--- Forwarded Message from Sharon Widmayer <[log in to unmask]> --- >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 >References: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ 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 LLTI-Editor wrote: > --- Forwarded Message from Janis Smith <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >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 > > --- Forwarded Message from Carol Copenhagen <[log in to unmask]> --- > > >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 -- Sharon Alayne Widmayer Instructional Designer Center for Instructional Design and Development The George Washington University (202) 994-2785 [log in to unmask] http://www.cidd.gwu.edu http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~swidmaye