty members to create their profile These profiles can be updated manually

by individuals with appropriate rights and permissions The built-in Artificial

Intelligence of the system will also update the profile based on the users location,

skills, interests, academics, etc

3 Learning and Campus Management: The system will help institution to enable

digital education with flipped classroom to engage students and enhance education

using today’s latest ICT and mobile technologies, and effective educational

pedagogies The Learning Management System of the proposed system will

facilitate the institution to:

• Create Programmes, Courses and Classes

• Assign students to classes

• Assign faculty to classes

4 Syllabus / Lesson Planning: The system helps faculty members to notify the

lesson plan to students in advance and help students study at home at their own pace

before the class Thus facilitating concept engagement in the classroom with the

help of faculty, and improving the effectiveness of classroom deliveries an learning

outcomes

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

5 Instant Messaging and Notifications: The system provides an interactive

communication and collaboration platform for students, faculty and the management members of the institution to send important updates and notification messages such as Fee Payment, Class Schedule, Exam Schedule, etc., to all or any specific group of students and faculty members

6 Online Assessment: The system will allow institutions and the individual faculty

members to create Question Banks and generate Test Papers to conduct online assessments These MCQ based assessments can be automated

7 Performance Monitoring: The students’ performance can be tracked and

monitored from the marks obtained from the online assessments, and also students can be tracked for their system usage activity

8 Time-Table and Attendance: Individual Institution can setup and create

time-table for their institution The faculty can take the attendance class-wise

9 Grievances and Emergency Contact: The system will facilitate students to

contact the appropriate authorities of the institution for any support or grievances

10 Alumni Management: The students who complete their programmes will

automatically be marked as Alumni and will be available for the current students and faculty members to connect with them for any post study support

11 Digital Library of Learning Resources: The system will include a Digital Library

providing:

• 5000+ curated ebooks, videos and other format of study materials

• Lakhs of online journals

• Facility for institutions and university to aggregate digital content of various formats such as ebooks, videos, presentations, PDF, PPT, DOC, etc., from their expert faculty

12 Online Skill Courses: The system will provide hundreds of free and paid online

skill courses on various emerging areas as per the requirements of the industry These online skill courses include online skill courses with certifications from NITTTR Chandigarh

13 Internships and Job Placements: uLektz has partnered with many startups,

multi-national companies and recruitment firms to understand their hiring needs and provide them appropriate candidates for internships and permanent job placements Thousands of internships and job opportunities are listed on our platform, which will be notified to the students based on their location, academics, interests, skills, etc., using the built-in Artificial Intelligence

14 Social Learning Platform for Peer Education: The system will help connect

students and faculty members within and across institutions to share knowledge, experience and expertise through peer education

industry and prepare students accordingly It will also help the students with professional networking

16 Accreditation Support: Helps institutions to enable digital education and stay

aligned with the recommendations of accreditation and regulatory bodies such as UGC, NAAC, NBA, NIRF, etc.,

17 News & Events Updates: Helps University and its affiliated institutions to publish

and stay updated with the latest educational news, events and scholarships through uLektz News Channel

About Bharathidasan University

Bharathidasan University established in February 1982, and was named after the great revolutionary Tamil Poet, Bharathidasan (1891-1964) The motto of the University "We will create a brave new world" has been framed from Bharathidasan's poetic words "புதியத ோர் உலகம் செய்த ோம்" The University endeavours to be true to such a vision by creating in the region a brave new world

of academic innovation for social change

The University's main Campus was initially located in a sprawling area of over

1000 acres in Palkalaiperur However, as years passed on, the South Campus at Palkalaiperur with the available infrastructure was donated to the newly started Anna University of Technology Very recently, another portion of the land has been allotted to the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Tiruchirappalli Also, the University has a downtown campus at Khajamalai, which housed originally the Autonomous Post-Graduate Centre of the University of Madras at Tiruchirappalli

In addition to the administrative complex, which includes the Vice-Chancellor's Secretariat, Registrar's Office, Finance and Examination offices, most of the academic departments and research laboratories are located in the main Palkalaiperur Campus Among the academic units in the Palkalaiperur Campus are Schools of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Basic Medical Sciences, Geosciences, Social Sciences, Marine Sciences and the Schools of Languages In addition, the Campus also has the Central Library, University Informatics Centre, Hostels, Staff Quarters, Health Centre, Canteen and others The downtown campus has the Departments of Economics, Social Work, Computer Science, the Centre for Remote Sensing, the UGC-Human Resource Development Centre (Formerly UGC-Academic Staff College and others Besides these, the Bharathidasan Institute of Management popularly known as BIM (adjudged as one

of the top business schools in the country) is located within the BHEL premises, a public sector undertaking at Tiruverumbur

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Bharathidasan University Web & Mobile App

Registered users of Bharathidasan University can access the “Mobile and Web App” from the official website http://www.bdu.ac.in/

The users can directly login into their Bharathidasan University account by clicking “University Mobile and Web App” link provided in their official website

https://www.ulektzcampus.com/campus/Bharathidasan-University-MzE3

Mobile and Web App

Registered students, faculty, HOD and Admin / Management staffs can login

using the valid official login ID and password

Mobile App login from ‘Google Play Store’ / Partner Web Site

The screen shot of Bharathidasan University “Mobile App” in Google Play Store

is shown below

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Admin Login

Dashboard:

This image shows the dashboard screen of Admin Login It shows the total number of students, faculty members and eBooks assigned

Programs & Courses:

Click “Programs & Courses” on the left side menu to view/add all the departments, programs and classes You can create Classes using this menu You can find the number of students and faculties assigned for each class

Click “All” on the RHS to create Batches

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

You can add the list of subjects for the respective classes using “Add Subject” option

You can add a user and assign to this specific class using the “Add/Assign” option

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

User Management:

Click “User Management” on the left side menu, where you can find the total users along with their details such as email ID, mobile number, registration number and class details You can add / delete an individual user and download them as per the role/department

specific class using “Class” under “Add User” option (while adding individual users)

or mention the class name in the template while uploading them in bulk

Click “Pending Request” to see if any request is given by the students to join the institution or to join a particular class Select the check box and click “Accept” to approve the student request

Content Repository:

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Ebooks/Videos:

Click “eBooks/videos” under “Content Repository” on the left side menu to view the

total eBooks/videos assigned to the institution as well the eBooks/videos uploaded

by faculty members To assign the eBooks/videos to E-Library, just select the

checkbox of the respective eBook/video and click “Assign to E-library” To read the

eBook/video, click the “Action” column, where you can find a “Read” option to view

Messages:

Click “Messages” on the left side menu to send messages (App Notifications) to the

students/faculties of respective departments

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

My Test:

Click “My Tests” to create e-test You can select the question type and allot marks for each question and assign the test to the E-library Once the e-test is created and taken by the students, the admin can download the reports

Upload questions for online assessment:

Assessment can be added for each and every module using “Add Test” option

After entering the details, click “Continue with question paper creation now”

Click “Add Section” and enter the following details and then click “Confirm”

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Click the hamburger icon to add the question which can be added individually or imported randomly as well as manually using the options available

Add Questions:

Here the questions have to be added individually along with the options, negative

marks and total marks

Import Questions Manually: Here the questions can be imported manually from the

uploaded question bank Questions can be filtered based on the category as well as based on the marks

Import Questions Randomly: Enter the number of questions to be imported

randomly from the uploaded question bank

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Question Bank: Upload questions for online assessment:

Using this menu on the LHS, questions can be uploaded in bulk using the excel

template provided herewith

Download xls template , fill in the questions, options, marks and negative marks Choose the category and upload the questions using “Bulk Upload Questions”

Timetable:

In this module, Class, Periods, Subject and the respective faculty can be mapped so that the students and faculties will be able to check their up-to date time table with class details such as Subject, Date, Time, Lecture Hall or Lab etc.,

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Need to create the time table template first before creating the time table Click

“Time Table Templates” on the top RHS to create time table template

Click “Create Template” on the top RHS to create the templates Enter the required details and click “Save” so to create a template

Once the template is created, please choose the template and click “Create Time

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

This Online Application System will help institutions collect application forms and the respective application form fee online for various courses and programmes that they offer It displays the students information as given below

Digital Library:

The digital library contain 1000 of e-books, videos and 100 plus online skill courses It facilitate the institutions and universities to aggregate digital content of various formats such as ebooks, videos, presentations, PDF, PPT, DOC, etc., from their expert faculty

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Clicking on each department displays the number of classes assigned to that

department as well as number of students and eBooks assigned to the respective class

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

My Books:

Click “My Books” to view eBooks of the respective classes All the e-books added from E-library will be available under “My Books”

My Videos:

Click “My Videos” to view videos assigned for the respective classes All the videos added from E-library will be available under “My Videos”

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

E-Library:

Access your institution “Digital library” which is repository of books/videos

assigned by the institution admin and faculty members The Management/Principal can upload/view eBooks and videos using “Upload/view your eBooks and videos” option provided at the top right side

My Test:

Click “My Tests” to create e-test You can select the question type and allot marks for each question and assign the test to the E-library/respective class Once the e-test is created and taken by the students, we can download the reports

Members:

Bharathidasan University Mobile / Web App (LMS)

Click “Members” in the campus dashboard, where you can find all the members of your

institution You can send a connection request and upon acceptance can share information

Profile:

Click “View/update Profile” on the top side menu to create your own profile

360º Dashboard:

Click “360º Dashboard” from the left side menu It provides 360o personalized

guidance to students and faculties with the required resources for academics, skills and careers