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svs.venkat-gmail - 8/31/2009 4:54:49 AM
   
Kentico as an eLearning portal?
Hello,
We are currently evaluating Kentico CMS. One of our requirements is a eLearning platform.
We have searched on Kentico site & the forums for any direct link or help for eLearning support.
We couldn't find much. Can you please explain how easy (or how difficult) is it to tweak Kentico
(either with configuration, extensions, or add-ons) to support the following features?
[We understand Kentico may not be an optimal candidate for an off-the-shelf eLearning platform,
but our scope is more than just eLearning]

1) Course Content preparation functionality
(E.g
* Use of multimedia elements.
* Glossary.
* Review/practice questions.)

2) Course Authoring Support to include the following contents:
Audio, Video, Flash, Web graphics standard formats (GIF, JPEG, ...)

3) Test Manager (Define tests, question groups, status overview etc)
4) Question pooling/randomization of questions.
5) Reusable "Course Resources" library
6) External documents/Web sites can be added as pages or knowledge files in course.
7) Course participant can see his/her progress report for all courses and tests.
8) Timing of tests.
9) Questions/tests can give immediate feedback.
10) Detailed reporting to the learning object and question level.
11) Ability to export test results
12) Online interaction among authors and learners (mail, messaging, chat)
13) File Storage for groups or an entire course
14) Branching and scenario-based question selection (during the test)
15) Search functionality for course contents
16) Version control tools for course material

Thanks a lot in advance!

Regards,
Venkat.

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kentico_jurajo - 9/1/2009 4:25:43 AM
   
RE:Kentico as an eLearning portal?
Hi,

There is no exact documentation about eLearning. Your needs are quite specific and I won't be able to answer all your questions with details, but everuthing should be able to achieve with less or more effort.

1 and 2) I think this could be done very easy, but it depends on what you are awaiting from it, how it should behave and so. For example, what you mean by "Use of multimedia elements"? In Kentico CMS you can create image galleries, use Media libraries to store media files and then display them on the web site, etc.

3) This can be done using/creating special document type, or using Polls module or also Bizforms

4) Again, it depends waht exactly is should do and how it should look like - you can use e.g. custom document types and then display the questions using repeater, or you can have the questions in custom DB table and then reptrieve the data from it in some of pre-defined web parts, etc.

5) Could you please explain with more details how it should look like and the functionality you want to have here?

6) You can import the documents using SQL import tool or you can link them on your web site e.g. in iFrames. Again, it depends on the behavior you want to have.

7)This can be achieved by adding custom fields to the User table or using custom table and then you can use Reporting module to create reports.

8) This will require custom development.

9) What kind of feedback? Could you please describe it with more details?

10) you can use reporting module mentioned above. But it is hard to say if it will meet your needs because I do not know what is learning object and question level.

11) Whan using bizforms, you can export the data to Excel sheet. But the export is possible to create using custom .Net functions anywhere.

12) You can use the Messaging module, chat is planned for future versions.

13) You can use e.g. Media libraries.

14) This can be achieved by customization or custom web part.

15) You can use Smart search module

16) for this you can use Workflow

Best Regards,
Juraj Ondrus