There was an issue with the LMS communication system today whereby our testing server generated notifications of certifications for a few of our internal testing users that were then sent to only those users who are Instructors. The notification email should not have been sent out. Please disregard the email notifications pertaining to the “Introduction to Preplanning Certificate”. We apologize for the error and the interruption.
New courses have been made available over the last few days.
Read on for descriptions of these courses and the expected usage.
In 2017, the electrical training ALLIANCE announced that a new leadership course would be available on January 1, 2018. This course is now ready for your utilization. It is a product of our industry’s realization that it is no longer adequate for our Apprentices to be trained only in technical skills. We have to continue developing the technical competencies of our students as well as (more…)
Happy New Year and Welcome to 2018! The electrical training ALLIANCE continues to add new courses to the LMS. The month of January will be busy and a list of the course additions are coming soon. That said, some courses included new functionality requirements. One of those courses is the new, Preparing for Leadership: Personal Qualities, Level I (more…)
The Learning Management System (LMS), Enrollment Application (EA) and the Course Level and Credit Summary (CLCS) tools have all been updated with new features this December. The following is a rundown of some of the many changes made to continue to improve upon our systems. (more…)
A recently completed project was to add the Electronic Systems Labs to the LMS — both the Student and Instructor Guide versions. They are located with the lessons where the labs are indicated for use. (more…)
Internet outages were reported across the US on Monday, 11/06/17. Reports began coming into sites like downdetector.com starting at roughly 1pm EDT and continuing until a bit after 4pm EDT. 
Reports after 4pm EDT indicated the outage issues were identified and corrected. Our LMS sites were at all times running smoothly, if you could access. Two users sitting next to each other may have had different experiences with access to this and many major sites across the internet, based on the kind of outage that occurred. This outage affected one of the major internet communication backbones.
Here are some articles that covered the incident: Click on one/each to read details of the outage and resolution.
Director, Bill Ball shared a very enlightening article yesterday with staff from vox.com. It’s an interesting look at the construction and history of the internet. It also explains much of what some of yesterday’s activities and investigations realized when looking for answers to why the internet was acting up.
We know how important these services are and will continue as always to monitor and communicate regarding site access.
These are recent updates and additions to the Learning Management System — the Blended Learning tool.
As the rollout of the revised instrumentation curriculum continues, improvements have been made based on instructor’s recommendations. (more…)