ATutor

ATutor Capabilities

• willr79
  

  2004-03-23 09:04:05

  ATutor Capabilities

  Can someone please tell me if the ATutor LCMS is capable of the following functions: (A simple yes or no by each bullet would be helpful)
  Scheduling of "brick and mortar" classrooms
  Student capable of uploading submitted work to instructors
  Support for collaboration on student "group" projects
  Ability to track both Web-based and live instructor-led training
  LMS-based e-mail (i.e., no need to exit LMS to communicate)
  Calendars available for scheduling and viewing planned events
  Sharable white board available in virtual classroom
  Import user profiles
  SCORM content can be run "off line" results synched later with main LMS
  Load historical training data from other systems
  Import/export content from other LMSs
  Import/export content from content repositories
  Support for multiple domains (ex.: enabling single point login for use by E-different services)
  Students able to self enroll in courses or Training Officer can enroll them
  Mobile code issues tested and addressed
  Access Control Lists
  PKI this security mechanism should be supported
  Content Security required
  Accepts SCORM 1.1 and 1.2 content
  Output content to a intranet or internet web server
  Authored content exports to HTML
  Direct export of content to a content repository
  Authored SCORM content also runs outside the LMS
  Administrators can register students
  Instructors can register students
  Chat Rooms available
  LMS will support Threaded Discussions
  LMS will support Virtual Conference Rooms
  The LMS will be 508 compliant
  The LMS will support skills and competency tracking
  The LMS will support the ability to define skills or competencies
  The LMS will allow the ability to link competencies with courses
  The LMS will be capable of providing skill gap analysis
  The LMS should utilize either LDAP or Microsoft Directory Services to synchronize users of the LMS with users of the OS.
  Track setup requirements for classroom-based training classes (brick and mortar)
  Each class created automatically creates a discussion group, announcement board
  New curriculum can be added with a wizard
  Direct transfer of developed content to LMS
  Store content developed by 3rd party authoring tools
  Output content to CD ROM
  Plug-ins can be directly obtained from LMS when needed to run content
  Interoperability with content that is not standards-compliant
  Finding and editing existing content
  Developed content can be packaged into a PIF
  Finding/listing available classrooms
  Scheduling classes
  Support for audio

• tim
  

  2004-06-02 23:26:08

  Features.

  I am not affliated to ATutor so my answers are entirely my own and completely incorrect.
  
  E Scheduling of "brick and mortar" classrooms
  I don't think so because there is no calendar.
  
  E Student capable of uploading submitted work to instructors
  
  This will be possible when ACollab comes out in a few days (Jun1 11th 2004). It may be possible now.
  
  E Support for collaboration on student "group" projects
  See above.
  
  E Ability to track both Web-based and live instructor-led training
  
  What do you mean by track?
  
  E LMS-based e-mail (i.e., no need to exit LMS to communicate)
  Yes!
  
  E Calendars available for scheduling and viewing planned events
  No. "Demand will decide" there was someone offering to make one but they disappeared.
  
  E Sharable white board available in virtual classroom
  No, I don't think so.
  
  E Import user profiles
  I don't think so. But it is the sort of thing that can be done quite quickly and depends on where you are importing from.
  
  E SCORM content can be run "off line" results synched later with main LMS
  
  Hmm....This may be posisble using other software that runs SCORM modules but I have not noticed the ability to relink these with ATutor.
  
  E Load historical training data from other systems.
  ....see below.
  
  E Import/export content from other LMSs
  
  Atutor is very standards orientated supporting SCORM and soon/now IMS. But someone on the web tried exporting content from ATutor and then importing it to Black board and failed. THis was probably black board's fault.
  
  E Import/export content from content repositories
  Yes. >>>TILE
  
  E Support for multiple domains (ex.: enabling single point login for use by E-different services)
  Don't know.
  
  E Students able to self enroll in courses or Training Officer can enroll them
  Students can self enrol. And trainling officer can enrol them. But, as mentioned above, I think that this is not a
  E Mobile code issues tested and addressed
  E Access Control Lists
  What?
  E PKI Ethis security mechanism should be supported
  DONt know.
  E Content Security required
  What?
  E Accepts SCORM 1.1 and 1.2 content
  very possibly accepts SCORM
  
  E Output content to a intranet or internet web server
  As scorm.
  
  E Authored content exports to HTML
  Some does. Some is.
  
  E Direct export of content to a content repository
  Yes. I think so.
  
  E Authored SCORM content also runs outside the LMS
  Using a SCORM viewer yes. I believe so.
  
  E Administrators can register students
  Yes.
  
  E Instructors can register students
  Yes
  
  E Chat Rooms available
  Yes, and instant messaging.
  
  E LMS will support Threaded Discussions
  Hmm.... I don't see this.
  
  E LMS will support Virtual Conference Rooms
  What?
  
  E The LMS will be 508 compliant
  Is this about accessability for those with learning difficulties (or preferences)? ATutor is very keen on this sort of compliance. The A of ATutor is partly to imply compliance to accessability standards.
  
  E The LMS will support skills and competency tracking
  There are quizes.
  
  E The LMS will support the ability to define skills or competencies
  Perhaps. Hmm...
  E The LMS will allow the ability to link competencies with courses
  Not sure about this.
  E The LMS will be capable of providing skill gap analysis
  Not sure what this is.
  
  E The LMS should utilize either LDAP or Microsoft Directory Services to synchronize users of the LMS with users of the OS
  No, sadly not.
  .
  E Track setup requirements for classroom-based training classes (brick and mortar)
  Track?
  E Each class created automatically creates a discussion group, announcement board
  Yes.
  
  E New curriculum can be added with a wizard
  Hmm...Maybe not.
  
  E Direct transfer of developed content to LMS
  Yes. Direct import of courses.
  
  E Store content developed by 3rd party authoring tools
  E Output content to CD ROM
  Exported courses could be saved on a CD ROM
  E Plug-ins can be directly obtained from LMS when needed to run content
  ATutor runs in a browser so if the browser can handle the content then yes.
  E Interoperability with content that is not standards-compliant
  Ha! How could anyone do that?
  E Finding and editing existing content
  Yes.
  E Developed content can be packaged into a PIF
  ?How about zip?
  
  E Finding/listing available classrooms
  No.
  
  E Scheduling classes
  no
  
  E Support for audio
  If you browser does.

• tim
  

  2004-06-03 09:28:50

  I was wrong about several points.

  Including
  
  There is a seperate White board software available here that can be integrated in some way.
  
  The calendar is in ACollab that will be intergrated with ATutor very soon.
  
  Tim

• peter
  

  2004-06-03 14:03:46

  Threaded discussion

  Tim,
  
  I learned that "Threaded discussion" is synonymous with "forums" or "newsgroups". Apparently, it is on-line learning lingo.
  
  So, ATutor does have the feature "threaded discussion".
  
  Peter

• tim
  

  2004-06-03 18:36:29

  Sorry, I confused threaded with nested

  Thank you Peer,
  You are probably right. I thought that threaded meant having a nested heirarchy with indents showing which of the posts.
  
  There seems to be a slight lack of concensus on the Internet.
  
  E.g. Here is one person that is (mis?) understanding threaded in the way that I did.
  http://edc.techleaders.org/emerging99b/DATAarchive/structure.htm
  [blue] Threaded means that there is an indented outline of messages so that you can see which messages were posted as responses to previous messages.[/blue]
  
  And here is one which speaks merely of topics on newsgroups.
  http://www.journalism.cf.ac.uk/diponline/meta/new/Feedback/
  [blue] Threaded means that users define new 'topics' and each topic and its replies form a 'thread'.[/blue]
  
  I think that the latter is correct and I am wrong. Threaded means that there are topics.
  
  If this forum is representative then ATutor's forum is threaded but not nested.
  
  Thanks Peer,
  
  Tim

• tim
  

  2004-06-03 18:37:47

  Sorry, Peter, not Peer!

  I am not sure why I called you Peer twice, rather than by your name, Peter.
  Tim

• sonialomb
  

  2004-06-16 04:01:39

  ATutor Capabilities

  I'm new of e-learnig systems and I have to decide a properly content menagment system that allow the following benefict:
  
  - Vitual classroom
  - support for skill Gap Management (Planning of competence and so on)
  - LDAP integration
  - mail server outside aTutor
  - HR legacy system integration
  - Learning Budget Management
  - course satisfaction degree test
  
  Is Atutor the right solution?
  thanks
  Sonia

• timtak
  

  2004-06-16 05:56:49

  From my point of view only

  - Vitual classroom
  What is a virtual classroom? I would say that Atutor could be said to have that capability.
  - support for skill Gap Management (Planning of competence and so on)
  ?
  - LDAP integration
  NOT yet
  - mail server outside aTutor
  Eh? Surely it would be better to have a mail server inside atutor? All systems can have a mail server outside them.
  - HR legacy system integration
  ?
  - Learning Budget Management
  I don't think so.
  - course satisfaction degree test
  Yes, this could be implemented pretty easily.
  
  Tim