Web Courseworks – CourseStage

The following are highlights from the Web Courseworks CourseStage profile in the Association Learning Management Systems report.

Web Courseworks is unique among the companies participating in this report in that its learning management system is built on an open source platform. The company has leveraged the popular Moodle system to create CourseStage, a version of Moodle modified to better fit the needs of associations. The Credit Union National Association (CUNA), Wisconsin Education Association (WEA Academy), and the North American Retail Dealers Association (NARDA) are among the associations currently using or in the process of implementing CourseStage.

In addition to hosting and supporting the system, Web Courseworks provides extensive training for clients who want to develop their own content using standard Moodle tools or popular third-party applications. The company also has a long track record in developing custom online training and simulations as well as game-based learning.

  • Web Courseworks has implemented an option in Moodle that enables the administrator to provide a steamlined, left-hand navigation structure for accessing course content. For on-demand training, this is often a much better approach than Moodle’s traditional menu, which is geared towards facilitated, asynchronous education.
  • CourseStage features a transcript report that provides significantly better visibility into course history on a learner-by-learner basis than native Moodle reporting does.
  • Moodle’s native e-commerce capabilities are limited, but Web Courseworks is on track to introduce a more robust shopping cart for Moodle in January 2010.
  • The company also plans to release a certification management capability, a learning portfolio feature, and an integration bridge for the TMA Resources Personify AMS in the first quarter of 2010.
  • Independently of Web Courseworks, the Moodle platform enjoys a large user and developer network. A wide range of support documentation and training options are available on the Web at little or no cost, and an extensive library of plug-in applications is available for addressing features not available in the core system.

Web Courseworks representatives are quick to emphasize one of the biggest upsides of going with an open source solution—the client is not locked into proprietary software and a limited selection of service providers. For organizations that place high value on this kind of flexibility but want the content development capabilities, hosting, and support that a professional e-learning services firm can provide, CourseStage represents a best-of-both-worlds solution.

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