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Table 6 The Kruskal Wallis H tests results for the school year variable

From: An analysis of users’ preferences on learning management systems: a case on German versus Spanish students

Design Dimension

Design Items

χ2(4)

p

School Year

n

Mean Rank

Content Management

Uploading assignments

Not significant

Reviewing grade

Not significant

Accessing learning materials

Not significant

Comment feature

11.780

.019

freshman

44

100.26

sophomore

28

87.41

junior

24

76.88

senior

23

61.65

master

47

79.55

Online whiteboard

14.108

.007

freshman

44

102.36

sophomore

28

70.98

junior

24

66.52

senior

23

86.35

master

47

80.57

Private storage

10.341

.035

freshman

44

100.61

sophomore

28

77.20

junior

24

71.48

senior

23

79.33

master

47

79.41

Ease of use

Allowing downloading multiple files

17.738

.001

freshman

44

104.56

sophomore

28

83.59

junior

24

57.52

senior

23

73.96

master

47

81.67

Easy enrollment of subject

Not significant

Learning materials are available before lectures

10.781

.029

freshman

44

85.14

sophomore

28

66.91

junior

24

68.23

senior

23

87.20

master

47

97.84

Integrated offline mod

Not significant

Calendar integration

11.774

.019

freshman

44

102.26

sophomore

28

73.88

junior

24

85.23

senior

23

73.17

master

47

75.84

Communication within the LMS

Chat system

Not significant

Discussion forum

15.135

.004

freshman

44

103.95

sophomore

28

73.18

junior

24

83.67

senior

23

86.57

master

47

68.91

Survey feature

11.756

.019

freshman

44

101.22

sophomore

28

80.14

junior

24

66.65

senior

23

71.39

master

47

83.45

Notifications

12.566

.014

freshman

44

103.43

sophomore

28

76.00

junior

24

68.98

senior

23

81.39

master

47

77.76

Design

Simple navigation structure

Not significant

Choose a personal design/layout

17.027

.002

freshman

44

105.68

sophomore

28

77.57

junior

24

81.33

senior

23

72.30

master

47

72.85

Mark files/courses as favorite

22.935

.000

freshman

44

108.78

sophomore

28

75.13

junior

24

84.46

senior

23

77.57

master

47

67.23

Language selection

Not significant

Allowing access through mobile application

Not significant