Hawkes Learning Systems

The Web Course Management System (WebCMS) is an automated gradebook that effortlessly records students’ homework from the Hawkes Learning Systems (HLS) courseware. Tests that you create and give using WebTest are also recorded into WebCMS. WebCMS allows you to monitor students’ progress in the HLS courseware. WebCMS is an automated gradebook which is set up and maintained on our servers, making it accessible to you and your students from any computer with an internet connection. Upon completing an assignment, students receive a certification code that they register on their “progress report” website for instant entry in your gradebook. WebCMS can be used as your primary course gradebook, accepting scores from tests, quizzes and other assignments, along with tests and quizzes created using our web-based testing system, WebTest. Valuable time-on-task information and class summary reports that help you keep track of your students’ performance are also provided in WebCMS. WebCMS gives you the control to customize all of your courses, whether they are lecture-driven, distance-learning or self paced.

There are only two things you need to do to reap the benefits of WebCMS! With WebCMS you can set due dates, assess late penalties and motivate your students by assigning credit to whichever HLS homework “certifications” you choose.

1. Assign homework “certifications” from HLS. At the beginning of, or throughout the term, establish due dates for homework that you would like to assign from HLS. Then, as your students certify (complete their homework) in the assigned HLS modules, have them register their certification code on their “progress report” website for credit.

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2. Motivate your students to complete their HLS homework and reward them appropriately. We recommend allotting a significant part of the students’ total grade to the HLS homework that you assign. This not only provides motivation and incentive for students to complete their homework assignments, but also gives them a nice reward. Students realize that they can improve their grade significantly by doing their homework and that it will be difficult to pass the course without doing so.