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Solution

The Indigo Learning & Collaboration System (ELCS) is a platform solution for synchronous and asynchronous learning and teaching.

Synchronous learning is when all participants (teachers and students) interact and collaborate with each other in real time. They could be located in multiple classrooms or could be accessing or delivering the lecture using laptops, PC’s or mobile devices.

Asynchronous learning is when students learn independently and at their own pace without instructor led support. They do this by accessing educational content and material from a remote source.

The heart of our solution is a highly optimized Content Delivery Platform with a comprehensive built- in Content Management System (CMS).

ELCS Features

Basic Features

ELCS allows multiple locations to be connected for synchronous teaching and learning (e.g. Virtual class room)
Teachers can plan a session and upload any digital content for session in advance
Integration with popular LMS and any digital content library is possible
Any third party content can be used for the session (supported formats are flash/ video formats /images/ppt/pdf/doc)
If a teacher plans to use HD content in the class room session , ELCS allows the content to be downloaded in advance and played back simultaneously in all connected locations which is under the teacher’s control
Teachers and students can share their Desktop or applications with all connected locations on the fly
ELCS provides a tightly integrated full featured IWB (Interactive Whiteboard with Math tool, gallery, annotation capability and content designer) for chalk and talk session (this is a hardware IWB)
ELCS allows for annotation by the teacher or students on any type of content and from any connected location. Permission for annotation has to be granted by the teacher
ELCS includes a HD audio and video collaboration engine, based on H.264 SVC technology, this engine allows video to be transmitted up to 1080P 60fps
The teacher can see up to 8 connected class rooms of students in high definition
Students in the connected class rooms can see the teacher in full HD and interact using audio
ELCS floating license allows any guest teacher or student to attend a session with full capability to interact, collaborate and annotate
Individual students can be invited to attend a session, each student attending the session would need a PC (Laptop/Desktop)with a web camera
If any downloaded (third party) or shared content (desktop sharing) has audio associated with it, ELCS streams this audio to all connected class rooms and students
The teacher can select session type based on the lesson plan, either broadcast only or interactive and collaborative sessions can be created by ELCS

Advanced Features

ELCS allows test and assessment session to be conducted in a scheduled or live session
ELCS includes a designer for test and assessment session
Various physical devices can be used for test and assessment session (RF clickers and voters, mobile phones and laptops are supported)
All supported physical devices can be used in one session of test and assessment. Test and assessment data collected from all these devices can be collated and analyzed by logging into the ELCS server
Test and assessment results can be generated in pdf /xls format for all students, individual students, all class rooms or selected class rooms
PC version of test and assessment client is hosted and can be downloaded by any remote user, this client also has the capability to capture short and long answer from students
Any user can register and download the ELCS client from the ELCS server
ELCS allows group collaboration capability among all connected class rooms and students (this is different from audio/video collaboration)
ELCS allows recording of all sessions with complete content, audio , video, annotations and interactivity captured across the connected class rooms and remote students
ELCS has a built in portable application for out of campus collaboration called EPA(Indigo Portable Application)
Indigo Portable Application (EPA) allows students to collaborate during off campus hours for project work, solving assignment or home work
EPA maintains the all session details, meaning every student who logs in will see sessions he/she is registered for , he/she can also access all shared content from teachers and fellow students
EPA has a built in annotation tools for collaboration
EPA users can also interact using HD video (floating licenses of video and annotation engine are available)
ELCS also has the capability to allow students to take notes during a class session
If allowed by the teacher, any student can download the content within the class room and start annotating on top of the content and add text to this content. Finally student can store the annotated content as notes on the ELCS server

Content Delivery Platform (Features)

Content Delivery

Our Content Delivery Platform with it's built-in Content Management System (CMS) can manage and deliver all types of digital content in real-time across connected classrooms, laptops, PCs and mobile devices. Teaching content can be images, animation, documents, web links, videos, presentations, etc. All popular digital media formats are supported.

Distinct content can be delivered to individual digital displays (LCD, Plasma, Other) at various locations on campuses and buildings. Furthermore, each individual display can be zoned to display multiple content elements. Content playback at each display can be scheduled using time bound playlists that support multiple content elements.

In addition to real-time delivery of content, one more key feature, is the platform’s ability to enable remote, teacher controlled playback of locally stored content across all connected classrooms. For example, if a very high resolution video of say… a complex surgical procedure is to be played across 10 connected classrooms in real-time, the internet bandwidth consumption would be significant at each location.

This is how this problem can be solved. During the lesson plan creation, the teacher can upload the video in advance to each remote classroom. Later during the actual lecture, when this video is initiated in the teacher’s classroom, automatically, the same video is initiated in all connected classrooms. The teacher can pause the video and annotate on it, the same happens across all connected classrooms. The students can also annotate on the video from any of the connected classrooms. This actually simulates real time content delivery, while significantly reducing internet bandwidth consumption across the network.

Built-In Basic LMS features

The platform has basic LMS features built-in, where the teacher can create lesson plans with digital teaching content selected from the school server, the teacher’s own PC, the internet and other accessible sources. Then schedule the lecture and invite participating classrooms and individual remote students.

Mobile Phone Interactivity

The platform also supports mobile device based interactivity. Smart phone users can download content from displays directly on to their phones along with other relevant information and web links. For example, a new book could be advertised on a digital display located inside a cafeteria on a school campus. Standing next to the display, students can download the picture of the book on to their smart phones along with excerpts from the book and other related links.

Students can also use their smart phones to view specific information on displays located on campus. For example, check attendance records, class schedules, etc.