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Software Review Checklist

 

Software Review Checklist

Please complete on-line form or print off or  save and edit HTML file of this page, and return it to Robert Surowiec ( R.L.Surowiec@bham.ac.uk ), LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network, School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, with your review for publication in Maths, Stats & OR. 

Software Title: 

Medium (CD, Disks, Manuals etc): 

Computer Platform/Operating System: 

Other software requirements (Maple, Matlab etc): 

Type of installation (stand alone, network): 

 

What kind of product is it?

Tutorial Package
Computer Mathematics System
Drill Program
Simulation/Visualisation Package
Assessment Package

Other (please specify):

How can the software be used?

Self study for students
Directed study for students
Demonstration or support for lectures
Assessment of students

What are the students supposed to do?

Navigate their way through course material
Build models and/or diagrams
Investigate and solve problems
Answer questions
Write computer programs

Other (please specify):

What are the students supposed to learn?

Subject content
Subject specific skills
IT skills related to the subject
Study skills or revision techniques

Other (please specify):

How does the software exploit the available technology?

Through an interactive version on the WWW
Through presentation and display graphics
By managing complexity
By providing a communication medium for students

Other (please specify):

Does the software include

On-line technical support?
On-line subject help?
Navigational help?
Supporting documentation?
User support?

Other (please specify):

Can the following features be customised?

Mode of use
Level of difficulty
Choice of topics
Content of questions
Content of explanations
Technical features

Tell us how to get in touch with you:

Title
Name
Organisation
E-mail
Tel
FAX
Please contact me as soon as possible regarding this matter.
Please do not store my details on LTSN Maths, Stats & OR Network contact database.