LMS Team
From DurhamtechWiki
Contents
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 (10/23/09)
- Fact Sheet on DTCC's LMS (10/23/09)
- Information Session Slideshow (10/1/10)
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 Sakai
Migrating 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
NCCCS Open Source Collaborative
- NCCCS: Moodle Assessment Report (Blog)
- Moodle Assessment Report Part I (August 2009)
- LMS Feasibility Study Report Part II (August 2010)
LMS Options & Technical Resources
Blackboard
- What's ahead for Blackboard?
Sakai
- What's Sakai?
- Sakai Project (Product Overview)
- VIDEO: Overview of Sakai
- Sakai vs. Blackboard Comparison
- MySakai - here you can create an account and your own "real" course!
- Sakai Knowledge Base (Indiana University)
- Durham Tech Sakai Pilot
Moodle
- About Moodle - links to documentation and a demonstration site where you can play with Moodle
- Using Moodle (online book)
- Moodle Tutorials for Faculty (from NJIT)
- Pitt Community College Moodle Documentation
