Blended Learning LMS Performance Question

Greg Greiner September 18, 2018 No Comments

The Learning Management System has experienced long response times for some users of the system recently.  The symptoms display a connection error where for some they see that the Cloudflare CDN is inaccessible and others see that the blendedlearning.njatc.org site is inaccessible.  Typically a quick refresh by the user clears the issue.

This is not the expected performance of the system and the teams are working around the clock to resolve the issue.   We are very sorry for this inconvenience and will update with new information as soon as it is available.

Courses Added and Courses to be Archived

Greg Greiner July 23, 2018 No Comments

Many of the new courses slated for the 2018-19 Calendar School year [identified here] and the 2018 Catalog, have been turned on in the past month.  The rest are still in process, but slated for use as described in those articles.  A future article after NTI will be posted when the details are ready for listing all recently released content.

The message here focuses on the Archiving of courses.  Some of the new courses turned on recently replace existing ones.  When this occurs, we Archive the course being replaced once it’s new-use is no longer part of the system.  On August 7th we will archive the listed courses below.  Archiving a course does not remove access for those already enrolled.  Archiving affects only new enrollments, not existing ones.  Read on to get the full explanation. (more…)

New Training Management System for LMS Enrollments Arrives

Greg Greiner July 1, 2018 No Comments

The new enrollment system used for the Learning Management System (LMS) has been, at long last, deployed.  We have been working on exciting enhancements and added functionality across the entire application to better support your management of the Blended Learning Training.  The legacy system was written in a codebase that offered the need of an update to be able to apply these new features and I’m glad to share the beginnings of them with you today. (more…)

Updates to the CLCS for 2018

Greg Greiner May 29, 2018 No Comments

Some exciting new updates have been implemented into the Course Level and Credit Summary (CLCS) system for serving you better.  This curriculum scratch pad and coordination tool offers training programs the ability to review, organize, and coordinate content delivery for all programs.

The Updates List Includes: (more…)

Revised Release Date of the new Training Management System

Greg Greiner May 10, 2018 No Comments

System Maintenance and Update Notice – Revised Date: Sunday, June 30th – 4AM EDT to July 1st – 5PM EDT

On Saturday, June 30th, from 4AM Eastern until Sunday July 1st at 5PM Eastern we will be performing an update to the administration area and enrollment application. Note that this update has been rescheduled from our original date of Sunday, May 13th.  This maintenance will require rebooting the LMS multiple times during the update.

 

Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience.

2018 Curriculum Updates

Greg Greiner May 8, 2018 No Comments

Many new Blended Learning courses with added features are available as the electrical training ALLIANCE strives to improve its curriculum for students and instructors. The number of courses in the Learning Management System continues to grow to meet the industry demand. Many courses are being added this year as the Outside, Substation, Installer/Tech, and Residential programs continue to be transitioned to the LMS. The ALLIANCE aims to produce quality curriculum and an excellent user experience, so the online CLCS is being updated to an easier format.

Some topics below are still in development but as they are nearing delivery they are displayed here for reference of the courses and references you will find in the 2018 catalog. Please take a few (more…)

Coming Soon! Enrollment Application Upgrade

Greg Greiner April 9, 2018 No Comments

The Enrollment Application is evolving with your needs to keep you a step ahead. It features a polished interface and enhancements designed to maximize productivity, improve predictability and fast-track new users while supporting all existing workflows...Most importantly, it was carefully crafted to make managing LMS training easier.  It’s worth restating: As we update this system, users of the legacy system will not be faced with a burdensome task of learning a whole new system.  After 7 years of use on the legacy system, we applied (more…)

Introducing the Newest Interactive Animation

Marty Riesberg March 28, 2018 No Comments

The electrical training ALLIANCE is proud to announce the latest interactive animation on the subject of “Box Layout”. Traditionally we have left acquiring the skill of associated with “laying out” the top of a panel for conduit entries, and their associated holes (or knockouts), to on-the-job experience. This did not always allow a “safe” (aka inexpensive) environment for an apprentice to do the math associated with this process and implement this math to the real world material. This new simulator allows the students the opportunity to practice (via 10 distinct applications) this skill in an environment which will not have any ill-effects if an error is made. (more…)