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Calling all course management systems: there's undisputed value in CMS, but you need to get...

By Warger, Tom
Publication: University Business
Date: Tuesday, July 1 2003

In only a few short years, course management systems (CMS have become an essential feature of instructional technology at institutions of higher education. After art, these complex software packages assemble multiple Web-based technologies into a single, coordinated suite of instructional services. Online discussion and messaging forums, calendars, syllabi, automated testing and grade posting, class and workgroup e-mail distribution lists and student portfolio pages are among their most used features Importantly, these systems provide Web page templates and text editors that signi

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