The Learning Management System (LMS) is an interactive and user-friendly system used by MAFSC. It is used as a medium to enable lecturers to disseminate relevant information such as lesson plans, PowerPoint presentations, lecture notes, and pre-class reading materials in the form of contemporary research journals, tutorials and assignments that would be accessible by the students via the internet lines. There can also be links to online materials such as YouTube, discussion forums led by the lecturer, and many more interactive online features that could be used depending on the lecturer’s preference.
The National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM) and MAFSC have their own LMS using the Moodle application software as their base platform. Some customisation was done to suit the NDUM requirements to the Moodle software. As for the MAFSC LMS, it was delivered together during the development of the PUSPAHANAS Complex.
At NDUM, the course convenor, the principal lecturer, on a particular subject would be responsible and given appropriate access to enable uploading of teaching materials via the LMS. The lecturer can set the time for the materials to be made accessible immediately or some time ahead that would be accessible by the Course Participants. NDUM’s teaching materials for subjects will be made available through the NDUM LMS. Every Course Participant will be given a login ID and password to access the NDUM LMS system. The NDUM LMS System would be accessible using the NDUM portal.Â
Meanwhile for subjects conducted by MAFSC, Course Participants could access via the MAFSC LMS. A separate login ID and password will be provided to the CPs. Exercise Papers and course materials related to the course conducted by MAFSC will be made available through the MAFSC LMS. Course participants would be given a separate login ID and password to access MAFSC LMS.