ATutor is a learning management system to continue professional development for teachers, career developers, and academic research. It is written in PHP in a cross platform operating system.
Two accessibility features in the system are text alternatives for all visual elements and keyboard access to all elements of the program. With these features, a blind person can listen to the entire interface of the system with the help of a screen reader, and he or she can access the system without needing a mouse. These features also allow ATutor to adapt to a wide variety of technologies including cell phones, personal data assistants (PDAs), and text-based Web browsers, to name a few. ATutor is also designed for adaptability to any of several teaching and learning scenarios. There are four main areas that reflect this design principle: themes, privileges, tool modules, and groups
To install ATutor, point your web browser to the installation directory where ATutor was extracted, and follow the Installer's instructions. e.g. http://localhost/ATutor
For full installation instructions see: https://atutor.github.io/atutor/docs/installation
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Fork ATutor into your own Github account, at: https://github.com/atutor/ATutor
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Clone ATutor from the fork you created into the document root of your webserver (for convenience), with:git clone https://github.com/yourname/ATutor.git
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Before running the Installer, create an empty config.inc.php file in the ATutor/include/ directory. If you have a command line to work from, while located in the ATutor directory, create the file with: touch include/config.inc.php
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Follow the installation instructions at the link above.
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Or, follow the instructions given by the ATutor Installer.
If you want to contribute to ATutor follow the instructions below or on https://atutor.github.io/atutor/docs/dev_with_github.html
- Fork the repository and create clone
- Create a new branch to work in
- Edit and create new files within your new branch
- Make sure your branch is up to date with the master branch
- Merge pull requests into master branch
For additional ATutor documentation, see the ATutor Handbook in ATutor, or at the following links:
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Administrators https://atutor.github.io/atutor/handbook/admin.html
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Instructors: https://atutor.github.io/atutor/handbook/instructor.html
- Inclusive Design Research Centre
- OCAD University
- ATutorSpaces
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Have fun, and take it places!
-Greg
