There are many opportunities to learn more about the learning management systems (LMS) being evaluated as a part of the .听
Join the LMS Evaluation team for a series of presentations on Friday, April 21. At the end of each session, attendees will have the opportunity to give feedback on the LMS they observed.听
Teaching and learning-focused presentations
Friday, April 21
, room 100
Representatives from the LMS companies will give a 25-minute presentation on their user interface, from both the faculty and student views. The presentation will have a teaching and learning focus and will include information about their quiz tool, gradebook, assignment submission tool, communication tools and mobile app. After the presentation, attendees will have 25 minutes to ask the supplier questions.
8 to 8:50 a.m.
Moodlerooms by Blackboard
9 to 9:50 a.m.
Brightspace by Desire2Learn
10 to听10:50 a.m.听
Canvas by Instructure
General session
Friday, April 21, noon to 1:45 p.m.
听room 1B20
During this back-to-back session, each supplier will have 30 minutes to share key information about their LMS and address the following.
- What makes you the best fit for our faculty and students?听
- What will it be like to transition to your product or, in the case of D2L, from the old interface to the new interface?听
- Suppliers appear to be on a continuum of open source to closed source. Describe where your product and associated support is on that continuum and why it鈥檚 beneficial for us to adopt that model?听
- Company qualifications.
Request a sandbox听
听in the systems being reviewed. You can use these courses to try out the LMSs. You听will be asked to complete a survey to provide feedback on the LMS鈥檚 ease of use and functionality.
If you have questions about either of these events, please fill out the LMS team's听.
