LMS for Blended Learning

A blended learning LMS delivers one course across in-person and online modes from a single platform. It unifies attendance, content, assignments, and gradebook so a student switching between classroom and virtual sessions has one progress record. OpenEduCat qualifies because attendance from BigBlueButton or Zoom join logs, SCORM completion, classroom register entries, and homework submissions all write to the same course record, and teachers see a single dashboard per learner.

Yes. The LMS module reads SCORM 1.2, SCORM 2004, and xAPI (Tin Can) packages. Upload the zip, publish it to a course, and completion status writes back to the OpenEduCat gradebook automatically. There is no separate LRS to buy. Content authored in Articulate Storyline, iSpring, Adapt, or Elucidat plays natively, and learners can resume where they left off across desktop and mobile.

Yes. Teachers assign pre-class video and reading, gate the next module behind a formative quiz, and see who completed pre-work before walking into the room. In-person time can then be used for problem-solving and discussion. The gradebook records both the asynchronous quiz score and the in-class participation grade against the same learning outcome.

Attendance can be marked three ways: a classroom register entry by the teacher, an automatic pull from the BigBlueButton or Zoom join log, or a student-side QR self-check-in. For a blended course, all three feed the same attendance percentage. Administrators report one number per learner regardless of mode, which meets state reporting rules that require a single attendance figure per session.

Out of the box, OpenEduCat integrates with BigBlueButton (open-source, self-hosted) and Jitsi (open-source, self-hosted). Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet integrate via LTI 1.3 launch and join-log webhook. Recordings attach to the session record automatically for BigBlueButton and Zoom, so learners who missed a live period get access without a manual upload step.

Yes. The parent portal shows classroom attendance, virtual session attendance, homework completion, quiz scores, and current gradebook standing on one screen. Parents receive a weekly digest email covering what was taught in class and what is due online. Guardians can be linked to multiple children, useful for K-12 families with siblings in different grades.

The Community edition is self-hosted, so the institution controls data residency, encryption at rest, and log retention. Enterprise cloud is hosted on AWS or Azure with SOC 2 Type II sub-processors, TLS 1.3 in transit, AES-256 at rest, and configurable data-processing agreements for GDPR. Role-based access controls limit which staff see attendance, grades, and health notes, which is required for FERPA in US K-12 and postsecondary institutions.

A typical rollout for a 5-course pilot on Community edition is 4 to 6 weeks: 1 week for install and data import, 2 weeks to author or migrate SCORM content, 1 week to train teachers on the flipped workflow, and 1 to 2 weeks for a soft launch with one cohort per course. Enterprise cloud customers who do not self-host skip the first week.