Courses should be regularly monitored, assessed and updated to ensure that learning objectives are being achieved. PILL has a number of features which have been designed to help tutors learn more about whether a course is achieving it's objectives - and about the sorts of students which are achieving them. Effectiveness research can be conducted by looking at tracking statistics and comparing these with users' enrolment details. At any one time tutors can see not only how one individual student has progressed but also how a block of students have progressed. PILL allows tutors to control which users are displayed in any tracking statistics display, this provides a very powerful tool for tutors to use in researching the effectiveness of their courses.
PILL allows tutors to ask students to complete a feedback form.
This can be used in conjunction with the enrolment form to gain valuable information about whether certain learning objectives are being achieved. Any course which is available via PILL should have the backup to ensure that materials stay up to date and student feedback can be dealt with. The tutor should set some time aside to analyse the course statistics and decide whether the course objectives are being met. Ideally, though, a budget should be set aside to ensure that this maintenance and quality control work is accomplished. A tutor responsible for a course should be able to deal promptly with any communication from students.