LMS Team

About the LMS Team

In Fall 2009, Durham Tech formed an LMS Evaluation Team to explore issues facing the college regarding its Learning Management System and to recommend a future path for the college.

• LMS Team Profile (PDF)
• Fact Sheet on DTCC's LMS (PDF)
• LMS Team Blog
• Meeting Minutes

General Resources

• LMS Evaluation Criteria (PDF)

• Blackboard Customers Consider Alternatives - on NCLIVE; link works only if you are on campus
• Choosing a Course Management System is like Picking a Pet
• Insidious Pedagogy: How Course Management Systems Impact Teaching

Learning from Other Institutions

Many educational institutions across the nation have conducted LMS evaluations and have made recommendations in favor of one product or another. Below is a sampling of reports produced by various institutions:

Migrating to Moodle:

• NCCCS: Moodle Assessment Report (includes case studies of 4 colleges that have converted to Moodle)
• Guilford Tech's Bb-to-Moodle Journey
• NCSU: Moodle Migration Announcement (or see this article from the Technician)
• UNC-Charlotte: LMS Evaluation Committee Report
• UNC-Pembroke: Final Report of Bb/Open Source Evaluation Committee

Piloting Sakai:

• UNC-Chapel Hill: Sakai Pilot Final Report

LMS Options & Technical Resources

Blackboard

• What's ahead for Blackboard: Project NG

Moodle

• About Moodle - links to excellent documentation and to a demonstration site where you can play with Moodle
• Using Moodle (online book)
• Moodle Tutorials for Faculty (from NJIT)
• Pitt Community College Moodle Documentation

Sakai

• What's Sakai?
• Sakai Project (Product Overview)
• Sakai vs. Blackboard Comparison
• MySakai - here you can create an account and your own "real" course!
• Sakai Knowledge Base (Indiana University)