LMS Team

About the LMS Team

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

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

General Resources

• Blackboard Customers Consider Alternatives - on NCLIVE; link works only if you are on campus
• Choosing a Course Management System is like Picking a Pet

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)
• 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)

Sakai

• What's Sakai?
• Sakai vs. Blackboard Comparison