LMS Team
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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.
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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
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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:
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LMS Options & Technical Resources
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Blackboard
- What's ahead for Blackboard: Project NG
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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
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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)
