Product facts and a brief background.
| |
WebCT |
CourseInfo |
| Founded |
In 1995, Murray Goldberg, faculty member at the
University of British Columbia, developed WebCT.
In 1999, Universal Learning
Technologies purchased WebCT. |
In 1997, graduate students at Cornell University
developed CourseInfo.
Blackboard.com now owns
CourseInfo. |
Current version
(used in comparison) |
1.3.1 |
2.1 |
| Requires |
Netscape 3
Internet Explorer 4
or better |
Netscape 4
Internet Explorer 4
or better |
| In use at |
Over 800
institutions in over 40 countries |
Over 1600
institutions |
| Largest user |
Georgia, ,
with 1,150 courses used by 32,117 students (August 1999). |
Pittsburgh,
with about 400 courses (August 1999). |
