Application Features For grade levels K-12 throughout Higher Education Course materials, editable via Microsoft FrontPage and Adobe Dreamweaver, callable from in online depositories Web 2.0 and AJAX supported User-friendly UIs with help and balloons Fully secure learning environment Newer versions of browsers supported (e.g., IE7, FF2 or later) Institute administration (fully controllable) configurable in advance

Minimum System Requirements High-speed Internet connection (around 2MBPS) Windows XP, 2003, 2007 or Vista SP1 – 32 bit OS More than 1 GB RAM Hi-end Audio card (for best audio quality) XVGA (1024 x 768) or higher resolution video Latest browser with Flash add-ons, JS supported Adobe Flash Player version 9.0 or higher

Administrative Management

System User Management Add unlimited User Accounts (Administrator, Author, Facilitator, Participant, Parent) Edit basic information and login credentials for User Accounts Delete or deactivate User Accounts Login via any User Account Maintain memberships within course workgroups		Course Management Set a date range for course enrollment Set a limitation range for total number of course attendees Set automatic start for reoccurring courses Enroll Participants in multiple courses Create an unlimited number of learning scenarios per course Manage course workgroups and their Participants Manage Books (Book / Course Syllabi) by chapters via a hierarchical tree
Institute Management Online institute registration in free/paid plan Get an adjustable / scalable and renewable license on a per Participant basis Add an unlimited number of Authors, Facilitators and Clerical Staff Create an unlimited number of courses Set up team-teaching scenarios Provide merit incentives to Facilitators who sign-up to become course Authors Assign course Facilitators-Authors to collaborative course development teams Share authored courses or course modules across your curriculum Share, donate, exchange, or lease your authored courses with other participating institutes Oversee and/or monitor all aspects of a Participant's involvement in activities / tasks Manage events and news		Misc Management Use a lock/unlock facility to manage 11 type of documents Use an Internal Text Messaging System for managing documents Use a Media Manager in relation to maximum 200MB of uploadable media elements Utilize the uploaded media elements within the context of written responses and reports Use Text Snippet Manager to create and embed snippets of text for repeated use in Guided Writing Exercises Use a Telephone Conferencing utility for 1 to 1 communications concerning Guided Writing Exercises Use a Hypertext Maker in relation to creating Guided Writing Exercises Use a Balloon Maker to create parenthetical definitions in a Guided Writing Exercise
Note well: Movies showing step-by-step procedures to be followed concerning each item are accessible via the Help tab on the QuESt’s main menu.

Basic Learning Modules: Schedule / Exercise / Books / Exam / Classroom / Homework

Schedule (Classrooms / Weekly) Administrator provides Weekly classroom schedule in advance Set time-slots (classroom periods) for courses according to a 12-hour clock for each day in week Set time-slots on the basis of course name, associated Book and workgroups		Exercise (Activities) Each chapter at each node in the tree for a Book can take an unlimited number of Exercise activities Pose an unlimited number of questions Under each Exercise activity Rearrange vertically (upward or downward) the nodes in the tree for a Book Review and remark on each response to questions answered in an Exercise activity Review via a color-coding scheme the status of each response answered in an exercise activity
Books Author "Books" (syllabi for courses) in relation to a body of text inherent to a subject Use a hierarchical structure to address this body of text in a chapter-by-chapter fashion Set each section of a Book Syllabus according to its Due Date by using a "smart calendar" Create course support materials by using a WYSIWYG HTML editor Use the system's Media Manager to upload audio, images, animations, and video Use the system's Media Manager to upload background music for the chapters and Book pages Navigate a Book's chapters in page-by-page fashion to fostering step-by-step learning Upload pre-recorded audio clips via "Text to Speech" feature for each Book page		Exams (Drills / Quizzes / Weekly, Quarterly, Annual Exams) Add unlimited number of objective-type and essay-type questions Marks (values points) are specified for each question Collections of questions get compiled from in among lists of them Exams are prepared with questions taken from the compilations Assign a Checker of Prepared Exam and also a Supervisor for the Exam session Previous Exam Schedule reviewed Exam Schedule set on the basis of Exam Type and workgroup Prepared Exam taken online on date as configured in Exam Schedule
Virtual Classroom Share blackboard with pen, color picker, text, Shape Public/Private live chat Multi-way audio chat Both Audio and video communication Review attended participants Raise hand, ask questions and doubts Record session and playback from history Close the classroom for next session		Homework (Assignments) Readings (chapters in Book) Exercises (for each chapter in Book) Track assignments via configurable due date View assignment results for all Participants Readings (resource information in QuESt File) Guided Writing Exercises (for processes explained, step-by-step, in QuESt File) Constructing Reports
Note well: Movies showing step-by-step procedures to be followed concerning each item are accessible via the Help tab on the QuESt’s main menu.

Advance Learning Modules: QuESt / GWE / Extract / CST

QuEST (Process Decomposition - Reconstruction) Create QuESt File's hierarchical tree Create levels-of-specificity for nodes in tree (unlimited in number) Select from five (5) possible Answer Types for the written response to a Question or a Task Create the narrative for the Guided Writing Exercises Set an Evaluation Form for juding written responses according to standards		GWE (Guided Writing Exercises) Structure a situational analysis in relation to the Subject of a course's Book Track Changes for revisions to the text in written responses Conduct 1 to 1 real-time telephone chats in relation to written responses Create subject-specific Surveys and Forums and Blogs in relation to a Question or a Task Use a Snippet Manager to stockpile snippets of text for repeated use in a Guided Writing Exercise Determine grades via an automated system using a percentage-based points scale and Evaluation Form
Extract (Data Retrieval) Extract data from in the online database via your choice of criteria Use Saved Criteria Files that "remember" (for future use) the criteria used in a search Use search results as resource material for creating written responses to Guided Writing Exercises Synthesize (take together in combination) clusters of text retrieved from in the online database		CST (Category Search Tool) View search results in graphic format (pie charts and bar charts using values expressed as percentage) Populate target files for a search with the body of text from within a course's Book Set searches according to a Category Set connected with a Search File Weight Sub-categories according to criteria that you determine
Note well: Movies showing step-by-step procedures to be followed concerning each item are accessible via the Help tab on the QuESt’s main menu.

Common Modules: Reporting / Blogs, Forum & Survey / Events & News / Marketplace

Reporting (On Subject matter and On Learning Experience) Derive Resource Material for use in reports from in written responses stored in the online database Produce a Final Report from the Discussion-type Exercises in a Book and the responses from Guided Writing Exercises Produce a Personal Report made of reflections upon a current learning experience Use a multimedia format (audio, hypertext, images, animations, video) for Final Report & Personal Report Export to local hard drive in HTML format both the Final Report and the Personal Report Work in tandem in workgroups on a Collaborative Project via a course WIKI Include automatically in an online Portfolio reports, projects, exam results (grades) & an evaluation form		Surveys, Forums and Blogs Create Surveys relative to the Subjects, Topics and Issues encountered in a course Relate Surveys to an unlimited number of Forums created in relation to the Subjects, Topics and Issues Create an unlimited number of Blogs and Group (Workgroup) Blogs in relation to the Subjects, Topics and Issues Follow Videos showing step-by-step procedures concerning each item on the main menu
Syndicated News and Events Publish institute-wide syndicated news items with reference to faculty, staff & general population via each Student's Home Page & via RSS feed subscribable to by the public at large. Post to a configurable Calendar of Events via each Student's Home Page notifications concerning an agenda (Daily, Weekly, Monthly, or Yearly) Search for forthcoming events of interest either on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis Print to hard copy versions according to date, event, or category.		Market Place Purchase from in a variety of product categories and sub-categories like: Books / Textbooks | CD & DVD / Music CD / Audiobook CD / Video DVD | Courseware / Fiction Analysis / Fiction Writing / Auto-biographical Writing etc. Soft copy downloads available for some products. Gift Certificates available for all occasions. Publications also categorized for searching according to titles and authors. Wish Lists make great reminders for future purchasing. Categorized according to title and author.
Note well: Movies showing step-by-step procedures to be followed concerning each item are accessible via the Help tab on the QuESt’s main menu.

Automated Tasks

Full Backup of database and content Create Classroom playback file Automatic reoccurring course Email reminder and notification

License renewal notification Maintain server resources Database scanning & optimization