Category Archives: learning management systems

New Blackboard Tool Connects With Google’s Free E-Mail and Applications

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A new Blackboard tool lets campuses connect the company’s course-management system to Google’s free e-mail and document-sharing services.
The connecting tool, which was developed by Northwestern University, is now available to other campuses as a “Building Block” plug-in for Blackboard. It allows students to access Google Apps within the Blackboard platform, meaning they don’t have to [...]

Could Google Wave Replace Course-Management Systems?

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Google argues that its new Google Wave system could replace e-mail by blending instant messaging, wikis, and image and document sharing into one seamless communication interface. But some college professors and administrators are more excited about Wave’s potential to be a course-management-system killer.
“Just from the initial look I think it will have all the features [...]

Blackboard Announces Free Tool to Interconnect Its Software With Moodle, an Open-Source Competitor

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Blackboard has taken another step toward making the next version of its course-management system work alongside open-source competitors. The company announced today that it is working with Iowa State University to create a software plug-in for the company’s course-management system so that it can integrate with Moodle, a popular open-source alternative. The move comes just [...]

Relaunch of Sakaiproject.Org

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The Sakai project web site has been relaunched (Sakai is an open source learning management system). “In addition to being a big improvement over the previous site, the new site is built on Sakai itself (2.5.x).” Michael Korcuska, Sakai Blog, September 16, 2008.
source: Stephen’s web

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