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Communication Tools
Product Name	CCNet
Developer Name	Zumo Software Inc.
URL	http://www.myccnet.com
Review Date	November 15, 2009
Forums	CCNet Discussions
Reviewer	Email Review Staff
Discussion Forum	Students can enable or disable posts to be sent to their email. Reviewer Comments The bulletin board feature allows categories to be created with customized student permissions. Anonymous posting is supported and a search feature is provided. Instructors can download bulletin board posts in CSV or text format. Discuss
Discussion Management	Instructors can allow students to create discussion groups. Discuss
File Exchange	Students can submit assignments using drop boxes. Reviewer Comments Students can submit assignments with files organized into bins and sections. Drop-off boxes can be integrated with the grades feature and feedback can be provided to students. Discuss
Internal Email	Discuss
Online Journal/Notes	Discuss
Real-time Chat	Discuss
Whiteboard	Discuss
Productivity Tools
Bookmarks	Students can create bookmarks in a private folder. Reviewer Comments The MyCCNet portal contains a module allowing users to store bookmarks. Discuss
Calendar/Progress Review	Instructors and students can post events in the online course calendar. Instructors can post announcements to a course announcement page. Students can view their grades on completed assignments, total points possible, course grade, and compare their grades against the class performance. Reviewer Comments Students and instructors can post personal calendar events. Instructors can post calendar events targeted to specific groups of users. Recurring events are supported. Instructors can post announcements on the course web page or e-mail announcements to all users or selected groups of users. Students can view grade results that have been published by instructors. Histograms are provided for grades. Discuss
Searching Within Course	Discuss
Work Offline/Synchronize	Discuss
Orientation/Help	Students can access context sensitive help for any tool. Reviewer Comments Context-sensitive help is available for most functions. Discuss
Student Involvement Tools
Groupwork	Instructors can assign students to groups. Students can self-select groups. Reviewer Comments The section management feature allows instructors to place students into sections. Different categories of sections can be defined. Section information can also be uploaded through the administrative interface using a delimited text file. Discuss
Community Networking	Discuss
Student Portfolios	Discuss
Administration Tools
Authentication	Administrators can allow guest access to all courses. The system can authenticate against an external LDAP server. The system can authenticate using the Kerberos protocol. Reviewer Comments The authentication system is completely modular and can be customized to meet the needs of any institution. Discuss
Course Authorization	Instructors or students may be assigned different roles in different courses. Reviewer Comments Instructors can be granted full or limited access. Full-access instructors have access to all course functions. Limited access instructors can only access information and grades of students assigned to the sections to which they belong. Discuss
Registration Integration	Instructors can add students to their courses manually or allow students to self-register. Administrators can batch add students to the system using a delimited text file. Administrators can transfer student information bidirectionally between the system and an SIS using delimited text files. Reviewer Comments Instructors can add students by e-mail address, CCNet ID, or institutional ID. Instructors may also allow students to register themselves, with or without a passcode. Instructors and students may also request access to a course web site. Delimited text files containing student and instructor information can be uploaded and downloaded from the administrative interface. Discuss
Hosted Services	The product provider offers a hosted solution. Reviewer Comments A publicly accessible hosted solution is provided at . Several service options are available, including an ad-supported free version. Private hosted solutions are available. CCNet can also be hosted on an institution's server. Discuss
Course Delivery Tools
Test Types	Multiple choice Multiple answer Matching Ordering Fill-in the blank Short answer Survey questions Essay Discuss
Automated Testing Management	The system can randomize the questions and answers. Instructors can set a time limit on a test. Instructors can permit multiple attempts. The students are allowed to review past attempts of a quiz. Instructors can specify whether correct results are shown as feedback Discuss
Automated Testing Support	Discuss
Online Marking Tools	Instructors can choose to mark each student on all questions or to mark each question on all students. Discuss
Online Gradebook	Instructors can add grades for offline assignments. Instructors can export the scores in the gradebook to an external spreadsheet. Instructors can create a course grading scale that can employ either percents, letter grades, or pass/fail metrics. Discuss
Course Management	Instructors can selectively release assignments, assessments, and announcements based on specific start and stop dates. Discuss
Student Tracking	Instructors can review the navigation record of each student. Discuss
Content Development Tools
Accessibility Compliance	Discuss
Content Sharing/Reuse	Discuss
Course Templates	The software provides support for template-based course creation. The system allows administrators to use an existing course or a pre-defined template as a basis for a new course. Reviewer Comments An institution can create customized XML-based templates to be used for the main page of course web sites. Discuss
Customized Look and Feel	Instructors can change the navigation icons and color schemes for a course. Instructors can change the order and name of menu items for a course. Institutions can create their own look and feel templates across the entire system, including their own institutional logos, headers, and footers. Discuss
Instructional Design Tools	Discuss
Instructional Standards Compliance	Discuss
Hardware/Software
Client Browser Required	Discuss
Database Requirements	The system supports MySQL. Discuss
UNIX Server	A Unix version is available. Discuss
Windows Server	Discuss
Company Details/Licensing
Company Profile	Reviewer Comments Zumo Software Inc. is a privately held Canadian software development company specializing in internet based communication solutions for schools and universities. Zumo was created by Keyvan Mohajer and Stefan Zukotynski in 2001. Zumo's main product is Course Communication Network (CCNet). CCNet is available in multiple languages and has been used by millions of users around the world. The core technology behind CCNet makes it extremely scalable, a single server being able to handles millions of hits per day. More than a learning and content management software, CCNet provides a platform for development. Third party programmers and developers within authorized institutions are able to use this easy to use scalable platform to add new modules to the core code of CCNet to meet their specific needs. Various surveys from users, both students and instructors indicate that users prefer CCNet over other competing products due to its easy to use user interface and speed. Discuss
Costs / Licensing	Reviewer Comments Four service options are available on the publicly accessible server at http://www.myccnet.com/ : Free Service Cost: $0/year Ads: Yes Handout Disk Space: 50 MB Premium Features: None Bronze Premium Package Cost: $49/year Ads: None Handout Disk Space: 100 MB Premium Features: None Silver Premium Package Cost: $149/year Ads: None Handout Disk Space: 250 MB Premium Features: Online Testing and Drop-Off Boxes Gold Premium Package Cost: $249/year/course Ads: None Handout Disk Space: 500 MB Premium Features: Online Testing, Drop-Off Boxes, and Advanced Section Management Discuss
Open Source	Discuss
Optional Extras	Reviewer Comments CCNet includes a portal that provides a starting point for students and instructors. Users with multiple courses have quick access to all their courses and have an aggregated view of course content. Discuss

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