With any system, there is jargon. The terms you must know and be familiar with to operate in that system. The more complex the system, the more likely there is to be a lot of jargon!

eLMS is certainly not overly complex, but there is some jargon that new clients must come to know if they want to operate in eLMS smoothly. One question I regularly answer is "what's the difference between a course sessions and a session schedule?"

On the surface, we're looking at two very different terms. And in eLMS, they server two different but related functions.

The simple explanation is: sessions are assigned to courses. Any course can have multiple sessions. Schedules are then assigned to sessions and each session can have multiple schedules. For a user to complete a course in eLMS, they are expected to attend all schedules, within a given session.

For example, if a user signs up for a course and chooses from one of three sessions, the user will only need to attend that one session to complete the course. However, if that one session is scheduled to meet every Friday for three weeks, the user is also expected to attend each scheduled Friday class, in order to complete the course.

Here, we would one session with three schedules, each of which the user must attend to complete the course.

So remember, from the eLMS perspective, users must complete all schedules to fulfill the requirements for a sessions and must complete one session to finish a course. Understanding how this jargon relates to your local jargon can help you and your department manage eLMS