--- Forwarded Message from Carly Born <[log in to unmask]> ---

>Date: Mon, 26 Nov 2001 16:11:32 -0600
>From: Carly Born <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: #6397.13 Course Management Technology(!)
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>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum    <[log in to unmask]>
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Perhaps the newest versions of FirstClass are better, but I haven't had
great experiences with it at my previous institution.  The Japanese client
was dropped and unsupported shortly after the institution purchased the
system, and there are no clients for Chinese or Korean.  Without localized
clients, we were unable to share two-byte messages across platforms.

Just thought I'd throw in my two cents.  It would be good to hear that
improvements have been made.

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Carly J. Born
Academic Computing Coordinator
Literature & Foreign Languages
Carleton College
507-646-7010
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On 11/26/01 3:33 PM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> --- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] (Kathleen March) ---
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>> From: [log in to unmask] (Kathleen March)
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 18:43:10 -0700
>> Subject: Re: #6397.12 Course Management Technology(!)
>> References: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Organization: University of Maine
> 
> I have just seen a demonstration of what FirstClass etc. can do.  I
> have used WebCt and Blackboard, and at UMaine we are about 85% users of
> FirstClass for e mail.  FC is outstanding - the new possibilities for
> course management are exciting for languages.  After leaving WebCT for
> the friendlier Blackboard, I'm definitely going to switch to FirstClass
> with its enhanced capabilities, including recording of voices and
> unified messaging system.
> 
> Kathleen March
> 
> --
> Kathleen March
> Professor of Spanish; Director, Critical Languages Program
> Dept. Modern Languages & Classics, University of Maine, Orono ME 04469
> tel.: 207-581-2088; fax: 207-581-1832