Industry specific software package

Tender description

The University was seeking to renew its Institutional online learning provision, with a view to identifying a solution which will be fully operational from August 2017. The University sought a solution which will enable the Institution to provide exceptional opportunities for online learning. The system will: — provide and support a full suite of content management and online learning tools; — afford a high degree of flexibility to adapt to the changing and future needs of the University; — be optimised for a range of mobile devices; — offer an intuitive interface and workflows; — deliver a high level of availability; — be secure and resilient; — support seamless integrations with other university business systems and learning applications; — produce meaningful usage data and reports to support student learning and academic practice. LJMU sought to implement a new VLE which must support the University's strategic plan. Be in the form of a cloud hosted service. Provides an API framework. Has full recovery and restoration capabilities. Offers an accessible, easy to use desktop and mobile interface for staff and students to retrieve course content and complete learning activities. Provides the widest possible opportunities to create rich, engaging learning activities. Be financially sustainable, offering vfm. Integrate seamlessly with current LJMU systems. Provides the ability to produce detailed, meaningful statistical reports on all system activity. Intuitive and easy to use assessment environment, Offers an intuitive user notification system. Provide a system which is fully optimised to allow all major mobile operating systems to undertake core VLE functions. Provide the University with a licensing structure. Be accessible allowing to meet its inclusion principles, ability to support day to day u.