MEDIA DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION BASED ON LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) AT NURUL HIDAYA ISLAMIC BOARDING SCHOOL, CIJERUK-BOGOR

Abstract

This paper identified two main problems at Nurul Hidayah Islamic Boarding School (Pondok Pesantren). First, the school has limited access to learning materials and relies on printed books. Learning assessment there are conducted conventionally through face to face by giving memorization test. Students (called Santri) have to take a written test every six months. Second, the existence of the Pondok Pesantren Nurul Hidayah is less know. Their promotional activities only carried out by word-of-mouth. This community service activity (PKM) proposed a solution to address those problems. To improve learning process at Pondok Pesantren, PKM developed a Learning Management System (LMS). To improve its visibility, it installed a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) on the LMS website. This PKM uses the Participatory Action Research (PAR) method, consisting of several stages: problem identification at the Ponpes (to know); problem analysis (to understand); activity planning (to plan); LMS development; administrator training (to act); and evaluation (to change). As an outcome, PKM in Pondok Pesantren Nurul Hidayah has established an LMS structure for online learning. Their teachers (called Ustad and Ustadzah) have been trained for LMS usage. SEO adjustment have been installed to increase their visibility in search engines.