Using Facebook as an LMS (Learning Management System) (Coursera)

Using Facebook as an LMS (Learning Management System) (Coursera)

This guided project is made to help teachers/instructors to create a Facebook group and use it as a simple, easy to use and functional learning platform for their classes, from A to Z.
During this course, you will learn how to fully exploit the possibilities and tools offered by the social media Facebook in a teaching/learning context.

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Among the learning content, you will find: creation of interactive posts with content for your assessments and class communication; use of the video-call as a live class tool; schedule of exams, assessments and posts and finally creation of a survey to improve the platform and fix the eventual issues.
This Guided Project was created by a Coursera community member.
In this Guided Project, you will:

  • Create and manage a learning platform using Facebook.

Learn step-by-step:

  1. Creation of a class group.
  2. Creation of an event for your synchronous classes.
  3. Creation of a post with messages, contents, documents...
  4. Examplification of an assessment or an activity, and show your online presence.
  5. Schedule and post of an exam
  6. Creation of a survey to help fixing the issues and improve the learning platform.
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