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About WebELS
WebELS is an on-line e-learning platform focusing on authoring and
dissemination of contents, aiming to assist traditional instructors to archive
their learning materials on the web for on-line and on-demand learning. WebELS
features web-based authoring tools, portability on various platforms, and
flexibility of XML-based storage allowing the learning materials to be delivered
in many different ways.
About Us
The WebELS system is being developed by the laboratory of Prof. Haruki Ueno.
Other WebELS Families in Service
WebELS-NIPS
WebELS-UNESCO
Features
- Rich-Media Contents
Text, Audio, Video,
contents with presentation pointer are supported.
- Real Authoring Tools
you with all necessary tools for creating your content online: Full-feature
HTML editor, audio recorder, cursor movement recorder for
audio-synchronization, MS-Office document importers, etc.
- Platform-Independent Viewing
Tools
WebELS provides viewing Java applet for all contents
stored on WebELS. No more need to look for/pre-install AdobeReader, PPT
Viewer, etc for your platforms! (Except for Java VM)
- On-Line and On-Demand Learning
Support
You can put your lecture on WebELS for students to
review after class, or even carry out real-time classroom over the Internet
with WebELS.
- On-Line Presentation with Audio and
Whiteboard
WebELS comes with audio conference applet for
doing multi-point real-time presentation (with syncrhonized slides, shared
whiteboard, and pointer) over the Internet.
- Discussion
Web-Board
Discussion web board is available to all contents
created on WebELS.
Advantages
- Pure Java-based
Contents can
be created/viewed on your preferred platforms, a Windows, a Mac, etc.
- Reuse of existing Office
contents
WebELS can import your MS-Office contents
(PowerPoint, Word) within a single click.
- Protect your hard work
There
is no need to put your original PPT/DOC file on the server. Contents are
extracted from your PowerPoint in non-editable image format. Only the images
are uploaded to the server.
- Self-Contained Toolsets
All
required authoring and viewing tools are downloaded from the server on-demand.
There is no need to pre-configure your system before use. (Except for Java VM)
- Firewall Friendly
All WebELS
authoring/viewing features including audio conference, shared whiteboard, etc
can be used even you are behind a network firewall (via HTTPS proxy).
- Free & Open-Source
It's
free to download the source, setup one inside your organization, and improve
it as you wish.
