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Product Facts
Product facts and a brief background.
| WebCT |
| Founded |
In 1995, Murray Goldberg, faculty member at the
University of British Columbia, developed WebCT
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In 1999, Universal Learning Technologies purchased WebCT,
and changed its company name to WebCT. |
Current version
(used in comparison) |
3.5 |
| Requires |
Netscape 3
Internet Explorer 4 or better |
| In use at |
Over 1700
institutions in over 40 countries |
| Largest user |
University
of Georgia with 1,150 courses used by 32,117 students (August
1999). |
| Blackboard |
| Founded |
In 1997, graduate students at Cornell University
developed CourseInfo.
Blackboard.com
now owns CourseInfo, and changed the name of the product with
version 5. |
Current version
(used in comparison) |
5 |
| Requires |
Netscape 4
Internet Explorer 4 or better |
| In use at |
Over 1600
institutions |
| Largest user |
Boston
University is among the largest, with 896 courses used by
18,881 users (March 2001). |
| Prometheus |
| Founded |
In 1997, George Washington University began developing
Prometheus.
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Current version
(used in comparison) |
4.1 |
| Requires |
Netscape 4
Internet Explorer 4 or better |
| In use at |
Over 30 institutions |
| Largest user |
George
Washington University, with about 1,000 courses used by
over 9,000 users |
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