Lms Evaluation Tool User Guide

LMS Evaluation Tool User
Guide
August 2004

CC-BY-SA
3waynet Inc. and the Commonwealth of Learning

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Table of Contents
1.

Introduction..............................................................................................................................1

2.

General Overview....................................................................................................................2
2.1
General Guidelines ..........................................................................................................2
2.2
System Requirements.......................................................................................................2

3.

LMS Tool Overview................................................................................................................3
3.1
LMS Registry...................................................................................................................3
3.2
Criteria .............................................................................................................................4
3.2.1
Cost ofOwnership ...................................................................................................4
3.2.2
Maintainability and Ease of Maintenance ...............................................................4
3.2.3
Usability, Ease of Use, and User documentation.....................................................5
3.2.4
User Adoption/ VendorProfile................................................................................5
3.2.5
Openness ..................................................................................................................5
3.2.6
Standards Compliancy .............................................................................................5
3.2.7
IntegrationCapacity.................................................................................................6
3.2.8
Learning Object Metadata Integration.....................................................................6
3.2.9
Reliability & Effectiveness......................................................................................6
3.2.10
Scalability................................................................................................................6
3.2.11
Security ....................................................................................................................6
3.2.12
Hardware and Software Considerations ..................................................................7
3.2.13
MultilingualSupport................................................................................................7
3.3
Features ............................................................................................................................7
3.3.1
Administration .........................................................................................................7
3.3.2
Security....................................................................................................................8
3.3.3
Access ......................................................................................................................8
3.3.4
Integration with other systems.................................................................................8
3.3.5
Course Design, Development and Integration .........................................................93.3.6
Course Monitoring ...................................................................................................9
3.3.7
Assessment Design ..................................................................................................9
3.3.8
Online Collaboration and Communications ..........................................................10
3.3.9
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