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| Product Name | Eledge 3.1 |
|---|---|
| Developer Name | Chuck Wright |
| URL | Eledge 1.2 |
| Review Date | November 11, 2003 |
| Forums | Eledge 3.1 Discussions |
| Reviewer | Email Review Staff |
| Communication Tools | |
| Discussion Forums |
The software includes support for discussion forums. Discussions can be viewed by thread. Discuss |
| File Exchange |
Students can submit assignments using drop boxes. Discuss |
| Internal Email |
Students must have an external Internet email address. Students use a searchable address book to email individuals. Discuss |
| Online Journal/Notes |
Students can make notes in a personal journal and may share them with their instructor. Discuss |
| Real-time Chat | |
| Video Services | |
| Whiteboard | |
| Productivity Tools | |
| Bookmarks | |
| Orientation/Help |
The system includes an FAQ page that provides guidance on account creation, password recovery, and system navigation. Discuss |
| Searching Within Course | |
| Calendar/Progress Review |
Instructors can post events and announcements in the online course calendar. Students can view their grades. Discuss |
| Work Offline/Synchronize | |
| Student Involvement Tools | |
| Groupwork | |
| Self-assessment |
Instructors can create timed or un-timed self-assessments. The system automatically scores multiple choice, true/false, and multiple answer type questions and can display instructor-created feedback. Instructors can create a database of questions that the system will randomize to create a unique self-assessment for each student. Discuss |
| Student Community Building | |
| Student Portfolios |
Students may have portfolios such as personal homepages or areas in which to showcase their work in a course. Discuss |
| Administration Tools | |
| Authentication |
Administrators can protect access to individual courses with a username and password. The system has a password reminder option and students can maintain their own passwords. Discuss |
| Course Authorization | |
| Registration Integration |
Instructors can add students to a course or students can self-register. Discuss |
| Hosted Services | |
| Course Delivery Tools | |
| Course Management |
Instructors can selectively release materials based on specific start and end dates. Instructors can personalize access to specific course materials based on group membership. Discuss |
| Instructor Helpdesk | |
| Online Grading Tools |
Instructors can mark essays online. Instructors can provide feedback on all assignments. Instructors can manually edit all grades. Instructors can create a comma-delimited version of the gradebook for export to an external spreadsheet program. Discuss |
| Student Tracking | |
| Automated Testing and Scoring |
Instructors can create automatically scored true/false, multiple choice and multiple answer questions. Instructors can create fill-in-the-blank, and matching questions. Instructors can also set a time limit on a test. The system can randomize the questions in a test. Discuss |
| Curriculum Design | |
| Accessibility Compliance | |
| Course Templates | |
| Curriculum Management | |
| Customized Look and Feel | |
| Instructional Standards Compliance | |
| Instructional Design Tools | |
| Content Sharing/Reuse | |
| Hardware/Software | |
| Client Browser Required |
The software supports Internet Explorer 4+, Netscape 4+. Discuss |
| Database Requirements |
The system requires a MySQL database. Discuss |
| Server Software |
The software requires a Java servlet engine and web server software such as Tomcat or Apache. Discuss |
| UNIX Server |
The software is available for most variants of Unix. Discuss |
| Windows Server |
The software is available for operating systems that include a Java servlet engine. Discuss |
| Pricing/Licensing | |
| Company Profile |
Eledge was developed by Professor Chuck Wight of the University of Utah and distributed freely under the open source GPL GNU license starting in 2001. A fledgling development community is hosted on the sourceforge.net collaboration site. Discuss |
| Costs |
The software is free and distributed under the GNU Public License. Discuss |
| Open Source |
The software is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Discuss |
| Optional Extras |
The system now supports internationalization and is available in Spanish. Discuss |
| Software Version |
The current software version number is 3.1. Discuss |
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