Category: Blackboard Vista


  • Some quotes from an article in the NYT on cheating. This recently came up on a WebCT Users list (usually at least once every year). Maybe the timing is right because the academic year at many schools just ended? Test administrators are usually one step behind the cheaters. There are lots of technologies that have…

  • WebCT DevNet

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    I have not created any PowerLinks. However, maybe just maybe some of the needs we have could be made into a one? WebCT DevNet The WebCT Vista Developers Network is an online community of developers that are using the WebCT PowerLinks SDK to extend and integrate the WebCT Vista e-learning platform.The WebCT Vista Developers Network…

  • The threats to switch to Moodle are a little premature over the announcment of the Blackboard and WebCT merger. Moodle seems more like a content management system than a learning management system. Some thoughts Support for WebCT’s existing products is not going away in the near term. Products currently in development probably will finish. Blackboard…

  • I guess if people really knew what they wanted, then it could be given to them, huh? Ever had a cognitive itch? Research in the US has found that songs get stuck in our heads because they create a “brain itch” that can only be scratched by repeating the tune over and over.In Germany, this type…

  • Got one of these at work… P4 1.3 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive. Hoping to get an internal CD-RW for it. Will have to attach the SCSI scanner and USB Zip to it. Prolly will have to rebuild from scratch again. Means I will have to wait until things settle down. Problems with…