Cloud Services in the Distance Learning System for Future Sailors
L. Kravtsovа, Nataliia H. Kaminska, Hennadiy M. Kravtsov · 2020
The widespread use of distance learning platforms and office services, in particular spreadsheets, sets the task of their integration, for example, for using Excel documents in distance learning systems (DLS). Using cloud services can be a technological solution to this problem. The advantage of using cloud services is access to information resources using only an Internet connection and a web browser. The aim of the study is the development and implementation of the ExcelReader software module for using Excel spreadsheets on the web pages of the distance learning system. The following tasks were solved in the work: 1) analyzed well-known software solutions for displaying Excel documents in web applications and training platforms; 2) an effective technology for programmatically processing Excel documents was selected; 3) a model of a system for accessing and using web services for processing Excel documents in DLS was developed; 4) the ExcelReader software module was developed for displaying and editing Excel documents on web pages in the distance learning system; 5) The program module "ExcelReader" is implemented in DLS "Moodle KMA" and "Kherson Virtual University" (KVU). In particular, the ExcelReader software module was introduced into the educational process for using Excel spreadsheets on the web pages in DLS KVU using the Microsoft Excel Web App cloud service.