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6. Glossary & Acronyms

Charles Leverington edited this page Nov 28, 2017 · 1 revision

Glossary

Course Information System (CIS)

CIS stands for Course Information System and is located at online.elmsln . It is the data hub and bridge between legacy systems and the rest of the network. CIS keeps track of all the data that makes online courses possible. This includes, courses, offerings, sections, instructors, standard language and everything logistically focused in the delivery of online programs.

By abstracting the logistics from the course itself, we can then use this information to power the tools used by a course. This is a fundamentally different approach from traditional LMS solutions which are logistics centric where the course is the point in time it is happening (and then materials are added into it).

For more information, see https://elmsln.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ia/ia-index/

Free Open Source Solution (FOSS)

WhatIs.com has a pretty solid definition for FOSS available at http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/Free-and-open-source-software-FOSS-or-free-libre-open-source-software-FLOSS

Open Collective

https://opencollective.com/ The Open Collective is "a group of people with a shared mission that operates in full transparency". It is a PaaS where "... open source projects have created open collectives to share their expenses and let their community chip in".

White Label

Stand alone system built for a Client for a Monthly Fee (via OpenCollective Donation) on Contract.

Options:

  • Hosted by OpenUlmus on OpenUlmus Servers
  • Hosted on Client Servers with OpenUlmus payments for Consulting

Acronyms

CIS

Course Information System

FOSS

Free Open Source Solution

LN

Learning Network

ELMS:LN is 'ELMS Learning Network'

MVP

Minimum Viable Product

PaaS

Platform-as-a-Service

POC

Proof of Concept

SaaS

Software-as-a-Service