ATutor 1.5.4 to be released soon
By Bryan - Posted on 29 March 2007
A new version of ATutor is expected to be released in late April 2007 with a beta version already available for downloading. ATutor is a Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS) designed with accessibility and adaptability in mind. The new version of ATutor, 1.5.4, contains quite a number of changes with the most significant changes listed below:
- New Test Question Types: Ordering questions require the test taker to correctly assign given items in a particular logical order or rank, and Matching questions require students to pair question items in one column to alphabetized answer items in another column. And a first for any LMS, Matching questions can be presented in a graphical Drag-and-Drop interface.
- QTI 2.1 Test Question Export: Test questions can be exported according to the QTI 2.1 specification.
- X-Sendfile Support: If installed and enabled by the webserver, ATutor will use the X-Sendfile header to send content files to the browser, which increases performance greatly.
- Guest Tests: If enabled, guests to a course can now take practice tests.
- Authenticated Access: Instructors can now allow access to their private or protected course to guests via the use of a secret URL.
- Forum Post Editing: Students can now edit their own posts within a specified number of minutes.
- Improved User Administration: Administrators can now batch update user accounts.
- Saved Sent Messages
- Profile Pictures
- Adminstrator Enrollment Manager
About this CMS Enthusiast
Bryan Ruby is the owner and editor for CMS Report. He founded CMSReport.com in 2006 on the belief that information technologists, website owners, and web developers desired visiting sites where they could learn about content management systems without the sales pitch. Outside of his late night blogging hours, he is the Information Technology Officer for a field office in the federal government.
