ATutor

ATutor ni sisitemu yo ku rubuga rwa interineti ishingiyeku ubumenyi bwo kwiga (LMS) ifunguye ku bantu bose (open source)

 Koresha 
ATutor ikoreshwa muburyo butandukanye, harimo gucunga amasomo ku murongo, gukomeza iterambere ryumwuga ku barimu, guteza imbere umwuga, n'ubushakashatsi bw'amasomo.  Porogaramu ivugwa ko idasanzwe kubera uburyo bwo kuyigeraho, (ingirakamaro ku bafite ubumuga bwo kutabona n’abafite ubumuga); hamwe nuburyo bukwiye bwo gukoresha uburezi ukurikije Ibipimo ngenderwaho byo gusuzuma sofuti weya byashyizweho na Sosiyete y'Abanyamerika ishinzwe Amahugurwa n'Iterambere (ASTD).   ATutor ikoreshwa ku rwego mpuzamahanga kandi yahinduwe cyangwa yashyizwe mu ndimi zirenga cumi n'eshanu, ifite kandi inkunga y'izindi ndimi zirenga mirongo ine ziri mu bikorwa byo gutezwa imbere muri iki gihe.  

 Kuboneka 
ATutor niyo LCMS yambere yubahirije byimazeyo ibisobanuro bya W3C WCAG 1.0 kurwego rwa AA +, yemerera kugera kubintu byose bikubiye muri sisitemu murwego rwose rwabakoresha-uburenganzira, harimo na konti zabayobozi.  Kuba ATutor yujuje ibisabwa na  XHTML 1.0 bigamije kwemeza ko igaragarira neza kandi igakora kimwe ku ikoranabuhanga ryose ryemewe.

Abashinzwe iterambere rya ATutor bemeza ko ari yo yonyine igera kuri porogaramu ya LCMS ku isoko, harimo amafaranga yishyurwa kandi ifunze isoko. Iyi ngingo ya ATutor yemejwe byibuze muri kaminuza imwe yatangajwe na software. "Technical Evaluation Report 37. Assistive Software for Disabled Learners".  ATutor avugwa kandi mubisobanuro byinshi bya tekiniki hamwe nubumenyi; nibindi byinshi byiyongera mugice cya gatatu byateguwe kandi bikwirakwizwa kugirango bikoreshe hamwe na software.      

 Amavu n'amavuko 
ATutor yarekuwe bwa mbere mu mpera z'umwaka wa 2002.Byaje bisubiza ubushakashatsi bubiri bwakozwe na rwiyemezamirimo mu myaka yashize bwarebaga uburyo bwo kwiga kuri interineti ku bafite ubumuga. Ibyavuye mu bushakashatsi byerekanaga ko nta na kimwe muri gahunda yo Kwiga yo Kwiga ikunzwe muri kiriya gihe ndetse yatanze ibisobanuro bike hamwe n'amabwiriza yo kugerwaho. Icyo gihe impumyi urugero, ntishobora kwitabira byimazeyo amasomo yo kumurongo. 

 Ibiranga ibintu 
Babiri, muri benshi, ibiboneka muri sisitemu ni inyandiko isimburana kubintu byose biboneka, hamwe na clavier igera kubintu byose bya porogaramu. Hamwe nibi bintu, umuntu wimpumyi arashobora kumva ibice byose bya sisitemu abifashijwemo numusomyi wa ecran, kandi arashobora kugera kuri sisitemu adakeneye imbeba. Ibi biranga kandi byemerera ATutor guhuza tekinoloji zitandukanye zirimo terefone ngendanwa, abafasha mu makuru yihariye (PDAs), hamwe n’urubuga rushingiye ku nyandiko, kuvuga amazina make. 

ATutor ikubiyemo ibikoresho byandika bikubiyemo abategura gukora ibikoresho byo kwiga byoroshye. Ibisobanuro nkibi bishishikariza abanditsi kongeramo inyandiko iyindi niba bibagiwe gushyiramo imwe mugihe wongeyeho ishusho, kurugero. Igikoresho cyo kwandika kirimo na serivisi y'urubuga rusuzuma uburyo ibintu byemewe byemewe n’ibipimo mpuzamahanga bitandukanye. Usibye gukora ibintu byoroshye, igikoresho ubwacyo kiragerwaho, cyemerera umukoresha wimpumyi gukora ibirimo ubwabo.

 Ibiranga imiterere 
ATutor nayo yashizweho kugirango ihuze na kimwe mubintu byinshi byo kwigisha no kwiga. Hariho ibice bine byingenzi byerekana iri hame ryishusho: insanganyamatsiko, uburenganzira, ibikoresho byifashishwa, hamwe nitsinda. 

Sisitemu y'insanganyamatsiko ya ATutor yemerera abayobozi guhitamo byoroshye isura n'imiterere ya sisitemu kubyo bakeneye byihariye.  Insanganyamatsiko zikoreshwa muguha ATutor isura nshya, gutanga ibyiciro byamasomo uko basa, cyangwa gutanga verisiyo nyinshi za ATutor kuri sisitemu imwe, aho abakoresha bashobora guhitamo imwe nkigice cyo guhitamo.

Sisitemu yuburenganzira ( privelage system) yemera abigisha guha abanyeshuri b'itsinda ry'ishuri uburenganzira bwo gucunga ibikoresho by'ishuri. Abigisha barashobora gukora abafasha cyangwa abarimu bigisha bari bafite ubushobozi buke kuri kimwe mubikoresho byandika cyangwa ubuyobozi. 

 E-kwiga impaka za patenti 
ATutor ni bumwe mu buryo butatu bwo gucunga imyigishirize y’amasoko yitiriwe ikibazo cy’ingutu ku buryo bwa e-kwiga bwatanzwe na Blackboard Inc. muri Nyakanga 2006. Ikigo cyita ku bwisanzure bwa software cyatanze icyifuzo cyo kongera gukora ibizamini mu izina rya ATutor, hamwe n’abandi bakiriya babiri mu mpera za 2006. Mu ntangiriro za 2007 icyifuzo cyo kongera gukora ikizamini cyatanzwe n’ibiro by’Amerika bishinzwe ubucuruzi n’ubucuruzi (USPTO). Niba bigenze neza, icyifuzo kizageraho gihagarike ibirego 44 byose byasabwe na patenti. 

Mu rwego rwo gushyigikira imbogamizi kuri patenti ya Blackboard, abakorerabushake kurubuga rwa interineti basanze ingero za porogaramu zishaje zakoresheje ibitekerezo byavuzwe na patenti. Aba bakorerabushake bafatanije gukora inyandiko ya Wikipedia ku mateka y’ibidukikije byigamo, itanga ingero nyinshi zubuhanzi bwambere. 

Byongeye kandi, Greg Gay, umuyobozi w’umushinga wa ATutor yashimangiye ko ashyigikiye icyifuzo cyo kongera gukora ibizamini: "Patenti ku gitekerezo cy’uburezi - ni isano iri hagati y’abanyeshuri, abigisha, n’abayobozi - ntabwo byumvikana. Ibitekerezo nkibi ni ibya rubanda kandi byakorwaga mu binyejana byinshi; ntabwo ari ibisubizo by’ubushakashatsi n’iterambere."