Reference Guide
Forma LMS Basics
Technical information for system setup and maintenance
Requirements
Server Specifications Server type: Linux, Windows, MacOs, Unix, Sun Apache 2.2.x or above (on...
Installation and Upgrade
INSTALL PROCEDURE Create the database on your dbserver: If the db user has permissions, the...
General architecture and definitions
Login and Registration Main Layout Elements Language SelectorChange language for the log...
Configuration
List and description of the main configuration settings and features
System Configuration
Main system configurations are available under: Admin > System configuration > Settings From ...
Plugin Management
Plugin Manager From this page, you can manage available plugins and install new ones ACTIONS ...
Time Periods (Course credits)
Forma allows the creation of time periods related to course credits: Admin > Settings > E-Learni...
Codes
Forma allows the creation of subscription codes: Admin > Settings > System configuration > Code ...
Event Manager
Forma LMS allows notifications to be automatically sent to users. Notification events can be set...
I/O Tasks Connectors
The I/O (Input Output) system allows Forma LMS data to be exported to and imported from other app...
Question Category
You can create an unlimited number of categories that can be used globally to categorize any ques...
Additional Fields
Additional fields can be associated to users, or to other platform entities such as org-chart nod...
Privacy Policies
Default Privacy Policy By default, users will be required to accept a privacy policy statement b...
Manage Menu
You can create and manage menu templates from: Admin > Settings > Elearning Configuration > Ma...
Language Management
Language manager You will find the language management features under: Admin > Settings > Langu...
User Management
Features for user creation and management: organization chart, groups, administrators, custom fie...
Users and organization chart
Overview The user management page is split into two main parts: Organization Chart: this tree...
Import Users
Use this feature to easily import a list of users with custom fields from a CSV file. The CSV fi...
Groups
Groups are an alternative way to organize users, that can be used in example for cross-node group...
Administrators
An “administrator” is a user that can access the LMS backend with limited visibility and permissi...
Competences
Manage Competences Forma LMS lets you create and manage a list of skills and competences require...
Company Roles
Overview Forma provides another method to organize and define users by their company role. Comp...
Course Administration (Backend)
Backend Course Administration features: subscriptions, courses, categories, catalogs, coursepaths...
Course Management
Overview Course management is located under: Admin > Elearning > Courses > Courses The course ...
Creating and editing a course
Here you can see all the configuration settings available for a course. This same configuration p...
Editions
Overview In Forma, the idea behind editions is to have many separate issues of the same master c...
Subscription management
You can access subscriptions management from the course management page: Standard Subscription...
Catalogs
Global Catalog By default, the catalog module will display a frontend list of all the available ...
Certificates
Certificate Management The general certificate management features are available under: Elearni...
Enrolment Rules
Overview With the enroll rules feature, it is possible to create automatic subscription rules ba...
Reservations
The reservation module allows the creation of subscription events (i.e., in presence seminars, me...
Course Features (FrontEnd)
Frontend Course Management for course administrators, teachers, and students
Announcements
The “Announcement” module adds a news and communication board to your course. The announcements ...
Report Card
This module shows to the user his own scores in tests, SCORM and classroom activities. Visibilit...
Newsletter (Course)
This module allows course managers (i.e., administrators, teachers, courses) to mass-email users ...
Manage Menu
This module is generally assigned only to course administrators, with view and edit permissions, ...
Course Forum
Course forums will be available to all course users, or only selected course users The feature i...
Gradebook
The gradebook is one of the most important and useful course features, used to manage all the eva...
Course Stats
Forma provides different stats to monitor course and user progress: Usage Stats: monitors the ...
User/Objects Grid
The “User Object Grid” module allows: display detailed information on user status and scores o...
Learning Objects
Management of Learning Objects, and detailed description of configuration and usage of each LO type
Learning Materials Management
The Learning Objects management page is made by three tabs: Course Objects: list of actual LO ...
File Upload
Select and upload from your computer any file to be used as a course material. Downloadable file...
HTML Pages
Use the “HTML Page” learning object type to create a custom content page. Explore the editor f...
SCORM
Upload SCORM Objects SCORM LO Properties
Test
Test Questions Manage Questions Insert/Edit Questions Question Category: Select a category...
Contents and Communication
Features to manage content and communication such as external web pages, communications, and mail...
Private Messages
The “Messages” feature allow users to send each other private message through the LMS, that will ...
Community Forums
Forma provides a global “Community Forums” feature, independent of course subscriptions, and feat...
Web Pages
Web Pages In Forma you can manage HTML pages to be displayed either on the login page or in a de...
Global Newsletter
The “Global Newsletter” feature will let you send massive emails to all or a selected group of us...
Reports
Administration reports creation and management
Report Management
Overview Forma LMS provides a powerful and flexible report generation system, with these feature...
User Reports
Reports in this category will show a list of users and their status on different items Relates u...
Course Reports
Relates courses to users Example of Courses Report Report Options Time period: filter data f...
Aggregated Report
This report will display aggregated data about users and courses The following report types a...
Layout & Templates
Managing Template & customizing forma layout
Templates
Forma templates are located in your forma installation under root/templates/[template] Yon can c...
Dashboard Configuration
The main settings for the dashboard configuration (from Forma 3.x onwards) are available under: ...
User Area LMS
From this area, you can activate and set visibility options for most of the frontend layout modul...