Advantages

Simple Courseware is…

  • Fast — Minimize Round-trips to Server – data is updated asynchronously. No extra page reloads!
  • Lightweight — Host on any LAMP server on an ISP
  • Easy to Use (for Both Students and Instructors)
    • Re-use Content Easily Across Courses / Classes.
    • Admin. tasks are designed to be fluid and fast
    • Innovative Grade Editor tool speeds up common grading tasks
  • Reliable
    • Used sucessfully for F2F, hybrid and online courses for >1,000 students from 2013-2021 – no measurable downtime
  • Secure
    • Lockdown Individual Pages / Content Areas / Whole Site with Password or User ID + Password
  • Powered by…
    • PHP / MySQL on the Server
    • Middle-tier Architecture (PHP Database Objects and Worker Objects to implement Business Rules / Logic)
    • All data sent in JSON through AJAX on the Client (JavaScript / HTML / CSS) – updated without page re-loads