anyone using TopClass systems? and sharing ULMs?
James Salsman
james at bovik.org
Tue Jan 6 16:31:58 EST 1998
I'd like to hear from anyone who has been using the TopClass
web-based instructional courseware product from WBT Systems,
and in particular, what kind of a "library" of TopClass units of
learning material (ULMs) are made available at your institution?
Of particular interest to me is whether ULMs are shared between
institutions, and how that is handled; e.g., are they shared by
means of commercial transactions or is the process more like
interlibrary loan?
TopClass is described at http://www.wbtsystems.com/intro/index.html
-- that name seems to be resolving poorly at some sites; if it
doesn't work, try: http://208.204.2.10/intro/index.html
Other relevant URLs:
http://www.wbtsystems.com/showcase/index.html -- testimonials
http://www.wbtsystems.com/news/index.html -- press reviews
http://www.wbtsystems.com/download/whitepaper.pdf -- 15-page description
They also sent me this document describing their 2.0 product
release, due out in February, which looks really excellent:
ftp://ftp.bovik.org/topclass-2.txt
I also put the Instructors' and Administrators' Guides which are
distributed with the free, four-user version of TopClass in my
anonymous FTP directory -- ftp.bovik.org/topclass_*.pdf
Sincere regards,
:James Salsman
P.S. I have no financial or contractual interest in WBT Systems.
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