There are many opportunities to learn more about the learning management systems (LMS) being evaluated as a part of the LMS Evaluation and Selection Initiative.

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.

Teaching and learning-focused presentations

Friday, April 21

ATLAS Center, 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 10:50 a.m.

Canvas by Instructure

General session

Friday, April 21, noon to 1:45 p.m.

Visual Arts Complex, 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?

What will it be like to transition to your product or, in the case of D2L, from the old interface to the new interface?

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’s beneficial for us to adopt that model?

Company qualifications.

Request a sandbox

Request a sandbox test course in the systems being reviewed. You can use these courses to try out the LMSs. You will be asked to complete a survey to provide feedback on the LMS’s ease of use and functionality.

If you have questions about either of these events, please fill out the LMS team's contact form.