Blackboard Unveils Integrated CMS, ePortfolio System
Blackboard Inc. unveiled its education-specific learning
content management and ePortfolio system–the Blackboard
Content System–which it said would lower the costs and
increase the simplicity of managing learning content, digital
assets and ePortfolios in an enterprise learning environment.
The new system includes enhanced features in four areas: learning
content management, ePortfolios, Virtual Hard Drives, and
Library Digital Asset Management.
New Product: WebCT Demos Open Source Portfolio
WebCT demonstrated a new “PowerLink” for WebCT Vista that enables
the transfer of student files from WebCT Vista-powered courses to open source
electronic portfolios. The files can then become part of a permanent personal
record that students can selectively share with peers, professors and employers
over their lifetime. The new feature for WebCT Vista is being developed using
WebCT Vista SDK, with the Open Source Portfolio Initiative, a group advancing
the use of e-portfolios. OSPI's founding partners include experts from the University
of Minnesota and the University of Delaware and the r-smart group.
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eCollege Integrates Course, Content Management Systems
eCollege plans to launch a unified Course and Content Management
System to help universities manage course content across their
entire institution. The system will help schools centrally manage,
standardize and reuse large volumes of content across multiple programs,
courses and sections. This simplifies the administration process and adds
value by creating rich institutional content. eCollege has a multi-phase
plan for content management development, with the first phase scheduled
for release in 2004, and the second phase scheduled for 2005.
Blackboard, RealNetworks Wed Streaming Media, eLearning
Blackboard Inc., and Internet media company RealNetwork, have
formed a partnership to provide its users the ability to access digital
audio and video. RealNetworks will leverage Blackboard’s Building
Blocks open architecture program to integrate the RealNetworks
Helix Universal Server technology and the Blackboard Learning
System. The integrated system will enable seamless delivery of
digital audio and video throughout the CMS system.
WebCT Pledges Expanded Technical Support to Users
WebCT said it will expand its technical support program to provide every customer
in the world live support from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. their local time, five days
a week. the CMS vendor said it believes that as more users rely on the eLearning
system as part of their learning experience, ensuring maximum uptime is critical.
Assessment Firm Teams with Electronic Portfolio Company
ePortaro, Inc, an electronic portfolio vendor, and assessment
software firm Questionmark, announced a partnership to integrate
Questionmark Perception testing and assessment software with Folio
by ePortaro. The integration will be built by ePortaro and enable
ePortaro clients to tap Perception evaluation and assessment tools as a
part of their electronic portfolio environment. Faculty and other
evaluators will be able to provide student assessments and post these to
portfolios for review by third parties of the students' choosing. Further,
students and instructors will be able to easily post the results of
Perception tests and assessments to any of their portfolios.
Syllabus Radio: Selecting a CMS
Kathy Christoph explains how the University of Wisconsin
selected a new course management system, through an in-depth
study of campus requirements and user input, and a rigorous
evaluation of potential CMS vendors.
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