By comparing the two servers: WebCT and TopClass, to find out their suitabilities in creating different courses in order to offer some information to programmers like those in TECFA or to the institutions who want to offer courses through the Internet to choose a better one which suits well their need. To introduce how to get access to the two servers and their documentations. To compare the features/tools and the interfaces of the two servers. There are some tools in the web which offer practical comparison among the web tools. By comparing the actuel two, I found that there are many common features among all the web servers. To analyse the features and structures of the two tools to find out in what kind of courses we can use each of them. the institutions and those individuals who want to establish courses in Internet. WebCT TopClass Read all the documentations Compare and Analyse the features/tools and course structures of the two servers A person or an institution wants to create, e.g. an English course in their local server, which of the web tools to choose: Webct or TopClass? Or if an institution wants to deliver several courses at the same time and in the same place and what's more, once the students login, he can find all the courses, which one to use? The two web tools are all available in the Internet. We can even download the try version to try them for three months. Besides there are a lot of documantations on the web which can help people learn how to use the servers either as instructor or as student. After learning and comparing the features/tools and the course structures of the two servers, the individuals or institutions can easily make the choice according to their needs. While reading the documents and comparing the two servers, I have changed several times the ideas. Thus each time I have to rewrite the specifications. Write the specifictions in the end. Since time is too limited for me, I was not able to try to create courses with the two servers. I think if I sould create courses by using the both of them, I would find more interesting things. For example, I would like create an English course using WebCT, and several other language courses, say English, French and Chinese, I would find more differences between the two. I would find both their advantages and disadvantages. For the time being I just have to stay at the surface by comparing the structures. I got the impression that TopClass is more commercial. But for the moment I can not specify it. http://www.ctt.bc.ca/landonline/ http://www.webct.com/try/ http://tecfa.unige.ch/admin/webct/ http://www.webct.com/get/tutorial.html http://www.wbtsystems.com/download/documentation.html http://www.wbtsystems.com/ If you are going to create one course, you'd better use WebCT, since it is created by instructors and pedagogically speaking, they have considered every espect of a course. Besides its course structure is more like a real classroom course and thus more fimiliar to students. If you are going to create a web institution in which you would offer serveral courses and you want the students to enter it with one account and then they can choose among all the courses, choose TopClass. Its structure suits very well your need.