eCollege Demo – Faculty Comments

4 faculty were present—only one had ever used a CMS before.

Ratings:                                    Good               Fair                  Poor                 Uncertain

Customizable look and feel:           4                   

Moving around system:     4                   

Ease of use, learning curve:           2                    1                                            1

Tools: discussion, chat, etc.           1                    1                      1                    1         

Overall impression:                       2                    2

Comments:

Liked best:       Appearance, ease

                        Like the gradebook feature—but this is all new to me!

                        Seems user friendly

                        Liked the course/author toggle feature

                        Liked the Author look

Liked least:       Seems designed with distance learning in mind  

                        Threaded discussions

Comments:

Tops for what it delivers for the price!

Very beneficial presentation

Liked the live demo, but lots of unanswered audience questions

Liked WebCT best, e-College and Desire2Learn tied for second

Rated last.  They all do similar things.  Having a demonstration of content on the system and the quality of the demo is the biggest determination.