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WebCT Campus Edition 6.0 upgrade solution

   
 
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The goal
Promote advancement and reliability
WebCT's course management system is the cornerstone of e-learning for many advanced institutions of higher learning. Recently WebCT introduced the next major release of WebCT Campus Edition. Together with IBM, your institution can take advantage of new features and improved scalability in WebCT Campus Edition 6, while upgrading your infrastructure to promote flexibility. We can help you accomplish this with limited impact to your technology budget.

The advantage
Leveraging mutual strengths for a competitive advantage
As you upgrade to WebCT Campus Edition 6 you can simultaneously upgrade your hardware to a stable and reliable pretested system with the help of IBM and WebCT. In addition to significant enhancements to teaching and learning tools, WebCT Campus Edition 6 provides many important new features and enhancements that allow WebCT administrators to effectively and efficiently manage the system for their institution, including:
  • Easier-to-navigate administrator interface.
  • Distinct courses and sections.
  • A variety of new user roles.
  • Ability to retain grade book data for un-enrolled users.
  • New administrative options for file management.
  • Automatic browser checker.
  • Enhanced system reporting, backup and restore.
  • Relational database support.
  • Application server auto-install.

In addition to providing new features and capabilities for your course management system, you can upgrade your infrastructure with award-winning hardware from IBM. IBM can help prepare your campus for future technology advances, while keeping costs to a minimum. Open standards and pretested configurations, can help prepare your infrastructure for expansion, while providing unprecedented reliability. Adopting an open approach is an important, strategic step in managing costs and establishing flexibility and interoperability for the long term.

The benefits
Next generation tools for your campus
By engaging IBM and WebCT to conduct your upgrade, our technology advancements and expertise can help:
  • Provide online access to course management at the best possible cost of ownership.
  • Reduce risks associated with investing in a technology platform that does not support your needs.
  • Lower cost associated with new technology adoption by taking advantage of this upgrade opportunity to implement Linux®.

 
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