One thing that concerned me when I first started was whether I could use all of the existing web pages I had developed prior to using etudes . I agree with them. The tracking of student use of the site and the record keeping have been strong pluses. Even students with prior experience taking web-based classes have remarked favorably on the etudes environment, it's organization, and ease of use. I have been studying the variety of available courseware for online classes for about three years now.
Most products involve a trade-off between simplicity and power.
I was able to begin creating an etudes class after about 6 hours of training and experimenting. Compared to what my colleagues have told me of their experiences with comparable products etudes is far ahead in this regards.