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Technical sheet |
Evaluation date:
2004/12 |
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| Functional features |
| Didactics/Learning flow management |
At the moment, learning paths are not available and
it's not possible to implement learning activities. |
| Tests and assessment |
The Test&Assessment tool is very easy to use and
allows the creation of single choice questions and multiple choice
questions. Unfortunately there is not yet import functionality |
| Media formats/Authoring |
The only way to create content is to use the
application authoring tools |
| Course monitoring |
Course support is very simple: users can subscribe to
courses. No other facility is offered about courses. |
| Communication |
Asynchronous communication is allowed through forums.
No tool for synchronous communication is available. |
| General look and feel of the system |
No customization of layout is possible |
| Permissions handling |
A specific installation is required for each course,
so access to one specific course is granted through access to the
application. |
| Other features |
No other feature is available |
| Maintainability |
| Quality of technical documentation |
No developer documentation is available |
| Scalability |
The system is not very popular, it is mostly used in
University of Utah, where it was created |
| Extensibility |
The code is OK, but no extension architecture
(plug-in system, documented API) is available. No specific system is
provided to manage bug reports or user requirements. No public
version management system is available. 3 stable versions were
released. |
| Adaptability/standard compliance |
The system supports no standard. |
| Usability |
| User documentation |
Documentation (for users and authors) is only in
English and is quite poor. However, there is a quite efficient online
help. |
| Generating content |
The creation of content with the builtin tools is
quite difficult, but the creation of tests is easy and efficient. |
| Level of expertise needed |
The system is very easy to use and to manage for
administrator, but the use by tutor/instructor is not that easy. On
the other hand, end users can use it easily. |
| Other |
There's no easy way to customize the system and no
accessibility standard is supported. |
| Support quality |
| Note |
No specific system to handle support is provided. The
only way to get some is to contact project leader: wight@chem.utah.edu |
| Total cost of ownership |
| Type of users |
The system is mostly used in universities. |
| Financial stability |
The team has 8 members; the project exists since
2001. |
| One time cost |
There are no special hardware needs. The installation
is quite long since the files need to be edited befor the system can
be used. |
| Recurring costs |
Periodical activities are those commonly required to
administer a java web application. |
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