Welcome to the

Presentation of Challengers

Group Members Nazmul Hasan (ID:102-25-164)

Instructor, Computer Department

Bangladesh Skill Development Institute (BSDI)  Chowdhury Tanvir Jalil (ID:092-25-129) I was involved in the implementation of a banking

software in our bank. After implementation i am involved in bug testing, maintenance and support of Banking Software and Automated Banking Services.

Haider Ali(ID:101-25-154 ) Right now doing M.sc in CSE , Willing to build up

career in networking, Like to move around and have chat with friends.

Md.Ashraful Hoque(ID:101-25-153) My Strength is HTML, Excel, Photoshop, Dream

Weaver and SQL.I am weak in PHP, Dot net. In future I would like to learn programming on those plat forms .I do not know well about different types of other programming languages.

Strength: Eager to learn about new technologiesWeakness: No expert coder in our group.Opportunity : With proper guidelines our team members will be able to show their talentsThreats: Communication gap among the group members

Jim Morgan - Mitten Software - www.mittensoftware.com 3

Introduction The learning process needs mechanism to present the

knowledge from different resources, interact with it and share it with others. eLearning is becoming an important tool to support the learning system to achieve its goals. It is becoming an important part of the learning system in our society. The majority of the universities adopted eLearning within its learning system.

The eLearning is the use of new multimedia technologies

and the Internet to improve the quality of learning by facilitating access to resources and services as well as remote exchanges and collaboration. The eLearning is based on special purpose information system called LMS- Learning Management System. eLearning is not intended to replace face-to-face classroom training but it can be used to enhance the traditional training.

Why we choose Moodle

WebCTWebCT is not open source and free.The big disadvantage of WebCT is its lack of

userfriendliness. It has a confusing interface that looks very complex. Seems not to follow open source development

methodology as much as we do: no open meetings, no meeting minutes, no public roadmap... development seems slower too, that's probably no coincidence.

Caroline The software architecture of Claroline is modular, but

this is not so well documented. Thus, extendibility may be possible, but difficult due to documentation problems.

Claroline had no user model or adaptation features.

Why we choose Moodle

Black BoardIt is not free software and open source.A bit more mouseclicks to achieve anything Blackboard suffers a bit from having a

"corporatesque" feeling. The teacher interface is strangely complicated

(compare this with our teacher view / student view switch!).

Their multi-language versions lag behind the American English one.

It uses frames everywhere, which is not good from a web dev / standards point of view.

MoodleName: Moodle Version: 1.1.1, Last release: 10th Sep.2003 Link: http://moodle.org/. Source: Moodle.com©Company by the developer Martin Dougiamas. License: is available as OSS GNU General Public License.Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning

Environment) is one of a LMS (CMS) for producing Internet-based course Web sites. It has been designed to support modern pedagogies based on

social constructionist theory, and includes activity modules such as forums, resources, journals, quizzes etc.

It is runs without modification on UNIX, Linux, Windows, and supports MySQL.

Moodle FeaturesSuitable for 100% online classes as well as supplementing

face-to-face learning.Simple, lightweight, efficient, compatible, low-tech browser

interface.Easy to install on almost any platform that supports PHP.

Requires only one database.Course listing shows descriptions for every course on the

server, including accessibility to guests.Courses can be categorised (allows a choice of 3 course

formats) and can be searched.Emphasis on strong security throughout. Forms are all

checked, data validated, cookies encrypted etc.Most text entry areas can be edited using an embedded

WYSIWYG HTML editor.Moodle is based on PHP and MYSQL (both are OSS).Easily upload course resource, or link to other websites, and

will track.

Moodle Features

Discussion forums Internal email Online journal and notes Real time chat Calendar Help Search within course Self assessment Student portfolios Authentication Course authorization Hosted Services Registration integration Automated Testing and

scoring Course Management

Moodle Features (continued)Instructor helpdeskOnline grading toolsStudent trackingAccessibility complianceCourse templatesCustomized look and feelInstructional design toolsInstructional standards complianceClient browser requiredDatabase requirementsUnix ServerWindows Server

Conclusion eLearning is a new tool introduced to enhance

the traditional learning system; it is becoming an integral part of the learning tools used by every school, business, colleges, and universities. The core of eLearning solutions are LMS or CMS (course management systems), which help the universities automating the managing of learning events. Some of LMS are commercial Software, while others are free Open Source LMS . The universities give more attention for OS-LMS packages, which they are becoming interested part of the eLearning landscape and they are competing with packages of commercial Software.

Referenceshttp://moodle.orgwww.webct.comwww.blackboard.comwww.claroline.net

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