The EnsigniaŽ Learning Content Management System (LCMS) enables anyone to create, maintain, organise, store, re-use and publish course and assessment content via a standard Web browser.
If you would like to have complete control over your learning content, without needing in-house technical capabilities, Ensignia's LCMS offers you a sophisticated point-and-click template-based authoring tool.
Content created using the Ensignia® LCMS can be packaged and deployed directly to the integrated Ensignia® Learning Management System or to any other industry-standard LMS that supports SCORM 1.2 for content packaging.
This table lists a selection of Ensignia's key features and benefits.
| Feature | Benefit |
| Web-based Content Authoring |
| Wizard-style authoring using standard Web browser. |
Makes it easy to for non-technical authors to work directly in the content authoring environment. |
| Customisable and structured item templates used for content creation. |
Speeds up the process of content creation, and ensures more consistent and error-free authoring. |
| Automated generation of intra-object navigation hyperlinks. |
Links to other sections, pages, resources etc. within a learning object are generated and maintained automatically, reducing hyperlinking errors. |
| Storage of content separately from layout and format. |
Allows the same content to be re-used and re-packaged in different ways (e.g. online, print-friendly format, PDF). |
| Multiple object structure hierarchy levels supported (up to 3 levels for courses and assessments). |
Allows for large or small learning objects to be created with the appropriate navigation systems for learners. |
| Concurrent Multi-author Collaboration |
| Multiple authors can safely work on the same course or assessment at the same time. |
Enables a team of authors to collaborate on content creation simultaneously. |
| Item-level real-time locking of content ensures content integrity. |
The system ensures that only one author can be working on one item at a time without unduly restricting other authors' activity. |
| Role-based permissions supporting content creation, maintenance, reviewing. |
Different users can be given varying levels of permission to limit their ability to modify system content. |
| Built-in workflow status tagging (e.g. 'in-progress', 'ready for review', 'needs attention') of items supported. |
Supports the workflow processes involved in creating, reviewing and publishing content. |
| Historical audit trail of all edits made retained in the database. |
Enables an administrator to identify who has made which modifications, when. |
| Learning Object Repository with Version Control |
| Built-in learning object repository to store and organise content. |
Makes it easier to store and retrieve a large number of learning resources. |
| Shared Resources (assets) repository used in developing courses and assessments. |
Assets (images, audio clips, videos etc.) used in courses and assessments can easily be re-used in different learning objects. |
| Resources, courses and assessments organised into arbitrary folder hierarchy. |
Enables content to be organised into a logical hierarchy by authors or administrators for easier management. |
| Learning objects in the repository can be imported/exported into XML-based package. |
Allows permanent copies of repository contents to be stored on other media, or for content to be replicated on other instances of Ensignia. |
| Each historical revision of an item's contents are retained in the database. |
Previous versions of an item can be retrieved, compared with the current version, and rolled back. |
| Industry Standards |
| Support for SCORM 1.2 content packages. |
Allows you to easily export course content for use on other platforms. |
| Support for IMS QTI for assessments and surveys. |
Allows you to easily export and run assessment content on other platforms. |
| Based on Java 2 Enterprise Edition software platform. |
Provides a very robust, scalable and extensible foundation for the application. |
| Support for ANSI SQL-compliant database. |
Information can be stored in any standard relational database system, and third-party products can be used to query data. |
| XML-based export format available. |
Makes it possible for you to re-use content created in Ensignia with other XML-enabled systems. |
| Incorporates W3C standards for user interface design. |
Ensures that the user interface operates consistently on many different system configurations. |
Ensignia's Learning Content Management System integrates seamlessly with the Ensignia® Learning Management System module to provide
a complete solution for authoring, managing and delivering content.
