1. Educational portal and its integration with AHyCo LMS Nataša Hoić–Božić natasa.hoic@ri.t-com.hr University of Rijeka (Croatia)

2. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria2/25 Agenda AHyCo Learning Management System (LMS) AHyCo portal Main characteristics and future plans

3. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria3/25 LMS & portal AHyCo = Adaptive Hypermedia Courseware 1. AHyCo LMS - adaptive hypermedia learning management system 2. Educational portal integrated with LMS: AHyCo.ffri.hrAHyCo.ffri.hr Development since 2000 within several projects: “A system for automated student testing and surveying” (2000-2001) "Adaptive Hypermedia Courseware" (2002-2003) "Teaching methods of information science online“ (2004- 2005) “Computing support to education” (2002-)

4. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria4/25 AHyCo LMS - tools 1. Content authoring 2. Delivering learning content 3. Student assessment 4. Collaboration support and communication 5. Class management and other tools

5. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria5/25 1. Content authoring Authoring environment - Microsoft Access forms as an interface for authors

6. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria6/25 2. Delivering learning content – AHyCo learning environment Authorization Selecting course or subject for learning Course  Module  Lesson Generating the web page containing the lesson according to: student model adaptation rules Adaptive navigational support

7. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria7/25 Learning environment Suggestions for further learning User tools Lesson The page with the content of a lesson

8. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria8/25 3. Student Assessment Students’ self-evaluation Grading the students Adaptive navigational support Types: online tests and self-evaluation quizzes with multiple-choice questions online tests with problem questions: essay-type assignments (seminar papers) – grading by person (teacher) programming assignments – automatic grading

9. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria9/25 Multiple-choice question

10. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria10/25 Essay-type and programming assignments

11. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria11/25 Automated grading of programming assignments Support for several programming languages (C, C++, C#) Possible extension to other languages (with external compilers) Arbitrary test input sets Random test data generation Detection of problematic code sections

12. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria12/25 Programming assignment’s results

13. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria13/25 4. Collaboration support and communication in AHyCo Asynchronous communication using forum Adaptive group formation File sharing module Group to group grading and evaluation

14. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria14/25 Asynchronous CMC in AHyCo Multi threaded discussion forum public or private discussions between the members of one group Learning "anyplace and anytime“

15. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria15/25 Adaptive group formation Dividing students into groups depending on their learning success Other group forming parameters: Participation in forum Grades from previous courses Group's size Student's personal data Teacher's preferences

16. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria16/25 Adaptive group formation

17. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria17/25 File sharing module File sharing between group members

18. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria18/25 Group grading and evaluation Interface with the given set of criteria:

19. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria19/25 5. Class management and other tools Student administration and progress tracking Advanced summary exam statistics Optical mark recognition Student surveying

20. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria20/25 Future plans - LMS Further development of the subsystem for group work and CMC: Internal messaging system Synchronous whiteboard and chat Smart card integration with digital signatures Scanning and annotation of written exams m-learning support: “Mobile AHyCo”

21. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria21/25 AHyCo educational portal Main goal to inform and educate in the field of: applying ICT in education enhancement of classical and online teaching through new methods and approaches Integrated with AHyCo LMS Registered users - easy access to relevant courses and discussions

22. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria22/25 AHyCo users Students & Teachers Studying or teaching (moderating) their courses Discussing topics relevant to their courses Guests - everyone interested in e-learning issues Access to majority of content Attending trial course Discussing – public forum discussion

23. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria23/25 AHyCo portal Web interface

24. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria24/25 AHyCo educational portal content Articles are categorized into fields of interest: E-learning Learning and Teaching Adaptive Hypermedia Computer science teaching methodology On AHyCo LMS Other

25. 18–23.09.20066th Workshop "SE Education and Reverse Engineering", Bulgaria25/25 Future plans - portal Adding content for registered users only Developing dedicated areas with articles and discussions for teachers only Forming a community of on-line lecturers, for sharing experiences and suggestions