This means that the application designers have to second guess what users are going to want to do next, and provide a route to that place. I like to see how far I can get with an application before having to resort to the manual – to see whether it follows the “ Don’t make me think” principle. A lot of thought seems to have gone into keeping the interface consistent across the application. It uses a clear, icon driven design, which, somehow doesn’t fall into the trap of many such designs where the icons need interpretation. Each iteration has added further complexity, to meet the needs of different groups, yet without the polish on the user interface that would help to hide that complexity from people that don’t need it.īy comparison, eFront’s user interface is a delight. On the downside, though, it has grown to become a little bit of a monster. It is tremendously capable, extremely robust (mostly!), and has been well tested by millions of users worldwide. I’ve used it for many projects, from an elearning delivery platform for a local authority, through to a combined elearning and assessment platform used by nearly 45,000 people over the space of 6 months. Personally, I’ve developed a love-hate relationship with Moodle. Yes, there are many others, such as Atutor, Dokeos and Sakai, but they just haven’t had the same impact as Moodle. With eFront’s recent string of awards, I thought it was about time I took a look at this relative newcomer to the open source Learning Management System market.įor many years, Moodle has been most people’s port of call when looking for an open source LMS (or Virtual Learning Environment in the education sector). This article has been reposted from the Wyver Solutions blog.
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