On Tue, Aug 31, 2010 at 7:21 PM, Michael Shadle <mike503@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Yes, there is Moodle. > > However, upon installing it, I found the admin UI to be extremely > gaudy, counter-intuitive, and requires it's own learning system just > to get it right (ha ha) > > Does anyone know of any other options out there? > > Obviously, open source is best, I'd even take some reasonably priced > options though that allow for some extensibility. > > There should be the following capabilities: > > - Learning tracks - groups of courses/modules > - Modules or courses - pages of content, videos, whatever, with or > without quizzes and related test-like activities > - Reporting / metrics - scores for individuals, groups > - User authentication (obviously) - bonus if external authentication > or some way to hook into external user auth > - Not extremely hard to theme or customize the look > - Users should be able to resume where they left off in courses > - Mobile support (or some way it can be themed or made very usable for > mobile devices, mainly iDevices) > - Questions and answers can be randomized, allow for $x retakes, > explain why their answer is wrong (or at least a reference to a URL) > - Questions can be multiple choice, single choice, short answer, etc. > > It should be easy for an end user to take tests and move through > courses, the course could just be a test - it doesn't necessarily need > to be pages of content and such. It should be easy for "teachers" or > course editors to be able to modify content and test questions and > such. I develop web apps for a living (and have taken hundreds of > online tests), and Moodle took me a few trial and errors before I > figured out how to associate an answer to a question and then a > question to a module, etc. - it also has so many options, it's hard to > predict how your course will actually come out in the end. > > I'm open to suggestions about decently developed/supported modules for > systems like Drupal as well. > > Thanks! > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Our company built one on top of wordpress. You can easily build most of it with stock plugins and it has UIs for idevices...worth considering -- Bastien Cat, the other other white meat -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
