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>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:16:09 -0500
>From: Sharon Widmayer <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6397.2 Course Management Technology (!)
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
>Organization: The George Washington University
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Both WebCT and Prometheus support some other languages.  Off hand, I don't know all the details, but I do know
that someone in our office was able to create things in Prometheus using non-Roman alphabets, such as Hebrew.
Prometheus supports Chinese, Japanese, and Cyrillic as well.

- Sharon

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> --- Forwarded Message from Janis Smith <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >From: Janis Smith <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"     <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: RE: #6397 Course Management Technology
> >Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2001 09:27:27 -0500
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> Carol, We have been using Blackboard this year and I am very disappointed by
> the fact that it does not use Unicode in its programming.  This means that
> it does not support non- roman languages in its functionality.  You can
> attach a document and cut and paste in some areas of content, but on the
> whole it does not support non- roman character sets.  It also means that the
> chat and discussion threads (a very useful and interesting feature for
> language learning) is impossible with non-roman fonts. I'm curious about
> Prometheus and WebCT with this.
>
> Janis Smith
> Director, Becker Language Lab/Media Center
> Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: LLTI-Editor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thu, November 15, 2001 2:42 PM
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> Subject: #6397 Course Management Technology
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> --- Forwarded Message from Carol Copenhagen <[log in to unmask]> ---
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> >Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 12:41:39 -0800
> >From: Carol Copenhagen <[log in to unmask]>
> >Organization: Saint Mary's College of California
> >To: LLTI <[log in to unmask]>
> >Subject: Course Management Technology
>
> Dear Friends - Our college is planning to change its course management
> technology from Web Course in a Box to either - WebCt, Prometheus or
> Blackboard.  I attended a session on this at our conference in Houston
> this summer but only took away an uneasy feeling about WebCt and a page
> of oddly indecipherable notes.  I'm wondering if any of these systems
> has particularly fine applications for language teaching????  Any
> warnings or recommendations you could pass along????
> Thanks,
>
> Carol Copenhagen
> Associate Professor of Spanish and Language Coordinator
> Saint Mary's College
> Moraga, Ca.  94575
> Tel:  925 631-4044

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Sharon Alayne Widmayer
Instructional Designer
Center for Instructional Design and Development
The George Washington University
(202) 994-2785
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