ATutor for MAC

ATutor Open Source Web-based Learning Content Management System (LCMS), designed with accessibility in mind. Administrators can update or install ATutor in minutes. They can also create custom templates to give ATutor an updated look. Educators can quickly create, package, and distribute Web-based instructional content. They can also retrieve and import prepackaged content and conduct their courses online. Students learn in an adaptive learning environment.

ATutor is the first fully inclusive LCMS. It conforms to the W3C WCAG 1.0 accessibility specifications at AA+ level. This allows access for all potential learners, instructors and administrators. ATutor can be presented in any technology that is compliant with W3C XHTML 1.0 specifications.

Version 2.2.4:

GameMe:

• Customizable course gamification, with points, levels, badges, and a leader board. Add an element of competition, rewards for accomplishments, tailor messages and notifications to fit the goals of the course. Add just one game element or add them all. Customize events for their “value” in the course, and assign rewards that encourage particular behaviours. Badges, levels, and events can be customized at the system and course levels. Administrators can create new events to expand on the collection provided

HelpMe:

• New users quickly become skilled ATutor users by following the Instructor or Administrator HelpMe Guide. The guide walks a new user through key features. It can be repeated as often as needed, or dismissed. Administrators can customise and create new messaging for the guide

Other Notable Updates

• Compatibility Updates: Updated for compatibility with Mysql 5.7 and php 7.2 systems
• AChecker System Preference: ATutor sites now need to obtain a free key from achecker.ca, and add it in the system preferences to provide accessibility checking when creating ATutor content. The key is found on your achecker.ca Profile page as the “Web Service ID”
• Disconnecting from atutor.ca: At the end of July, or there abouts, atutor.ca and atutorspaces.com will be decommissioned. Features served from atutor.ca like the patcher, translation, modules, and themes, will no longer have direct access from within ATutor. ATutor will continue on from atutor.github.io, where you can download modules, themes, and languages, then upload them into ATutor
• ATutor Languages on Github: ATutor translations are now available through github, and can be directly imported from within ATutor. Create or update a translation with a Github pull request