<s>
Strathclyde	O
Personal	O
Interactive	O
Development	O
and	O
Educational	O
Resource	O
(	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
)	O
is	O
a	O
virtual	B-Protocol
learning	I-Protocol
environment	I-Protocol
used	O
by	O
the	O
University	O
of	O
Strathclyde	O
to	O
provide	O
an	O
online	O
platform	O
for	O
class	O
material	O
,	O
support	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPIDER	B-Protocol
began	O
in	O
1998	O
as	O
a	O
web	O
project	O
to	O
convert	O
a	O
single	O
course	O
module	O
into	O
an	O
interactive	O
web	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
in	O
1998	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
was	O
a	O
"	O
static	O
"	O
website	O
and	O
was	O
coded	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
type	O
of	O
coding	O
became	O
a	O
flaw	O
to	O
development	O
as	O
hand	O
scripting	O
HTML	B-Language
became	O
very	O
time	O
consuming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
is	O
documented	O
from	O
its	O
creation	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1998	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
:	O
Approximately	O
120	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1999	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
1A	O
:	O
Move	O
to	O
dynamic	O
,	O
database	O
backed	O
system	O
(	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
MySQL	B-Application
,	O
PHP	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2001	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
II	O
:	O
Caters	O
for	O
around	O
550	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2002	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
II/III	O
:	O
Improved	O
content	O
management	O
system	O
;	O
new	O
content	O
creation	O
tools	O
;	O
quiz	O
builder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
III	O
:	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
system	O
modified	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
faculty	O
wide	O
use	O
,	O
using	O
"	O
clusters	O
"	O
to	O
allow	O
different	O
departments/	O
groups	O
of	O
departments	O
to	O
control	O
own	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2004	O
:	O
Authentication	O
and	O
integration	O
with	O
central	O
university	O
systems	O
(	O
LDAP/ADS	O
,	O
PEGASUS	B-Algorithm
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2005	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
V	O
Start	O
of	O
session	O
05-06	O
sees	O
over	O
10,000	O
registered	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2006	O
:	O
Around	O
900	O
classes	O
from	O
dozens	O
of	O
degrees	O
use	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
to	O
support	O
their	O
teaching	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2008	O
:	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
has	O
over	O
26,000	O
users	O
(	O
1,300	O
staff	O
,	O
15,000	O
students	O
,	O
10,000	O
alumni	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2010	O
:	O
core	O
of	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
re-written	O
to	O
improve	O
database	O
,	O
data	O
handling	O
and	O
form	O
management	O
;	O
CSS	B-Language
reworked	O
in	O
combination	O
with	O
the	O
core	O
rewrite	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
"	O
SPIDER-mobile	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
system	O
is	O
organised	O
into	O
clusters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
availability	O
of	O
clusters	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
's	O
unique	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPIDER	B-Protocol
's	O
cluster	O
system	O
provides	O
an	O
extra	O
level	O
of	O
hierarchy	O
that	O
allows	O
for	O
devolved	O
administration	O
by	O
allocating	O
each	O
class	O
to	O
a	O
department	O
within	O
a	O
cluster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
cluster	O
being	O
available	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
's	O
tools	O
have	O
the	O
flexibility	O
to	O
operate	O
at	O
both	O
the	O
class	O
and	O
academic	O
degree/	O
programme/	O
unit	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
staff	O
users	O
on	O
SPIDER	B-Protocol
are	O
able	O
to	O
target	O
news	O
items	O
at	O
several	O
classes	O
in	O
their	O
cluster	O
or	O
even	O
at	O
year	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SPIDER	B-Protocol
makes	O
use	O
of	O
an	O
academic	O
session	O
to	O
establish	O
which	O
content	O
is	O
current	O
and	O
which	O
is	O
archived	O
.	O
</s>
