Strengths and Weaknesses(areas of improvement)
Strengths:
- Freedom to create any online course to share knowledge and resources
- Courses are free of charge
- Easy sign-up for e-learners and facilitators
- Discussion forums and comment section to build community and allow for quick feedback
- Ability to customize user profiles
- Tools for asynchronous communication and suggestions for synchronous communication
- Some courses can be used to receive college credit
- Badges are given instead of grades
Weaknesses (areas of improvement):
- No built in online-synchronous communication tool such as video conferencing or live chat box
- Anyone can form a learning cycle or class (including non experts on subjects)
- Unable to insert images from files or copy and paste images (this includes snipping tool)
- Unable to make quizzes or games (need to be inserted from another platform)