1. Class delivery
Ask: can you schedule a recurring class per batch, join it from inside the platform, and find the recording afterwards without anyone uploading it manually?
- Recurring schedule per batch or course
- Live sessions (HTS-LMS uses Zoom) launched from the class page
- Automatic recording capture and filing (HTS-LMS files to Google Drive)
- Recordings gated by enrolment, not by an unlisted link
2. Attendance
Ask: after a term, can you show one student's attendance percentage and the exact sessions they missed, without exporting anything?
- Per-session marking and later correction with an audit trail
- Per-student attendance percentage computed automatically
- Visible to parents, if you want it to be
3. Assessment and marking
Ask: who marks, how does work get to them, and what does the student receive back?
- Assignments and quizzes with in-platform submission
- Scores, written remarks and annotated file returns
- Delegation to teaching or teacher assistants, with capacity limits
- A return deadline measured in days after the due date
4. Fees and money
Ask: what happens automatically when a fee goes unpaid for a week?
- Monthly invoices and receipts per student
- Pending and overdue states tracked without a manual pass
- Automatic reminders before due, after due and on a repeating overdue cadence
- Teacher revenue share and payouts computed from collected fees
- Expense records so the month's numbers are complete
5. Roles, access and privacy
Ask: is a permission enforced in the database, or only hidden in the interface? In HTS-LMS, row-level security means a parent cannot read another child's record and an assistant only opens work explicitly assigned to them, even if they guess a URL.
6. Onboarding and exit
Ask for a time-boxed trial with your own students, and ask what an export looks like on the day you leave. A vendor that cannot answer the second question is a risk regardless of the feature list.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the single most-skipped feature in LMS demos?
- Overdue fee handling. Demos show an invoice being paid; almost none show what the system does on its own when it isn't.
- How long should an LMS evaluation take?
- A week with a trial account is usually enough if you commit to running one real batch through it end to end rather than clicking around sample data.