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System Testing of Desktop and Web Applications
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Slack, James M. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2011
We want our students to experience system testing of both desktop and web applications, but the cost of professional system-testing tools is far too high. We evaluate several free tools and find that AutoIt makes an ideal educational system-testing tool. We show several examples of desktop and web testing with AutoIt, starting with simple…
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Oriented Programs, Evaluation Methods, Information Storage
Statistical Profiles of Highly-Rated Learning Objects
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Cechinel, Cristian; Sanchez-Alonso, Salvador; Garcia-Barriocanal, Elena – Computers & Education, 2011
The continuously growth of learning resources available in on-line repositories has raised the concern for the development of automated methods for quality assessment. The current existence of on-line evaluations in such repositories has opened the possibility of searching for statistical profiles of highly-rated resources that can be used as…
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Educational Resources, Classification, Automation
Software for Information Storage and Retrieval Tested, Evaluated and Compared: Part VII--What to Choose, or the Purpose of It All.
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Sieverts, Eric G.; Hofstede, Marten – Electronic Library, 1994
This last article in a series which reported results of a software evaluation project done by the Netherlands Association of Users of Online Information Systems (VOGIN) focuses on how to select appropriate software. Topics discussed include price considerations; user needs; and types and quality of information. (Contains 11 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Costs, Databases