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LERSUS Logo.

LERSUS is a software product that allows creating interactive tutorials, computer training courses (CBT), and e-learning courses (WBT) according to the existing e-Learning standards.

Right now the product has reached its version 3.2 released on the 8th of August, 2005. Lersus is an e-learning authoring tool intended for the development of multimedia e-learning courses. No programming skills are required.

1 Technical Requirements
2 Didactic Models
3 Assessments
4 Output Formats
5 LePricon License Server
6 Text-To-Speech Server
7 Lersus MMS
8 External links

[edit] Technical Requirements

Intel Pentium II 300
64 Мb RAM
50 Мb on hard drive
Operating systems:
- Windows 2000 SP4
- Windows XP SP1
- Windows Server 2003

[edit] Didactic Models

LERSUS didactic models.

Lersus operates on the basis of pre-specified didactic models which define the functionality of the editor and the structure and style of the e-learning materials developed.

The mechanism of didactic model makes it possible to separate such different tasks as content creation, design, components layout, document development, and the publication. The author is concentrated on the content development. The whole technical side is displayed in the didactic model.

LERSUS didactic structure.

Lersus didactic model defines:

Structure requirements
Function settings
Look and feel of the course
Export formats

Lersus didactic model helps the author to:

Ensure didactic and structure integrity of the tutorials
Determine functional and visual solutions
Get the format fixed
Change the structure, format, and design with no effect on the content

[edit] Assessments

Tests for the knowledge control.

LERSUS supports 8 types of tests for the knowledge control:

Multiple Choice - a question with several possible answers provided. The student picks the correct answer (only one answer is correct).
Multiplе Answer - a question with several possible answers provided. The student picks the correct answers (one or more answers may be correct).
True\False - a statement to be accepted or denied.
Fill in the Blank - the student is to provide the missing part of the given statement.
Essay –the student gives his/her answer in the form of an essay.
Ordering - the student is to place the given statements in the correct order.
Matching - finding matches between the two given groups of statements.
Drag & Drop - finding matches between the given statements and pictures.

[edit] Output Formats

Output_Formats.

From Lersus the learning materials are exported to XML, HTML, CHM, and PDF. Lerus is SCORM compatible. The learning modules, developed with Lersus can be imported to learning management systems (LMS) and content management systems (CMS). Right now Lersus can interoperate with Moodle, ILIAS, WebCT, Blackboard and other modern learning management systems.

[edit] LePricon License Server

LePricon License Server.

LePricon License Server is a server that stores Lersus licenses and provides them to online users. The number of licenses stored by the server may differ. LePricon Server is a good solution if the organization has many e-learning authors, but all of them do not work simultaneously. This means that several authors can successfully work in turn, on different computers, using the same license.

Here is how it works:

The company installs LePricon on its server, and all the authors install Lersus on their computers. When starting his or her work each author connects to the LePricon server and gets a license. After the author logs off the server, the corresponding license is released and available for other users. LERSUS stops working for the disconnected author; the license is no longer taken and can be provided to another user that connects to LePricon.

[edit] Text-To-Speech Server

E-learning courses produced with LERSUS can be insonified. The Text-To-Speech server will automatically generate an audio version of all texts in the module. Different voices are available.

Languages supported:

Text-To-Speech_Server.

English
German
French
Italian

Output formats:

[edit] Lersus MMS

LERSUS MMS stands for LERSUS Modules Management System. Designed by DELFI Software for the convenience of LERSUS users, the MMS supports all the basic functionality of a learning management system.