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Re: [seul-edu] criteria: was site tools for schoolforge



On Sat, Dec 01, 2001 at 03:24:31AM +0930, Michael Hall wrote:
> > Proposed criteria for schoolforge, First Step:
> > 
> > The tool we want should:
> > 1.allow the formation of projects for either software or curriculum (in which,
> > for now, I'll include lessons, units, assessment, whole courses and entire
> > school k-? plans)
> > 2. provide bulletin board communication among project members/users
> > 3. an optional tie-in to mailman
> > 4. cvs for apps 
> > 5. a version of cvs for texts and multimedia lessons (so that we can apply
> > diff for example)
> > 6. a front end that makes searching AND browsing of all projects possible AND
> > EASY
> > 
> > Participation in projects should NOT REQUIRE comfort with anything other than
> > a browser.
> > 
> > David

In case no one has mentioned it, arsdigita or openacs are good candidates.
Rather than reinventing the wheel, why not use someone elses?

There is, however, nothing easy AND powerful.

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