This document discusses an online learning management system called SmartUMS used at University Malaysia Sabah. It provides an overview of SmartUMS' features and functionality for students and lecturers. However, it also outlines some challenges with SmartUMS, such as unstable wireless connectivity on campus and difficulties uploading and downloading files. Survey results from students and lecturers identified additional problems with usage, features, updates, and system performance. Potential solutions are proposed, such as improving the chat functionality, automatically populating course information, and resolving issues with the quiz and file uploading features.

1. Online Social CommunityLearning Management System (SmartUMS) Group Memnber: Alice Wong, BK07110372 Pamela SiaJhongSiang, BK07110383

2. SURVIVAL OF LMS AMONG THE POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES In University Malaysia Sabah, LMS or Smart UMS is a familiar online social community among the lecturers and students. LMS provide easy access function which convenient to the user. Easy access include some website that are related or useful for the student and lecturer. UMS website, SMP portal, Library system, Beritaharian, Utusan online

3. SURVIVAL OF LMS AMONG THE POPULAR SOCIAL NETWORKING WEBSITES (cont…) There are several modules that can use by students: Assignment Chats Forums,Example Glossaries Quizzes, Example Resources, Example Lecturer can do: Announcement Post resources Online quiz

4. Problems of manually work To get teaching material like lecturer notes, assignments, tutorial materials from lecturer directly is easy, but if the large number of student want to get lecturer notes from lecturer, the problems raised out. Some lecturer make announcement on notice board in front of their room, if there is no student see it, then the problem comes out.

5. Useful of LMS By using LMS, lecturer just need to post all the materials and resources onto website and the students just need to login LMS to download all the lecturer’s notes. Lecturer also can post the announcement onto website, then student who login LMS will see it and inform the others.

6. CHALLENGE OF LMS Free wireless (UMS-public) is not stable and not strength if using among large number of students at the same time. Lag when downloading Wireless not provided in whole UMS, which means hostel cannot access free internet access(UMS-public). Hostel wireless have to pay Not every block can detect wireless Students need to bring laptop go school or library for online. Students not active on forum functionality on LMS. Public Face-to-face discussion may better

7. CurrentProblems…? From the survey form, some SmartUMS’s problems been listed out as below: Uploading & Downloading…? Usage…? Features…? Update…?

8. Uploading& Downloading Based on research, some interviewers disclosethattheirlecturertoldthemhe or shefound out itisdifficult for them to upload the lecture notes or othersrelated information. Eventheyupload the notes successfullybut theirstudentcan’tdownload the notes probably. So isitupload files’ format problemor system’sproblem or either the user themselves’ problem…?

9. Usage Not all the lecturerfeelappriciate to use the SmartUMSfor theirteachingpurpose. Whysomelecturer use other online social communitylikeyahoo group ratherthanSmartUMS?Do they not familiarwithSmartUMSor other online social community have the betterfeaturesthem?

10. Features SmartUMS’sfeatures have itsown ‘charming’. For an example: Forum feature, as we know that forum section take an important character in learningprogress. But SmartUMS’sforum’s area been limited in UMS. Even the forum’stopicissuccessful but the topic been limited for UMS lecturer or stundentonly. Otherfeatures in SmartUMSlike quiz section, linkage section alsocharacteristics for SmartUMS. Eventhough, quiz section isanothercharacteristc for SmartUMS but sometimethere have problemtoo. For an example, whilestudentdone the first page question and click the ‘Next Page’ button to answer the following questions but the system would not allow and submit the students’ half-doneanswer . So thesekind of problemswhoshouldresponesible for?

11. Update Based on the research, lecturerdisclosethattheyevencan’tfind the course code or nameinside the SmartUMSsotheycan’t do anything but just use other online social community for teachingpurpose. This meanthat the system didn’tconcluded all the course code or name in the system sothat’swhymanylecturer force to use other online social community.

13. How about add-in online chat corner likeFacebook to improve the characteristic of the system. When user log in the system theycan know whois in online statusthrough the chat list.

16. Survey’sresult in graph form

17. Survey’sresult in graph form

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