Articles about E-Learning Course Management
UF Adopts Sakai to be New E-Learning System
After an 8-month evaluation process, the University of Florida has selected the open source Sakai course management system to be the new course management system. By choosing an open source system, UF joins a growing trend among colleges and universities. More »
UF Adopts Sakai to be New E-Learning System
After an 8-month evaluation process, the University of Florida has selected the open source Sakai course management system to be the new course management system. By choosing an open source system, UF joins a growing trend among colleges and universities. More »
Course Management System Review Committee
In July, Blackboard, Inc., the vendor for our centrally-supported course management system (CMS), announced that support for that system was being discontinued and that all current users would have to migrate to a new product which has yet to be released. In response, Fedro Zazueta, Director of the Office of Academic Technology, has convened a faculty-based multi-disciplinary committee to review the current state of the University course management system; to evaluate available alternatives, including open source; and to make a recommendation for the future regarding whether UF should continue with the current vendor or whether another product might better meet UF needs. More »
E-Learning Update
During the Spring term, the UF Office of Audit and Compliance did a security audit of the E-Learning System. Because of the critical importance of E-Learning to the University community, such audits are performed every two to three years (the last audit was in 2005). More »
On-Campus Option for Online Testing
University of Florida faculty may be interested in the newest addition to Academic Technology’s Computer Labs: 86 computers for online testing using the E-Learning course management system are now available! More »
In the CITT Tools & Techniques Toolbox: Peer Review
Peer Grading is a feature of E-learning that allows students to peer-evaluate discussion posts. While only discussion posts can be evaluated, the content in the discussion posts are not limited. They can contain reports, journals, articles, reflections, and so on.
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Introducing Elluminate!
Elluminate is a service that provides online chat/conversation using text and voice. Video interaction can also be integrated. As such, it creates a synchronous, interactive “virtual classroom” for lectures, discussions, and collaboration. More »
Create Quick Interactive Study Tools
Templates can help to quickly create study aids to assist students in review and test preparation. Respondus and Study Mate create interactions that are uploaded to an E-Learning course shell. The Adobe Flash quiz template creates a customizable self-test for use in a regular website or within E-Learning.
E-Learning Upgrade
The new E-Learning system finally launched on August 17th, 2007 for the Fall term, after months of behind-the-scenes hard labor. This project was completed in record time, and under budget, as the result of effective collaboration between support units in AT, CNS and the Blackboard Company. More »