1. Top 15 most wanted tools
Table 2: Top 15 most wanted tools (1720 users sample). Name
of the tool
Discussion Forum
Course Management
File Exchange
Student Tracking
Automated Testing and Scoring
Online Grading Tools
Internal Email
Group Work
Real-time Chat
Self-assessment
Course Templates
Authentication
Instructional Design Tools
Calendar/Progress Review
Customized Look and Feel
Frequency
Percent
age
62,56
50,35
47,56
46,63
43,66
43,20
43,08
43,02
42,44
41,40
40,23
39,94
38,95
37,85
37,67
1076
866
818
802
751
743
741
740
730
712
692
687
670
651
648
Table 3: Grades of compared LMSs for each tool used in analysis. The LMS grade for particular tool is the number of
features of particular tool that are implemented in LMS under consideration. LMS
WebCT Vista
3.0
The Learning
Manager
Enterprise
Sakai 2.0
Edition
Moodle 1.5.2
Learnwise
Jenzabar
Internet
Campus
eCollege AU+
Solution 1.03
Claroline 1.4
Blackboard
Academic
Suite
ANGEL 6.2
Authentication
Automated Testing and
Scoring
Calendar/Progress Review
Course Management
Course Templates
Customized Look and Feel
Discussion Forums
File Exchange
Groupwork
Instructional Design Tools
Internal Email
Online Grading Tools
Real-time Chat
Self-assessment
Student Tracking
9
7
8
9
3
1
1
5
0
0
6
2
5
6
4
4
2
3
7
8
9
8
7
9
9
8
9
9
7
7
9
9
9
5
5
8
8
7
9
6
8
2
9
7
7
3
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
2
2
1
7
7
4
4
5
7
8
6
6
5
6
6
6
1
3
0
2
3
4
2
1
4
2
1
1
2
4
0
5
1
2
3
1
0
8
1
3
0
1
3
2
6
6
6
2
5
7
0
6
5
4
7
8
1
2
6
4
6
4
4
5
4
4
5
0
2
6
3
6
1
0
3
1
3
3
0
3
5
6
9
9
6
8
5
7
5
9
8
8
8
8