--- 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 ------------------ 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 ------------ Sarah Lohnes Technical Instruction and Support Specialist Center for Educational Technology Middlebury College Middlebury, VT 05753 phone: 802.443.2149 fax: 802.443.2053 email: [log in to unmask] web: http://cet.middlebury.edu > ---------- > 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]> --- > > >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 > >