Serving up learning programs. (New products: tools for schools).WebCT, www.webct.com, Software/ Service, $5,000 to $29,000 WebCT 3.5 Campus Edition is a tool designed to facilitate the creation of Web-based educational classrooms. WebCT can be integrated with school-wide portals and student information systems. One features is its ability to customize the way the course operates. Text- and image-based icons can link to single pages of content, internal links within the course, external Web links, a WebCT tool (such as the calendar and quiz A quiz is a form of game or mind sport in which the players (as individuals or in teams) attempt to answer questions correctly. Quizzes are also brief assessments used in education and similar fields to measure growth in knowledge, abilities, and/or skills. pages) or a course module. The software doesn't does·n't Contraction of does not. include any advertising from within the course pages. WebCT also features a storage mechanism for holding the course content, internal proprietary e-mail (so a teacher receives all e-mail related to a specific class together), assessment and evaluation tools and a selective release option that allows control over when students can access content. CIRCLE #526 FOR MORE INFORMATION |
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