If sites are managed and regulated properly, ratings can be manipulated to reflect the truth. For example, it is often easy to spot students who express an exaggerated negative opinion. If people viewing the sites can be very critical in previewing comments, one might expect the sites to be quite successful. The other good thing about having sites is that they are the most viable solution in terms of including as many people as possible. There is probably no other system that captures as much student participation as assessment sites. This is generally due to the fact that students are always on the computer and the convenience of the sites is very attractive to them. The sites thus give the university and other people an extremely broad opinion of how people feel. When weighing the advantages and disadvantages, it would appear that the implementation of rating sites could be in South Africa's favour