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WebCT is committed to interoperability standards and is an active
participant in their development. WebCT has partnered with a variety
of organizations to provide critical input toward the development
of open standards for e-learning.
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| Why Standards?
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Establishing common data structures and Application Program Interfaces
(APIs) benefit the e-learning industry and institutions by allowing
for the reusability, portability, platform independence, and longevity
of digital content. For more general information, read:
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| Standards & Standards
Bodies
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WebCT is committed to defining, supporting, and disseminating additional
standards as they develop. We are monitoring, in contact with, or
actively participating in the development of standards such as:
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- AICC
- Apache
- Digital repositories
- Dublin Core
- EPortfolios
- HTML
- ICAL
- IEEE-LTSC
- IMS Content
- IMS Enterprise
- IMS Metadata
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- IMS Question & Test
- IMS LIP
- J2EE
- Kerberos
- uPortal
- LDAP
- Learning Design
- MathML
- MPEG5
- MS OS for Mobile
- OKI
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- Palm OS
- Portlets
- RSS
- SCORM
- Section 508
- Shibboleth
- SMTP
- SunONE
- WebDAV
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| WebCT's Leadership
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WebCT Campus Edition and WebCT Vista reflect our commitment to
interoperability standards.
- In September
2003, WebCT became the first course management system vendor
to prototype, demonstrate Open Knowledge Initiative support
- In March 2001, WebCT developed and released the IMS Enterprise
API, in accordance with the IMS Enterprise 1.01 Specification.
- In August 2001, WebCT introduced the industry's first IMS Content
Migration Utility, which paved the way for greater openness and
sharing of content within and among institutions.
- WebCT Vista, a Java2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) compliant
application, was designed and architected with IMS and other existing
and emerging standards in mind.
- In December 2002, WebCT became the first course management system
vendor to demonstrate product support for 'Shibboleth' access
and authorization technology.
Read more
about WebCT's leadership in this area, or view an archive of an
online seminar, Demystifying
Standards: What Are They, and Why Should They Matter to You?,
which featured Kimberly Voltero of WebCT and Fred Beshears of UC
Berkeley. The seminar covered practical implications and issues
surrounding the development and acceptance of standards, including
WebCT's standards compliance, and what you can do to verify that
vendors are compliant with particular standards.
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| Partners
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System Interoperability
WebCT's system interoperability partners work closely with WebCT
to deliver integrated e-learning solutions that streamline the flow
of information between key campus technologies and optimize system
performance, scalability, and reliability.
Content Interoperability
WebCT's content interoperability partners help establish common
data structures and APIs that allow for the reusability, portability,
platform independence, and longevity of digital content.
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