AQUA is a Learner Management Information System created for recording learner enrolment details in a fast, accurate, fully validated format. This data capture facility enables a smooth transition from data input to producing an Individual Learner Record (ILR) in compliance with the Local Learning and Skills Council s (LSC) stringent requirements.
AQUA is written and used by Birmingham City Council, the largest Local Education Authority in the UK. It is also used by 80 other Local Education Authorities and External Institutions, supporting 250 users and responsible for attracting approximately £70 million pounds in funding from the Government for FE provision alone.
Due to the complexity of the requirements for funding to LEAs, for both Further Education and Adult Community Learning, Birmingham is in a unique position as a Software Supplier, of understanding the full requirements of its core business, and using the software to produce its own fully validated funding returns.
Monitoring student numbers, offering viable courses, maximising funding allocations, are all possible with AQUA. Learner Management Information Systems are not all about LSC funding requirements, but also about Best Value, Self Assessment and Performance Management around such items as Retention and Achievement, and a host of other business requirements. Standard reports within the system already cover all of the above, including the ILR, Performance Indicator Reports and the AE1/AE2.
BENEFITS OF USING AQUA
As requirements change on a yearly basis for receiving Government funding, you can be guaranteed AQUA will be ready and able to meet those needs.
ARE YOU READY?
AQUA PRODUCTS:
Quick data entry system enabling inexperienced, untrained staff to enter learner details into the main learner database..
WEB ENABLED REGISTRATION AND ENROLMENT
Learners with access to the internet who are interested in finding out more information about a course, or reserving a place, can do so quickly and easily in the knowledge that they are viewing up to date information.
CRITIAL CODES!
The Learning Aim Viewer has been designed with an easy to use search option which promises to find any qualification aim code listed in the Learning Aims Database.
MULTIMEDIA SELF ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Which Learning Path provides examples for students to indicate their current understanding and directs them to the software resource most likely to meet their needs in improving their literacy and numeracy skills.
SPELLING FOR ADULTS
A multi-media CD-ROM developed in Partnership with CTAD and Birmingham Core Skills Development Partnership. It is aimed at spellings for adults.
COLLECTING DATA FROM ALL DATA SOURCES!
The AQUA Filter enables Local Education Authorities to collect data from their partner colleges, indiscriminately of which MIS is being used at the colleges.
ALL EMPLOYEE DETAILS AVAILABLE
Additional AQUA module for recording all employee details including, contracts, qualifications, training, assessments and observations.
RECORDING LEARNER ATTENDANCE ELECTRONICALLY
The digital register works together with AQUA to enable electronic capture of learner attendance information in the classroom and automatic updating of the AQUA system for attendance recording reports.
CAPTURING ENROLMENT DETAILS ELECTRONICALLY
A way of enrolling learners on hand-held computers and automatically updating the AQUA MIS system.
RESOURCES ON-LINE!
Hold your teaching resources on-line, giving access for your learners to download their materials and work from anywhere. Manage the whole process through your Managed Learning Environment.
WHATEVER YOUR REQUIREMENTS!
Support Services are available for Technical, Business and Software Support, as well as Software Development requests.
