LMS Comparison across Ontario Universities

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A Periodically updated comparison of LMSs across participating Ontario Universities.

Institution	Contact Person	LMS Product	Version Number	License Expiry	Active Courses	Status/Notes
Algoma University	Danny Reid	Moodle	1.9	open source n/a	200
Brock University	Matt Clare	Sakai	Sakai 10	open source n/a	Active: 14000+, Total Sites: 27850+
Canadian Defence Academy, Royal Military College	Mathieu Leblond	Moodle	4.1	open source n/a	?
Carleton University	Andrew Barrett	Moodle	2.8.7 (3.1 anticipated by Sept. 2016)	NA	2500+/term
Dominican University College	Francois Demers	in house developed	N/A	N/A since self-built LMS	35
Lakehead University	Leslie Malcolm	Brightspace	-	?	500
Laurentian University	Johanne Rioux	Brightspace	9.0
McMaster University	Zafar Syed	Brightspace	10.6.3 (hosted continuous delivery)	2018	1800
Nipissing University	Kyle Charron	Blackboard Learn	9.1
OCAD U	Andrew McAllister	Instructure Canvas Community Version	December 2014 Release	Community-Source	1800+ a year
Queen's University	Brad Murphy	Brightspace	10.6.3	May 2016	all courses
Ryerson University	Restiani Andriati	Brightspace
Trent University	Ian Thomson	Blackboard Learn	Q4 2015 CU1	August 31, 2017	all courses
University of Guelph	Richard Gorrie	Brightspace	10.6.3 (hosted continuous delivery)	2018	3600+
University of Ottawa	Michel Marcheterre	Brightspace	See note	April 2022	10,000+ / year	Hosted, continuous delivery
University of Toronto	Avi Hyman	BlackBoard	9.x	?	approx 80,000	Selected Canvas as next LME. General availability September of 2018
University of Waterloo	Andrea Chappell	Brightspace	10.6.3 (hosted continuous delivery)	2018	+300 fully online; +3000 blended/campus (approx)	conducting env. scan in near future
University of Western Ontario		Sakai	10	open source n/a	1250
University of Windsor	Lorie Stolarchuk / Nick Baker	Blackboard	9.1.201410 (self-hosted)		All courses converted from Sakai Winter 2016
UOIT	Bill Muirhead	Blackboard Learn	9.1		all courses
Wilfrid Laurier University	Mary Scott	Brightspace	10.7		2000/term
York University	Rob Finlayson	Moodle	2.4	Open source; no license	More than 1000

If you are aware of an institution's information which needs updating please edit this article or contact Matt Clare at Brock University.

[edit] Addendum

• Ryerson http://lms.blog.ryerson.ca
• The University of Toronto is currently in the process of an Academic Toolbox Renewal, with an RFP for a Learning Management Engine. Information on this process can be found at http://toolboxrenewal.act.utoronto.ca