Meeting 1 of the Committee

Members of the LMS Committee met today to begin a review of Moodle and Blackboard 9.1.  Committee members have access to Moodle and Blackboard 9.1 courses. Today, members spent time examining the access and navigation of each LMS.  Members of the committee observed that a significant aspect of the learning curve for each LMS is a shift in terminology from CE8.  A wiki has been created and linked (see right also) to this blog to chart the differences in terminology.  

The next LMS Review Committee Meeting will be held Friday, October 8th.

Blackboard 9.1 Demo

Yesterday we had a team from Blackboard (Cathy Mertz, Deanna Nelson, Liam Ferris, & Todd Zick) visit campus for a presentation about, and demo of, Blackboard 9.1.  For any interested parties who missed the session, look for the video recording to be posted soon.  You can also learn more about Blackboard 9.1 at the Blackboard Learn for Higher Education site.  If you are interested in exploring a course site within Blackboard 9.1, you can request a preview site, available to you for 30 days at Test Drive Blackboard Learn.

Blackboard 9.1 Demo Tomorrow

The Learning Management System (LMS) Review Committee

will be hosting a

vendor demonstration of

Blackboard 9.1

on Thursday, September 23, 2010

from 2:00 - 3:30 pm

in B336

Moodle Demonstration

Yesterday we were fortunate to have Cindy Stillwell from Remote Learner join us to provide an overview and demonstration of Moodle.  The demonstration was a great introduction to the tools available in Moodle as well as the layout and navigation of the LMS.  If you were unable to attend the demonstration and would like to learn more about Moodle, you can sign up for a free Introduction to Moodle Webinar at: http://www.remote-learner.net/moodlewebinar.

If you would like to get into a sample Moodle course space, go to: http://demo.moodle.net/.

Moodle Demo Tomorrow

Please join us for a demonstration of:

Moodle

on Tuesday, September 21, 2010

from 2:00 - 3:00 pm

in B336

Vendor Demos next week

The Learning Management System (LMS) Review Committee 

will be hosting vendor demonstrations 

of potential Learning Management Systems

during the week of September 20 - 24, 2010

Please join us for a demonstration of:

Moodle

on Tuesday, September 21, 2010

from 2:00 - 3:00 pm

in B336

AND

Blackboard 9.1

on Thursday, September 23, 2010

from 2:00 - 3:30 pm

in B336

Faculty LMS Survey

Welcome back!  As the semester kicks off, The Office of Online Learning is preparing to kick off our search for a new Learning Management  System.  There is still time to join the Committee to Review LMSs!  If you are not able to join the committee, we'd still like to hear from you.  Please take a few moments to complete this survey to let us know what you are looking for in a Learning Management System.