Difference between revisions of "CourseWorks"
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+ | Courseworks was based on the Prometheus open source platform, and launched in 2001-2002. In 2002, Prometheus was bought by Blackboard, the vendor whose eponymous software serves the same role as courseworks at many of Columbia's peer institutions. Columbia plans on replacing Courseworks with a [[Sakai]] based program at some unknown time in the future. | ||
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* [https://courseworks.columbia.edu/ Courseworks website] | * [https://courseworks.columbia.edu/ Courseworks website] |
Revision as of 23:28, 29 March 2007
CourseWorks lets you get info for your classes, but only if your professors bother to use it.
Professors can enable various features for their classes:
- Discussion
- Gradebook
- Syllabus
- Class files
Courseworks was based on the Prometheus open source platform, and launched in 2001-2002. In 2002, Prometheus was bought by Blackboard, the vendor whose eponymous software serves the same role as courseworks at many of Columbia's peer institutions. Columbia plans on replacing Courseworks with a Sakai based program at some unknown time in the future.