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BacklogEducator is a platform designed to seamlessly integrate educational and training programs into the Azure DevOps backlog. This platform serves as a bridge between technical development and continuous learning, enabling teams to facilitate cohort-style upskilling of large groups.

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BacklogEducator

BacklogEducator is a platform design modern training programs that seamlessly integrate educational and training programs into the into a cohort-style self-paced training approach. This platform serves as a bridge between technical development and continuous learning, enabling course designers to leverage Azure DevOps boards as a way to coorindate large teams to upskilling.

Application Outline:

Course Creation:

  • Allow creation of courses with clear titles, descriptions, and learning objectives.
  • Support flexible course structures with modules, lessons, quizzes, assignments, and other learning activities.
  • Enable integration of various media types (text, video, audio, code snippets, interactive elements).
  • Facilitate easy course organization and navigation.

Course Editing:

  • Allow modification of course content, structure, and settings after creation. Maintain version history for tracking changes and revert options.

Course Sharing and Access:

  • Grant access permissions to specific users, roles, or groups.
  • Enable course sharing within organizations or publicly (if applicable).

Enrolment Management:

  • Allow enrolment of learners with different roles (participants, facilitators).
  • Handle late enrolments with appropriate catch-up mechanisms.
  • Track enrolment status and progress for each learner.

Facilitator Management:

  • Assign facilitators to courses with specific roles and permissions.
  • Enable creation of facilitator tracks with tailored guidance and activities.

Scheduling and Delivery:

  • Set course start and end dates, with options for self-paced or cohort-based learning.
  • Schedule learning activities with due dates and reminders.
  • Allow for flexible delivery modes (synchronous, asynchronous, blended).

Notifications:

  • Send automated notifications for course updates, deadlines, progress milestones, and feedback.
  • Allow learners to customize notification preferences.

Agents:

  • If applicable, integrate with intelligent agents for personalized recommendations, adaptive learning paths, or automated support.

Content Management:

  • Support creation and management of various learning resources (text, videos, assessments, etc.).
  • Enable integration with external content libraries or repositories.

Assessment and Feedback:

  • Provide tools for creating quizzes, assignments, and other assessments.
  • Support feedback mechanisms for learners, facilitators, and administrators.

Reporting and Analytics:

  • Track learner progress, engagement, and performance metrics.
  • Generate reports on course completion rates, assessment results, and overall platform usage.
  • Integration with Azure DevOps Backlog: Seamless integration with Azure DevOps backlog items and workflows.
  • Mapping of learning programs to backlog items for aligned progress tracking. Triggering of learning activities based on backlog milestones or events. Utilization of learning progress and achievements within backlog decision-making.

User Interface and Experience:

  • Design an intuitive and user-friendly interface for course creators.
  • Ensure accessibility for users with different abilities.

Security and Compliance:

  • Implement robust security measures to protect user data and intellectual property.
  • Adhere to relevant privacy regulations and compliance standards.

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BacklogEducator is a platform designed to seamlessly integrate educational and training programs into the Azure DevOps backlog. This platform serves as a bridge between technical development and continuous learning, enabling teams to facilitate cohort-style upskilling of large groups.

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