The following are intended to be constraints informing scope and environmental characteristics

• Provides a common basis for evaluation
• Integrating
• Supports innovation
• Provides continuity
• Sustainable
• Supports timetable and non-timetable courses  (initial scope is timetable only)
• Allows content independence
• Allows term independence
• Allows class independence
  • supports groups independent of class
  • supports subgroups in class)
• Open
• Secure
• Provides easy navigation to needed funcions (facilities for instructors and students)