Universities Offer Homegrown Course Software

A group of colleges has released a competitor to commercial vendors

By JEFFREY R. YOUNG

A cooperative venture by several major universities to build free course-management software released the first version of its product last week, together with the complete source code, so that any college or individual can customize and enhance the program.

The effort,...

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