1.5. Related Systems

A modest range of both commercial and public domain software solutions exist with similar functionality compared to this EClass tool. Of the solutions available, the following serve as the closest competitors:

These solutions do cover a wide array of useful features, including the following:

Some of the other common major features lacking from the available solutions which EClass specializes on include:

The most important feature of this EClass tool is the simple-to-use mindset. A simple and intuitive markup language can be used to create presentations ranging from quick lectures to advanced interactions with the entire class.

Presentations can range from structured PowerPoint-like slides to dynamic built-as-you-go canvases. Using an outline format, it is possible to utilize expanding and collapsing like functionality to zoom in and out different levels of detail of a slide.

A detailed look at each of the other solutions can be found at the following:

Following these reviews a detailed feature comparison matrix can be found.




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