LMS Project

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Goals and Success Criteria

  • To select the best LMS for Dickinson
    • As good as it needs to be, but not less so
    • As cheap as possible, but not less so
  • To select an LMS that
    • Goes beyond file sharing and integrates LIS services
    • That faculty like, can use easily
    • Whose advanced features faculty can and will use
    • That will improve the student learning experience
    • That will fit with LIS's infrastructure of hardware, software, and system admnistration

Milestones (Fall 2008)

Define the purpose of the project

Define a realistic field of choices

Create a Comparison Matrix

Hold a "Bake-off" event

Select a place

Select a date and time

Install or set up versions of each LMS

Select test faculty

Create matrix hand-out and/or poster

Advertize event

Create worksheets

Experiment with Course import/export

Make a Choice

Prepare for the Spring Pilot

Assumptions

Information

Moodle

Sakai

Angel