LON-CAPA LON-CAPA is an Open Source Freeware Distributed Learning Content Management and Assessment System.
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LON-CAPA is an Open Source Freeware Distributed Learning Content Management and Assessment System. LON-CAPA is an Open Source Freeware Distributed Learning Content Management and Assessment System.LON-CAPA is a full-featured, web-based course management system similar to commercial systems, see edutools.info for comparisons. Here are some key features of "LON-CAPA": · Content sharing and content reusability, including · Network of shared resources from 27 participating institutions · Shared repository of 61,000 resources including assessment questions and multimedia content · Easy semester transition · A large set of resources in physics/astronomy, chemistry, biology, mathematics/statistics, and geology · Ability to add new resources to the existing content pool · Creation and grading of randomized homework, quizzes or exams, including the ability to · create sophisticated question types such as: click-on image, random label, random plot, or formula response · reduce blind copying of answers by giving a different version of the problems to each student · print randomized bubblesheet exams and quizzes · configure the reporting of grades and feedback with a wide variety of options · contextualize threaded homework discussions · A development group based that sustains a twice-yearly LON-CAPA release cycle to insure rapid incorporation of instructor-requested enhancements. · An open-source freeware system What's New in This Release: · Files uploaded by students for submission to assignments are subject to a size restriction. · The assigned quota and the amount of disk space currently in use for the user's Portfolio are displayed. · The zip-file with of all files submitted by students to a particular assignment now includes files uploaded directly as well as files selected from students' Portfolios. · System-generated text in a notification email is localized according to the recipient's or course language preference. · The starting day of the week used in the calendar is determined by locale.

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