Oh, the thing I don't like about ACES is how closed it is. A login is strictly required to see anything. The older
http://6916.lcs.mit.edu/ is much more inviting than
http://sloanspace.mit.edu/I'd definitely want syllabi and probably course calendar to be public.
As the aD soap opera continues, I've been looking at other packages as well... such as http://www.cnavsystems.com
which appears to be more of a series of Gettysburg-specific hacks and vaporware than a "product," but it has some interesting ideas, such as allowing students to create accounts for their parents, and decide what they're allowed to see. ACS usually assumes that everyone's an adult who wants their participation in the community to be public.
