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Summary
OceanBrowser is designed to provide a high quality course delivery system aimed at the needs of distance learners and educators. OceanBrowser allows educators to develop and securely deliver courses with unlimited amounts of content, to users who many only have partial internet access, while maintaining a reasonable level of content protection via the inbuilt content management system. The software provides a learning environment focused on ease and the needs of students. This environment combines a web browser, assistant panels, and learning modules. Specialised features include student notes (private), comments (shared with class) and annotations (image annotation). Highlights of the internet-enabled features include support for voice over internet (VoIP), and shared commenting (allowing users to add comments to web-pages viewable by other class members).
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Feature summary
Course Content
- distributed course content on CD-ROM or DVD in encrypted format, accessible to students in OceanBrowser after Login.
- teacher ability to modify or update course content at any time - updates are downloaded to student's computer
- content panel allows students to quickly locate, preview, and access course content.
- teacher has total control over structure, layout, and format of course content - in contrast to web elearning systems which tend to proscribe how content is arranged and delivered.
- secure distribution - content can only be accessed by students enroled in your course.
- support for 3rd party and legacy learning objects. OceanBrowser can install and run previously developed custom course software when required. Flash and Director projects can be configured to only run when accessed via OceanBrowser. Examples application include: Flash Projectors, Director Projectors/Shockwave files.
Learning Modules
- includes Video (Quicktime) and Image modules. Image module supports browsing of collections of high resolution images, with facility for staff to annotate images.
- customise OceanBrowser to meet your specific requirements by adding a custom-programmed module..
- Instructional design, programming and support of learning objects can be provided by OceanBrowser Development Services or by your own developers.
Communication
- teachers: post course alerts and notices which will appear to students when they are using OceanBrowser and connected to the internet.
- support and feedback - features in the software will automatically prompt and submit support requests where a condition requiring action is encountered (e.g. Oceanbrowser detects user has course material installed but they are not enrolled in the appropriate course) allowing pro-active actions to be taken. Submitted requests are databased, viewable via website and emailed automatically to OceanBrowser support.
- chat panel allowing real-time text messaging between online class members
- forum integration. Integration with web-based forum on oceanbrowser.com allowing users to: (i) automatically sign onto forum without re-typing user/pass on each visit, (ii) post to appropriate course forum directly from OceanBrowser
- voice over internet. See: voip and synchronous collaboration services
Administration and Technical
- available in department or site license options
- web-based administative system providing access to course and student enrolment details
- administrative software tools for loading enrolment details
- site license provides option for your institution to host OceanBrowser administrative systems and web services on site, and to customise to your particular requirements
- OceanBrowser course content is created using standard document and
web formats. There is no "lock-in" using OceanBrowser -
you can switch to another course delivery system if required