The owner of this website is of an organization, as indicated by the domain name (.org) in the web address (http://elgg.org/). However when the users explore the website for details, they will find that it is designed for commercial purpose. The owner ELGG is a group whose information cannot be found much on the website. This cannot make the users rely highly on the quality of its products.
Like Website 5, this website is also an E-portfolio builder, providing sources about E-portfolio software. The software provided by Elgg is said to be flexible, open to the incorporation of tools to the interest of the users, so the E-portfolio can be individualized. Specific information about the downloading, installing, and managing is highlighted on the homepage, and easily followed, which further shows that this website is designed mainly to sell products. To show the high quality of their product, the website posts the support of some academic institutions.
Besides selling their product, they also try to bring the users up to date by publishing news in related fields, and set up a discussion board to talk about possible problems the users may encounter so that they can find some solution. While the users searching for information concerning E-portfolios, they have to be aware of the strong commercial inclination behind the scene.
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