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The LMS Mobile App - Overview

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by C.W. Holeman III
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Overview

The LMS app is a "companion" app to the original web-based version of the LMS. This means that it does not offer all of the functionality you can experience in the browser.

The app's primary focus is finding and completing learning content. This means finding and interacting with modules, courses, and the types of content that exist inside modules and courses. All content types that can be used inside of a module are supported in the mobile app. If you need the full functionality of the website on a mobile device, you can access it via a mobile browser.

Home Screen

Upon login, users land on the Home screen. The Home screen provides quick access to key features:

  • In-App Inbox, Calendar, Share, and Connect are available directly from the Home screen.
  • Recently Viewed hosts recently viewed modules.
  • Up Next hosts modules that the user is currently enrolled in and has not yet completed.
  • Recommended Content hosts modules that have been recommended to the user via a suggested enrollment.
  • Bookmarked hosts modules that the user has saved using the "Watch Later" function.
  • Resources is equivalent to the learn library: all modules available to the logged-in user that are set to be viewable in library.

The mobile app respects all permissions and access rules set on modules exactly as the web version does.

Dashboard Widgets

The following Dashboard widgets are available on the LMS App:

  • Access Codes
  • Announcements
  • Banners
  • Curated Content
  • Events
  • Filtered Content
  • Help
  • Homework Submissions
  • Links
  • Observation Checklists
  • Polls
  • Text Box
  • Video Player

For the most part, the configuration and setting options for each of the widgets remain the same as their page widget counterparts. However, some widgets have slightly different setting options, and they're highlighted below.

Access Codes

The Access Codes widget lets users redeem access codes from the mobile app dashboard.

Curated Content

The Curated Content widget provides settings for Status, Title and Display options Show Title and Autohide if Empty.

Filtered Content

The Filtered Content widget settings options are Status, Content to Display, Widget Title, and Display options Show Title and Hide if Empty.

Help Widget

The Help widget settings are limited to Status and Help Email.

Links Widget

The mobile app supports the Links widget, so you can connect users to other sites right from the App's Home screen. Add it at Admin Tool → System tab → App Settings → Customize Dashboard.

You have three options for each link:

  • Create a link from scratch, just like you would in a module.
  • Add an existing link from your content library.
  • Connect the OnTrack. The URL and image populate automatically.

Note: add an image to each link, or it won't show in the App. For users, the Links widget appears on the Home screen. External links open in a mobile browser, and the OnTrack link opens the OnTrack mobile app.

Calendar

Users can track upcoming enrollments and events with the Calendar, accessible from the Home screen. Tap the Calendar icon to navigate to a dedicated Calendar page.

The Calendar offers two views:

  • Month: a traditional calendar view showing events and enrollments on their scheduled dates.
  • List: a chronological list of upcoming items.

Both views show users what upcoming events or enrollments they may need to pay attention to.

Users can sync the LMS calendar to their device calendar by toggling the Sync with my device toggle found in the Month view.

Offline Content

Users can download Classic and Learning Path modules to their device for offline access. From any module, tap the three-dot menu and select Download to App. Download status is shown through toast messages at the top of the app.

Downloaded content is available from the Downloads page on the app dashboard. Tap any downloaded module to access it as you normally would. Completions sync back to the LMS once the user is back online.

Downloaded content is automatically removed from the Downloads page after 30 days.

Observation Checklists

Observation Checklists can be completed in the app for a single user or for several users at once.

Tap See All on the Observation Checklist widget to open the list. The Single User tab covers one person at a time, and the Multiple User tab lists the checklists that have multiple users in the queue. Select the users to observe, then complete the checklist as you would on the web, including Group Response and saving progress to finish later.

The app supports only search of modules and media.

Notifications

Because the app is learning-focused, most push notifications are also learning focused. Push notifications in the mobile app align to notification settings in the Admin Tool. If the Setting is enabled, and the Trigger occurs, a push notification with the specified Title and Message will be sent to the affected user as per the chart here.

You can also push notifications for Community Broadcasts.

Administration

Some aspects of the user experience of the mobile app can be configured by a super admin. These settings are at Admin Tool → Settings tab → Mobile App pill.

You are able to configure an app-specific logo, two primary brand colors, decide if you want your company name to be displayed in the app header, and specify special app-only thumbnails for modules.

Changing these settings will change the app interface for all of your site users.

Image Cropping

The image cropping tool supports resizing the crop box while maintaining a fixed aspect ratio across all image upload locations (Pages widgets, App Settings logo, Module cover images, Dialogs, Certifications).

Dialog Boards

Board-level and post-level analytics are accessible directly in the app. Tap the Info icon on a board to see board analytics, or tap Info on a post for post-level data.

Users can subscribe to a dialog board from the app by tapping the Subscribe icon on a board. Tap Subscribed again to unsubscribe.

Share

The Share tool is available under the 3-dot menu. Note: users will need to provide the Wisetail App permission to access all media on their device.

Learning Path Comments

Users can add comments to Learning Path modules from the app. When a Learning Path allows comments, a comment field is available on the module.

Notes

Users can keep their own notes on a module, from the Notes icon on the module's Content tab.

A note has a heading and a body, and the body supports bold, italics, and a bulleted list. The red checkmark saves the note to that module's Notes Log. + New Note starts another one, and the 3-dot menu on a saved note offers Edit, Pin, and Delete.

Each module keeps its own Notes Log, holding every note taken for that module, so a note stays with the learning content it belongs to. A single note holds up to 1,000 characters.

Registration

Users can create their own account from the app. The login screen offers Register, which walks them through the same registration flow as the web experience, including every field your site marks as required.

Limitations

  • The app does not support module (Non-Learning Path) Comments, User Contributions, or Connect
  • All languages available through the Multi-Language Tool are supported

Available Admin Tasks

  1. Quick Enrollments
  2. Create a user, and immediately send a Welcome Email (if desired). Note: Welcome Emails cannot be sent later from the app, though you can use the web-based tool to do so.

Admin Dashboard Widgets

Several Admin Dashboard Widgets are available in the LMS Mobile App.

From the Dashboard page of the Admin Tool, three widgets have an Add to mobile dashboard checkbox. The three widgets available are:

  • Module Completions
  • User Activity
  • Enrollments

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When checked, the selected widgets are made visible on the user's LMS App. From the Mobile App, the user sees an Admin Dashboard section at the top of their Home screen.

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Clicking View opens a page holding your selection of widgets, which you interact with the same way you would on the web.

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