LMS Comparison
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OCAD Andrew McAllister amcallister@ocad.ca 416-977-6000 Other 3 LAMP (new) + IIS/Coldfusion (legacy) MYSQL Cluster N/A 1000+ Very satisfied Unsure We like making our own LMS. It's nice. The user interface for a lot of other LMS systems are awful, which frequently brings us back to our own system.
University of Toronto Linda Murphy-Boyer linda.murphy.boyer@utoronto.ca 416-946-5341 BlackBoard Academic Suite 7.2 September 1, 2009 5000 Satisfied Unlikely After much debate and kerfuffle we have now achieved buy-in from most of our instructors. In addition we have spent much time and many resources developing training materials and custom building block modules for grouping, blogging and grafting courses. That said, in my opinion, it would be very unlikely that we would choose another system when our licence comes due next year.
University of Waterloo Jane Holbrook jholbroo@uwaterloo.ca 519-888-4567 ext. 35931 Angel 7.2 Windows Oracle May 1, 2010 2400 Satisfied Unsure We are currently reviewing our complete Online Learning Environment. This is in preparation for making our decision regarding our LMS renewal in 2010 and also to review other learning technologies that are used separately from the current LMS.
Carleton University Steve Gormley stephen_gormley@carleton.ca 613-520-2600 ext. 8886 WebCT CE 6 6.2.3 Solaris Oracle May 1, 2009 2000 Satisfied Likely Moodle, Sakai, D2L, WebCT NG(?)
University of Ottawa Alain Erdmer aerdmer@uottawa.ca 613-562-5800 WebCT Vista 4.2.4 Windows SQL April 30, 2009 1516 Satisfied Likely D2L, Angel, NG
Lakehead University Leslie Malcolm lmalcolm@lakeheadu.ca 807-343-8210 WebCT CE 4 4.1 Solaris Not applicable August 31, 2009 500 Satisfied Unsure Although we don't have concrete plans in place to move to a different lms when our current lms licence expires, we will be exploring other platforms throughout the upcoming year. Systems we will be investigating are: Angel, ThinkingCap, Blackboard NG, and open source platforms.
Brock University Matt Clare matt.clare@brocku.ca 905-688-5550 ext. 4734 WebCT CE 6 and Sakai 6.2 (WebCT); 2.5 Sakai Linux (WebCT and Sakai) WebCT: MS SQL, Sakai: MySQL WebCT: July 31, 2009 1600 Satisfied Likely Sakai we're running Sakai in parallel this year and will only be running Sakai after WebCT: July 31st 2009. iResults from our Pilot of Sakai and comparison of Sakai, Moodle and WebCT: http://www.brocku.ca/ctlet/sakai/pilot
Queen's University Bobbi A. Kerlin kerlinb@queensu.ca 613-533-6000 WebCT CE 4 4.1 Solaris Not applicable September 8, 2008 2500 Dissatisfied Unsure Trent University Mary Jane Pilgrim mpilgrim@trentu.ca 705 748 1011 ext. 7653 WebCT CE 8 8 Linux SQL August 9, 2008 1070 Very satisfied Unlikely
University of Guelph Richard Gorrie rgorrie@uoguelph.ca 519-824-4120 ext. 53731 Desire2Learn and WebCT CE 8 8.0 (WebCT); ? (D2L) Linux Oracle December 1, 2008 1500 Dissatisfied Likely D2L Currently we use D2L for our distance and continuing ed courses. As of Fall 2009 we hope to use D2L for all U of G courses, migrating from Blackboard CE.
UOIT Bill Muirhead bill.muirhead@uoit.ca 905-721-3163 WebCT Vista Oracle July 3, 1909 all courses Dissatisfied Likely Moodle University of Waterloo Andrea Chappell chappell@uwaterloo.ca 519-888-4567 Angel 7.2 Windows SQL May 1, 2010 2400 Satisfied Unsure We are currently in the midst of a review of the online learning environment needs of the University of Waterloo. This review has been initiated primarily as a matter of good practice, in anticipation of the expiration of our Angel license in May 2010, as opposed to being prompted by a dissatisfaction with our current product. While we are generally satisfied with our current product, there are areas of concern; we also need to gauge the broader user community's opinion, and review other options.
Wilfrid Laurier University Sandy Hughes shughes@wlu.ca 519-884-0710 ext. 4104 WebCT CE 6 6.1.2 (moving to 6.2.3) Windows Oracle August 31, 2008 1500 Dissatisfied Unlikely We are just renewing our license for two years until August 31, 2010. In Fall 08 we will begin a full LMS review, therefore the license will allow one year for the review and one year for migration, should we move to a new product. If we need additional time for a migration, we will contract with WebCT on an annual basis.
Ryerson University Matt Justice mjustice@ryerson.ca 416-979-5000 ext. 7272 Desire2Learn 7.3 Oracle 2000 Undecided Unlikely
University of Western Ontario Jeff Longland jeff.longland@uwo.ca 519-661-2111 ext. 85327 WebCT Vista 4.2.3 but soon 8.0.1 Linux Solaris database Oracle 2500 Satisfied Unsure Have some concerns about maintenance of the Vista/CE product lines with the upcoming release of Blackboard's Next Generation product. Many bugs and enhancement requests are being targeted for NG, unfortunately NG is missing a good deal of the functionality that we use in Vista. Said functionality is apparently coming in a later release of NG - but until that point we are left with bugs and enhancement requests that are targeted for a release that we cannot use.
University of Windsor Darrel Laurendeau dlaurend@uwindsor.ca 519-253-3000 ext. 3054 Sakai 4.6.2 web-based Oracle N/A (open source) 2000 Satisfied Likely
Laurentian University Johanne Rioux jrioux@laurentian.ca 705-675-1151 WebCT CE 4 4.1 Windows 2003 Not applicable April 30, 2009 1400 Satisfied Unsure New at the position...
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