UC Learning Center
The UC Learning Center is a learning management system (LMS) for employee training.
UC OfficeLearning of the President (UCOP) has purchased SumTotal Total LMS 7.6 for use in staff training systemwide.
The LMSCenter features include:
- course registration & roster management
- eLearning hosting & tracking
- assigning of training by job, department, start date, etc.
- tracking of recurring certification requirements, course prerequisites, and certificate programs
- training transcripts and diplomas of completion
- email notifications for course enrollments and completions
customizable course evaluations- instructor access to
rosters, registration approvals,rosters and evaluations - manager access
direct reports’to training(future phase) development plans (future phase)records
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A ahelp campus implementationguide is plannedavailable forat: Fall 2008, with a possible campus rollout in Winter 2009 depending upon a number of data, security, and configuration issues being resolved.http://www.chr.ucla.edu/chr/portaldocs/trng/trngdoc-lms-help-guide.pdf.
UCLA training providers who will be part of the initial campus rollout include:
- Campus Human Resources
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Q: I’m a professor – can the LMS be used to host my course?
A: No. The UC license for the LMS covers only UC employees as learners in the LMS. In some cases, student workers are considered UC employees so they may be required to complete work-related training via the LMS.
Q: What’s the difference between Moodle and the LMS?
A: Moodle is a course management system available on campus for academic courses and projects. Please see the CCLE home page (http://www.oit.ucla.edu/ccle/default.htm)for more information. A discussion of the differences between course management systems and learning management systems can be found at: http://www.learningcircuits.org/2005/nov2005/carliner.htm
Q: Can my group use the LMS for training?
A: The initial campus rollout will allowallowed all UCLA employees to register for courses offered by theCampus trainingHuman providersResources. listed above. After the initial rollout, otherOther training providers interested in adding their courses to the catalog and managing employee training through the LMSUC Learning Center should contact training@chr.ucla.edu.
Q. What happened to SkillNet?
A. After ten years of faithful service, SkillNet was retired in March 2010. All training completions were migrated from SkillNet into the UC Learning Center and are available in individual users’ training transcripts.