LMS Desktop
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What is LMS Desktop?
Course overview in LMS Desktop
LMS Desktop is our solution to accessing your LMS courses on desktop and/or Surface tablets.
With LMS Desktop you can experience all these popular (and more) functionalities that are found in LMS Mobile, on your desktop or surface tablets:
- View course activities and download materials offline
- Quickly find and contact other people in your courses or organisation
- Attempt quizzes, post in forums, play SCORM packages, edit wiki pages and more – on and offline
- Upload images, audio, videos and other files from your desktop or tablet
- View deadlines filtered by dates or course subjects
- Receive instant notifications for messages, forum posts, calendar events and deadlines
- Track your learning progress or grades
Assignment grading in LMS Desktop
How do I get LMS desktop?
Go to LMS downloads: LMS Desktop.
Using LMS Desktop
As for the LMS Mobile app, LMS Desktop will ONLY work with LMS sites that have been set up to allow it. Site admins, please see the LMS Mobile guide for admins.
Teachers, for info on improving your courses for access via LMS Desktop, please see Creating LMS Mobile friendly courses.
How will LMS Desktop get updated to the latest release?
As with LMS Mobile, the desktop version will be updated by LMS HQ every two months.
Why has LMS released LMS Desktop?
LMS Desktop is another step that LMS is taking to make online learning more accessible – for students, educators and other users – who are utilising various operating systems and devices.
Feedback has shown that LMS users in the K-12, higher education and workplace sectors would like the option of accessing their courses through desktops, laptops or tablets, which are the devices often provided by their institutions or organisations.”
Making LMS Desktop available in Windows operating system is also important, as many of our users are also studying and learning in this environment.
Where can I get support for LMS Desktop?
If you have any questions or feedback about LMS Desktop, please join the discussions in the LMS for mobile forum.