Rubric

Please list here items against which an LMS should be evaluated as part of a rubric.

The following was taken from http://acc-lms.wikispaces.com/student's+perspective Course pages Event Calendar An active syllabus section Active personal calendar (changes with syllabus, something you don’t have to manually input) Fraternity/Sorority/Club pages A front page that reminds you of upcoming events or a change in events An easy to use forum feature The ability to start a forum discussion without it actually being an assignment A section to download readings/documents A separate web-storage space A separate “drop-box” type feature with two options: one to access your local drives and another to access your net-drive Ability to turn e-mail notifications on or off Gradebook No redundant links Ability to receive text messages for canceled classes Personal blogspace? The ability to talk with different sections of a course who are on the same topic Ability to mass e-mail students Ability to select more than one class to mass e-mail Class roster Automatic “staff information” section that automatically applies to all my classes Ability to upload readings/documents A blog feature A customizable attendance feature Ability to drag and drop images, files, etc. Ability to automatically put groups together through a random selection process Gradebook Announcement page

The following was taken from http://acc-lms.wikispaces.com/WCET Here is a list of functions we desire in a LMS. These are taken from the [|WCET web site].


 * >>Communication Tools ||
 * Discussion Forum ||
 * Discussion Management ||
 * File Exchange ||
 * Internal Email ||
 * Online Journal/Notes ||
 * Real-time Chat ||
 * Whiteboard ||
 * >>Productivity Tools ||
 * Bookmarks ||
 * Calendar/Progress Review ||
 * Searching Within Course ||
 * Work Offline/Synchronize ||
 * Orientation/Help ||
 * >>Student Involvement Tools ||
 * Groupwork ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Community Networking ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Student Portfolios ||
 * >>Course Delivery Tools ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Test Types ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Automated Testing Management ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Automated Testing Support ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Online Marking Tools ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Online Gradebook ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Course Management ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Student Tracking ||
 * >>Content Development Tools ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Accessibility Compliance ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Content Sharing/Reuse ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Course Templates ||
 * Customized Look and Feel ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Instructional Design Tools ||
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Instructional Standards Compliance ||  ||
 * || ** Suggested Additions ** ||
 * || >>Student Involvement ||
 * || Student Glossaries ||
 * || >>Productivity: Navigation Tools ||
 * || Course Menu ||
 * || Quicklinks Menu ||
 * || >>Content Development ||
 * || Efficiency ||