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Re:Technical co-founder needed for Studeous by yummyfajitas on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @08:20PM (#248099)
>What is the fire burning in the pants of your market? (And who is your target market -- you've got teachers and students and school admins, please pick one.)

WebCT and blackboard (the competition) are utterly unusable from a teacher and student perspective. I'd love to use something different if I ever have the need for more than just HTML. The main thing I'd like is a grade management system when I deal with large courses.

However, I'm almost certainly not permitted to use a grade management system besides the one my university provides, certainly not a third party one. That would violate student privacy.

Another problem is that commercial software can't (legally) add all the features of blackboard:

http://www.blackboard.com/patent/FAQ_013107.htm

Re:Technical co-founder needed for Studeous by echair on Wednesday July 16, 2008 @08:22PM (#248102)
I'm almost certainly not permitted to use a grade management system besides the one my university provides, certainly not a third party one. That would violate student privacy.

Are you allowed to use a notebook?