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addition to institutional LMS, the faculty members can also use open source educational software

MOODLE, which is customized specifically for VIT’s teaching-learning infrastructure
management and administration. Evaluation of student performance under various parameters over

an extended period of time in the semester is being carried out through V-TOP. From time to time,

the V-TOP is upgraded whenever need is felt for the infusion of a fresh set of globally accepted
and proven instructional practices and technologies. The LMS platform is customized with a set of

features that facilitates optimization of services, such as: user management, course management,
on-line editing, data storage and access, visual analytics, academic tracking, accountability,

session participation, attendance, mark assessments, tutorials, project evaluation, collaborative

study, blogs and forums, and assessment of the performance. All class rooms are equipped with
LCD, Wi-Fi and Smart Board. Each school has a dedicated smart class room with Lecture

Capturing System (LCS). VIT has a vast collection of online resources; faculty and students can
use the digital library software called VIT e-Gateway, which comprises of full text databases, e-

journals and e-books like, Sciencedirect, Springer, IEEE, RCS, INDIA STAT, EBSCO,
NATURE, Taylor and Francis etc. It also contains electronic thesis data bases like ProQuest. VIT

has developed a mobile application of the library called MyLoft. The institute has also developed

a new feature, V-PROPEL, a Virtual Programming Lab (VPL), which automatically validates
source codes written in various programming languages. It supports more than 25 programming

languages and scripts. From 2017 onwards, VIT has added more than 3000 lectures captured using
Lecture capturing system installed in Smart Class rooms. More than 60 full courses have been

captured so that they can be used by the students for their revision as and when they want. The

institute strives towards becoming the epitome of excellence in the field of online education and
allied areas. To facilitate these objectives, VITOL (VIT On Line learning institute) equipped with

world-class virtual studio was inaugurated in 2019, with an objective to provide MOOC courses
with exceptional learning experience through cutting edge technologies by the subject experts.

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