LMS Team

General Resources

• Blackboard Customers Consider Alternatives - from the Chronicle of Higher Education (9/12/09)
  • Note: The above links to NCLIVE; if accessing from off-campus you will need the NCLIVE password available from the library.
• 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