Web courseware can provide instructors with extremely useful and
detailed information about what students do with online materials.
Instructors can use this information to modify the structure, pace,
or content of the course.
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WebCT |
Blackboard |
Prometheus |
| Instructors can view number of hits
per page |
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| Instructors can view date and time
of each student's first and last login |
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| Instructors can view a complete history
of each student's time spent online in the entire course |
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| Instructors can view a graphic breakdown
of the percent of total time online each student has spent on
each page of content |
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| Instructors can view a graphic breakdown
of the percent of total time online each student has spent on
content areas |
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| Instructors can analyze the class by
combinations of information, such as students who logged in
after a certain day and have posted a certain number of articles |
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| Instructors can view how many bulletin
board articles a student has read |
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| Instructors can view how many bulletin
board articles a student has posted |
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| Instructors can view a transcript of
course chat room activity |
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| Student can view own grades |
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| Student can compare own grade to class
summary data |
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