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LMS Selection Project

LMS Selection Project. Inaugural meeting of STAC, 20 January 2010 Andrea Chappell, Director of ITMS in IST, on behalf of the project team. LMS Selection Project Big Picture. ANGEL, of Angel Learning Inc., was sold to Blackboard Inc. in May 2009.

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LMS Selection Project

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  1. LMS Selection Project Inaugural meeting of STAC, 20 January 2010 Andrea Chappell, Director of ITMS in IST, on behalf of the project team

  2. LMS Selection Project Big Picture • ANGEL, of Angel Learning Inc., was sold to Blackboard Inc. in May 2009. • Need to select new LMS to replace ANGEL (UW-ACE). • Determine timeframe for migration. • Two phases: • Evaluation of options, and recommendation of a (very) short list. • Pilot/evaluation of short list with faculty and student input, for final selection.

  3. Project progress • Team (ITMS, CTE, CEL (formerly DCE), OPD, Library, 2 faculty members, and … STAC for students!) • 6 team meetings in fall 2009, 1 meeting 2010 • Charter, Investigating options, Investigating needs • 3 fall subgroup meetings: Determining criteria • Using workflow scenarios, not just feature lists • Sandboxes for “known 4”

  4. Just Some of the Criteria • Course Administration, Assessments, Teams, Online Discussions, Gradebook, Assignments, Course content, Communications and Collaborations, System Administration, Infrastructure Integration, Accessibility, Standards compliance, Adaptability/ Programmability/ Automation, …

  5. Timing • Upgrade to V7.4 in April, supported by Bb until 2012 • Future V8.x (transition release), support to 2014 • Current scenario: • Run V7.4 until 2012 • Pilot next LMS in late in 2010 • Run next LMS in parallel in 2011-2012 for migration (volunteers, encouraged, forced) • Other factors (like ANGEL support) may alter timing

  6. What are the options? • Choose another commercial LMS • Two biggest are Blackboard and Desire2Learn • Others include: eCollege, Atutor, SharePoint, … • Choose an open LMS • Two biggest are Moodle and Sakai • Others include: ELGG, LON-CAPA, … • Go Web 2.0 – Use FB, Wiki, Blog, Twitter, ... • Not practical on own, but want to incorporate

  7. “Open” – what does it mean? • Open source • Access to the end product source code • Generally royalty-free • Generally has a large community of peer support • Moodle and Sakai are free, but need to assess whether additional local or purchased support required • Can purchase support and also hosting from 3rd party vendors (Unicon, rSmart, Longsight)

  8. What are others selecting? Look at … • Overall market share of the LMSes • Adoption trends • http://www.deltainitiative.com/picts/pdf/deltainitiativelmswebinar09-2.pdf - August 2009 • Recent LMS selection results • http://www.masmithers.com/2009/09/20/public-lms-evaluations/ - September 2009

  9. Recent LMS Selection Results • North Carolina Community College System • Chose Moodleover BlackBoard - August 2009 • McMaster University • Chose BlackBoard - April 2008 • Guelph • Chose Desire2Learn(already using in their distance dept) • Laurier is in RFP process right now • Desire2Learn or BlackBoard

  10. Next steps • Create RFP (Request For Proposals) • Ask vendors how they support important scenarios and critical features • Initial testing on product sandboxes • Provide information to campus info, get feedback • Leads to … Recommendation to UCIST, and pilot

  11. Some questions for the project • What are the important things our LMS should do? • Teams heavily used, combined courses, instructional resources repository, etc. • Open/community source differences? • Consider “hosted” service? Pros and cons • Expectations of campus input into selection? • To avoid “personal preference” feedback, expect to involve campus in the very short list

  12. How might STAC get involved? • Need student (and faculty, and staff) input. • Project narrows choices based on needs (current use, previous feedback), supportability, scalability, etc. • Involve greater campus in organized evaluation of a (very) short list of candidates … STAC help here! Also, suggest (but welcome other options) … • STAC member take part in project, or .. • Assign another “interested” student as rep

  13. More info? • Project web site: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/projects/lms_selection • Contact me: chappell@uwaterloo.ca X33779 MC2041

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