A standardized visual Web-based courseware authoring system

Learning resource standards are very important in a courseware authoring system. Some learning resource standards, like learning object metadata (LOM), content packaging (CP) and question and test interoperability (QTI) standards, provide a very effective way to process learning resource content. LOM provides a circumspect element set for describing content. CP defines a graceful structure for packaging content and makes it easy to analyze and interchange content packages. QTI standards describes a basic structure for the representation of question and test data. LOM, CP and QTI can be well applied in courseware authoring. Based on them, a standardized visual Web-based courseware authoring system named SmartEye system is developed to help courseware developers developing high-quality Web-based courseware. This paper instructs the application of LOM, CP and QTl in content authoring and deployment, and also instructs the design and implementation of the SmartEye system.