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--- Forwarded Message from "Lohnes, Sarah" <[log in to unmask]> ---

>From: "Lohnes, Sarah" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "'Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum'"     <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RE: #6397.2 Course Management Technology (!)
>Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2001 10:59:25 -0500

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Hi all,

Prometheus does support non-roman fonts in the content areas and in the
threaded discussion.  It does not, however, support non-roman fonts in the
chat, which is a Shockwave app.  The chat also doesn't support diacritcs.

hth,

Sarah

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Sarah Lohnes
Technical Instruction and Support Specialist
Center for Educational Technology
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753

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> From:         LLTI-Editor
> Reply To:     Language Learning and Technology International Information
> Forum
> Sent:         Monday, November 19, 2001 8:49 AM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: #6397.2 Course Management Technology (!)
> 
> --- 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
> 
> ------------------
> 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
> [log in to unmask]
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: LLTI-Editor [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thu, November 15, 2001 2:42 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> 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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