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Technical sheet: Bazaar 7.10
In this sheet the results of the evaluation are presented in a table format.
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| Functional features | ||||
| Didactics/Learning flow management | No templates are provided to set up courses.
Tutors can define their own skeletons. Alternative/conditional paths
cannot be defined. The system supports learning plans and learner
portfolios. |
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| Tests and assesment | The system offers web authoring functionality
for the generation and modification of tests but tests cannot be
imported. Type of questions that can be employed are: single or
multiple choice questions, terms and/or pictures can be matched and
ordered, cloze tests and image-map questions. There is no functionality
offering skills management. The system cannot generate certificates
after finishing a defined workload. |
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| Media formats/Authoring | Content can be created within the system but
cannot be imported. Supported content data formats are text and html.
Learning objects and courses cannot be imported nor exported. Learning
objects can be categorised and annotated with metadata using standard
formats. User data can be exported but not imported. Main media formats
for applications, audio, images and texts are supported
(embedded in the content frame of the system). |
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| Course monitoring | Online/offline times of courses can be
scheduled in the system. A functionality for courses registration is
provided (learner enrolls for a course, instructor approves
enrollment). There is no functionality for user tracking. |
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| Communication | Synchronous communication is supported by chat. Asynchronous communication is supported by email, internal mail, forum and a collaborative space. External tools for communication cannot be integrated to the system. The system supports RSS/blogging. | |||
| General look and feel of the system | The level of customization of the layout of the
system is high. Users can personalise the system layout. The login page
can be customized. |
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| Permissions handling | Permissions are handled through access control
lists and role based access control. Either
user or group of user can be set the have access to some
resource. The resource can be set to allow everyone or just some
particular
people. Users can be organised into groups very easily. |
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| Other features | It is not possible to use encryption for data
tranfer. There is no functionality to handle payment. Users can
annotate to the learning content but cannot share annotations. Only
English language is supported. The system supports Semantic Web
features. |
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| Maintainability | ||||
| Quality of technical documentation | There is good documentation for developers (in English). | |||
| Scalability | The maximum number of active users of one known installation is more than 5000 users. The maximum number of courses within one known installation is more than 150 courses. It is possible to administrate different clients in one installation. The system can grow horizontally. The system is very reliable. | |||
| Extensibility | There are documented mechanisms for the extension of features in the development process. There is no plug-in concept nor API available. The system is fully developed according to an object-oriented approach. Developers stick to the coding conventions defined for the LMS and they are normally respected in the source code. The quality of the source code of the project is very good. The developer team employs a bug reporting system and a Version Control System. | |||
| Adaptability/standard compliance | The system is fully modularized. It does not support SCORM 1.2, AICC, IMS-QTI and IMS Laerning Design standards. | |||
| Usability | ||||
| User documentation | There is online help and good documentation for users, authors and administrators (in English). | |||
| Generating content | Learning content and tests can be generated and modified easily within the system using web authoring functionalities. | |||
| Level of expertise needed | The level of expertise required for using the program as an administrator, an author, a tutor or an user is low. The system is easy to use. | |||
| Other | Training material besides the 'normal' help can
be obtained for free at
http://klaatu.pc.athabascau.ca/cgi-bin/b7/main.pl. The system
is easy to navigate. The layout of the system can be easily customized
for any organizations look and feel. The permission system is good and
easy to understand. Grading can be done online easily. The system
is compliant with accessibility specifications. There is a
reporting functionality. |
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| Support quality | ||||
| Note | There is no commercial support (implementing,
hosting, etc.) available. The core team provides basic assistance at
responsive time. Answers to a request may take a few hours. |
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| Total cost of ownership | ||||
| Type of users | - | |||
| Financial stability | Since 1999, 5 years of full time programming
and coordination work have been done. The core team is funded. |
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| One time cost | The software requirements of the system are Perl 5 or higher, MySQL 3.22 or higher. The system up and running takes less than 30 min. | |||
| Recurring costs | Advised hours of training for an administrator:
10 h. Advised hours of training for an author: 10 h. Advised hours of training for an tutor: 10 h. Advised hours of training for an user: few minutes |
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2005-02-11 01:47 PM
