| |
Add |
Strengthen |
Rebuild |
Discard |
|---|
| Grading |
Insertion of gradeable items from inside gradebook |
|
One gradebook |
Separate assessment progress chart, spreadsheet (no backward compatibility), download functions |
| Edit gradeable items and associated comments from inside gradebook |
| Ability to bundle scores into categories |
| Add information to scores if they were relative or absolute |
|
|
All grades are relative to weight |
| In-class clicker support |
|
|
|
| |
Grade upload, flexible number of entries |
|
|
| Homework |
|
|
Mechanisms to import wider range of content |
Libraries |
| Rubric-based free-response grading |
|
|
Current bridgetask functionality and format (no backward compatibility) |
| |
Universal grading queues |
|
|
|
XML-extension (formerly "style files") to enable creation of response types |
|
|
Accessibility of non-alphanumeric input |
Java-based input mechanism (organic, formula, graphs) to HTML5/JavaScript |
|
|
Accessibility of non-alphanumeric output |
Unified dynamic graphing, including inside content, using for example GeoGebra |
Separate display mechanisms for dynamic graphics |
|
Physical and other unit evaluation |
|
|
|
Consistency in formula evaluation between graphing, CAS, etc |
|
|
|
|
One editor to build problems inside/outside of courses |
Course-contextual "Simple Problems" |
|
Unified functional XML elements |
|
Historical XML idiosyncrasies |
|
Part parameter management |
All problems are "multipart," even if the number is "one." |
"Part 0" |
| Analytics/IRT |
Continual anonymous collection of performance data |
|
|
| Peer grading/critique |
|
|
|
| Collaborative documents (free version of Google Docs) |
|
|
|
| SCORM RTE Import |
|
|
|
| |
Consistent behavior of all response types in open/closed/answer and correct/incorrect state |
Instructor view of student entered answer and answer history |
|
| Assessment analysis/IRT on standards and learning goals across semester and courses |
|
|
|
| |
|
externalresponse - grading by external analysis and scoring tools |
|
| Instructor feedback from "practice problems" |
|
|
|
| Plagiarism detection analysis available to learner prior to submisssion |
Plagiarism detection for other formats than plain text |
|
|
| Cluster Management |
|
Domain concept to control flow of information |
Cluster management in order to more quickly add and remove nodes and domains |
Separate cluster tables and "DNS" |
| Data and Parameter Management in Courses |
|
Cascading of parameters to nested folders at all levels |
Universal, persistent ID for resource inside courses |
Data tied to instance and folder ("symb") |
| Straightforward copying of materials and nested structures between courses |
|
|
|
| User Management |
Way to delete users who never logged in |
|
|
|
| Cource Creation |
Way to delete courses that were never used |
|
|
|
| Method to charge for course access based on micropayments for included content |
|
|
Leftovers of token mechanism |
| |
Selective cloning |
|
|
| Communications |
|
|
|
Synchronous chatroom |
|
|
Integration of message attachment content and content space |
Separate message attachments |
| Ability to directly reply to externally forwarded messages |
|
|
|
| Q&A along the lines of Stack Overflow |
|
Standard social networking look and feel |
Separate RSS feeds/blogs |
| Notification side bar |
|
Separate calendar and announcement tool |
| Content Sequencing |
|
|
|
Branching in maps (was never fully functional, makes gradebooks incomprehensible) |
| Recommender system based on dynamic metadata |
|
One sequencing tool |
Separate Simple Editor (author space), RAT (author space), and Course Docs (course space) |
| Content Management |
One content space for any user |
More flexible, unified content rights management, including flexible co-authoring rights |
Content rights management, based on one space for each user |
Separate portfolio, author, and course space |
|
One way to handling access, replication, etc, for content |
| Add way to delete content that was made available but never used |
|
|
|
| Add pricing to content, micropayments |
|
|
|
| |
Continual anonymous collection of usage information |
|
|
| Creative Commons licensing available |
|
|
Proprietary licensing schemes |
| Dynamic taxonomy |
|
Search/browse - like online shopping with cart |
|
| |
Content import tools |
|
|
| |
Meta with tags on standards and learning outcomes |
|
|
| Content Rendering |
|
One-source, multiple target concept (print, online, reader device, ...) |
|
|
| |
Multilingual content |
|
|
| |
Accessibility of formula display |
Unified way of displaying formulas |
Multiple ways of displaying mathematical formulas |
| |
|
|
Non-mathematical support of LaTeX |
| |
|
PDF generation |
|
| Installation |
|
|
|
Support for short life cycle Linux distributions |
| Mechanism to verify integrity of remote installation |
|
|
|
| Formal service packs and security patches for defined lifecycle of releases |
|
Release mechanism, using standard tools |
|
| Architecture |
|
|
Standard MVC architecture |
|
| |
|
RESTful services for interserver communication |
lonc/lond |
| |
|
NoSQL database |
db-files |
| Modular test cases |
|
|
|
| Course Management |
Contextual "What's New" ("Glass cockpit") |
"What's New" for both students and instructors |
|
|
| "Signalling" for students on "What's New" regarding general course progress |
|
|
| |
Contextual links into relevant functionality |
|
|
2.10 vs. 
1.0