By DARIUS SHU CHEN KEONG
SUBANG JAYA: Taylor’s University management plans to release an app for Taylor’s Integrated Moodle e-Learning System (TIMeS) to increase its efficiency for lecturers and students.
Yun Mei Ling, Learning Management Administrator of eLearning Academy (eLA), said, “There are plans to release a TIMeS app in the near future but it’s still in the testing phase and it’s important that we get feedback from students to cater their needs.”
“However, we cannot add our own features because TIMeS is based on an open education platform called Moodle,” she said.
Yun said there is an alternative way for students to receive new announcements from their lecturers.
“Lecturers can send notifications to students in TIMeS through news forum and students can change the default Taylor’s email to their personal one for easier notification purposes,” Yun added.
There are also other features that lecturers wished TIMeS could add.
Dr Nor Shaipah Abdul Wahab, lecturer of Taylor’s Business School said, “TIMeS is lacking in volume space during submission and when files get too huge they need to find other methods of uploading.”
She added that she would use Facebook groups but they are informal therefore she prefers using TIMeS due to its formality as a university platform, which is easier to track and record students’ work.
School of Architecture, Building and Design student, Amanda Lee Chia Shan, 20, said, “A TIMeS app would be easier to get announcements and uploads from lecturers.”
Lee added that the layout for TIMeS could be improved for better user-friendliness in the near future.
However, Taylor’s Business School student Tee Wei Keat, 22, said, “I still prefer Facebook groups for communication, as TIMeS is used for information only.”
SUBANG JAYA: Taylor’s University management plans to release an app for Taylor’s Integrated Moodle e-Learning System (TIMeS) to increase its efficiency for lecturers and students.
Yun Mei Ling, Learning Management Administrator of eLearning Academy (eLA), said, “There are plans to release a TIMeS app in the near future but it’s still in the testing phase and it’s important that we get feedback from students to cater their needs.”
“However, we cannot add our own features because TIMeS is based on an open education platform called Moodle,” she said.
Yun said there is an alternative way for students to receive new announcements from their lecturers.
“Lecturers can send notifications to students in TIMeS through news forum and students can change the default Taylor’s email to their personal one for easier notification purposes,” Yun added.
There are also other features that lecturers wished TIMeS could add.
Dr Nor Shaipah Abdul Wahab, lecturer of Taylor’s Business School said, “TIMeS is lacking in volume space during submission and when files get too huge they need to find other methods of uploading.”
She added that she would use Facebook groups but they are informal therefore she prefers using TIMeS due to its formality as a university platform, which is easier to track and record students’ work.
School of Architecture, Building and Design student, Amanda Lee Chia Shan, 20, said, “A TIMeS app would be easier to get announcements and uploads from lecturers.”
Lee added that the layout for TIMeS could be improved for better user-friendliness in the near future.
However, Taylor’s Business School student Tee Wei Keat, 22, said, “I still prefer Facebook groups for communication, as TIMeS is used for information only.”