WebCT to be iCollege
July 26th, 2008 | Humor, Programming, Software
So.. my school uses WebCT. Probably heard of it and possibility is that your school also use it. Its an educational software owned by Blackboard (I think Blackboard bought them or something). Anyways, since i’ve been at GPC its always been called WebCT, well, they had a change of mind on what to name it and here is what they thought of:
This has me wondering why everyone is going craze over the “i” naming? Ever since Apple started it with their iPod line? They renamed the main registration from whatever it was called also before to SIS (Student Information Services) so i guess OIT is trying to catch up to web 2.0?
2 Comments
Add your own1. ez | August 2nd, 2008 at 11:38 am
Across the state schools are re-branding the product. Schools with active athletic programs have a strong identity. In those cases, they combine the mascot character with something to indicate the service.
Maybe because GPC lacks such a strong branded identity, they were stuck using a academic name?
I agree your point though about sticking “i” in the front is very lame. As lame as sticking “e” in front of names a few years ago. Or the even more recent dropping the “e” in “er” of sites ala Flickr or Dopplr.
2. Olajide Olaolorun | August 4th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Truly said.
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