Re: On-Line Tutorials

[Mark Jordan <mjordan@sfu.ca>]

Hi Marc,

I'm just about to release MOSST, an application to answer your first
question. We call it a 'lightweight tutorial builder'. I planned to have
this out earlier this summer but other obligations have delayed it.

If you want more information, visit http://www.lib.sfu.ca/MOSST/ . I'm
just setting up a SourceForge account, developing an install script,
etc. so am pretty close.

Mark


Mark Jordan
Librarian / Analyst, Systems Division
W.A.C. Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada
Email mjordan@sfu.ca / Phone (604) 291 5753 / Fax (604) 291 3023 

 

On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Marc Davis wrote:

> 
> We're having some non-technical problems in putting together on-line
> tutorials for various instructional purposes -- how to use the catalog,
> database searching, etc.  Ultimately, the librarians want this to develop
> into a full on-line curriculum in information literacy.
> 
> I'd appreciate it very much if anyone could point me towards any of the
> following:
> 
> 	- open source software (ideally PHP or PERL) that they have used
> or could be adapted for use in successfully creating tutorials  (we're
> experienced web designers and have our own PHP applications, but would
> love to find something that gives us a good blueprint or model to work
> from)
> 	- high-quality library web tutorials you've encountered, written,
> or utilized
> 	- suggestions as to how to structure a tutorial development
> process when there seem to be some real differences in approach between
> web folk and librarians.
> 
> Thanks for any help.
> 
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