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Basic Features and Collaboration Solutions
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Intuitive discussion board design allows all users of all abilities to navigate easily among posts, threads, and forums, and to search content.
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Solution provides peer review tools with flexible group assignments (random; instructor assigned; student self-enroll) options.
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Solution allows users to submit assignments online
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Solution allows teachers and students to provide audio, video, or written feedback on assignments
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Calendar links to assignments and activity due dates
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Users have the ability to subscribe to the calendar and integrate it with their personal calendars through CalDAV, or some equivalent calendar standard protocol
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Solution has audio/video recording ability.
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Solution allows instructors to create and manage collaboration groups for students.
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Solution offers resource sharing allowing all users assigned to that course to contribute.
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Solution allows students/parents to opt in to alerts for course updates
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Solution has a single interface serving users role-based content.
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Solution offers video conferencing features.
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Solution supports varied file formats e.g. office documents, pdf, txt, wmv, mp4, mp3, html5, etc.
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Solution allows users to do batch file uploads.
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Solution allows instructors to push announcements to members of their class.
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Solution provides an internal messaging platform for students and instructors to communicate with each other.
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Solution offers the ability to provide online courses for staff, students, parents, and community members.
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Solution offers the ability to create online forms.
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Solution offers the ability for users to take notes or contribute to discussions while watching a video.
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Solution has a method for confirming course completion
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Interface
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Solution offers web-based features accessible from any internet connection.
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Solution interface is easy to use and offers breadcrumb-like navigation.
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Solution has a mobile interface, meaning through the use of media queries, or user-agent detection the solution provides a mobile and tablet optimized interface.
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Solution has a mobile application for all major mobile platforms (i.e. iOS, Android).
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The mobile application supports all major functions in the LMS.
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Gradebook and Assessment
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Solution allows instructors to create and design online assessments.
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For in-built online assignments, system allows instructors to monitor progress in real time.
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Solution allows users to use a mobile device, Chromebook or tablet for students to take online assessments.
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Solution offers a single gradebook interface for instructors
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Solution has a gradebook that supports standards-based grading.
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Managed Learning Content
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Solution provides intuitive, robust tools to incorporate multimedia in all elements of LMS, including assessments.
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Solution has customizable course layout and design options.
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Solution allows users to search courses and share content across different classes and instructors.
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Solution offers students the ability to maintain their personal work portfolio.
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Solution allows translations for its interface for which languages (please mark in Explanation field)
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Solution allows unlimited storage.
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Solution allows for publishing of courses to different schools using the same LMS platform, but not on the same domain?
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Reporting and Data Access
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Solution offers teachers the ability to see the workload of all their students.
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Solution allows end-users access to analytical tools (i.e. # of assignments missing; user login statistics)
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Solution allows OETC Member to query and modify their data using at least one of the following methods: Through a web service API; through a REST Based HTTP web service API; and/or through SQL queries to the database.
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Solution allows OETC Member to export their data using at least one of the following methods: - CSV (or other text-delimited) data file download. - Export via a web service API.
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Solution provides the ability for the OETC MEmber or vendor to create custom reports.
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Single Sign-On Authentication
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Solution uses either the OpenID or SAML 2.0 protocols for single sign-on.
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The solution shall be the Relying Party (for OpenID) or the Service Provider (for SAML 2.0)
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Solution offers LDAP authentication.
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Solution offers Active Directory Federation Service (ADFS) authentication.
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Solution allows 3rd party applications to be integrated or used via the LMS interface.
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Data Security
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Data Ownership (data belongs to District, not vendor)
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Data separation (from their other clients) on dedicated server with dedicated DB.
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Solution has appropriate firewalls in place to protect against external attacks
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Vendor offers off-site data backup and disaster recovery plan – restores both at the DB level or the object level.
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Solution has an intrusion detection system.
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Solution has an approved secure method of data file transfer (by District) such as SFTP, SCP
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Solution supports customizable and granular user security
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Compliance
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Solution complies with American Disabilities Act (Section 508) and allows for multiple font sizing preferences.
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Solution is compliant with ADA act
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Solution allows administrator to require users to add accessibility information (ALT-Tags) when uploading images.
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Solution renders web pages and navigation in ADA Compliant systems and has been thoroughly tested with screen readers such as JAWS and with accessibility tools.
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Solution complies with Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act.
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Solution complies with Federal or local school laws policies or programs.
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