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A Periodically updated comparison of [[LMS|LMSs]] across participating Ontario Universities.
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| Institution || Contact Person || LMS Product || Version Number || Server OS || Database || License Expiry || Active Courses || Satisfaction || Likely to Change || If Change to What || comments
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| | [https://moodle.algomau.ca/ Algoma University]
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| | Danny Reid
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| | Moodle
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|"Institution"||"Contact Person"||"LMS Product"||"Version Number"||"Server OS"||"Database"||"License Expiry"||"Actively Courses"||"Overall|| how satisfied is your institution with your LMS?"||"Once your institution's contract ends with the current product|| its LMS will be changed"||"If Change to What"||"comments"
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| | [https://brightspace.brocku.ca/ Brock University]
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| | Matt Clare
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| | Brightspace
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|"OCAD"||"Andrew McAllister"||"in house developed"||3||"LAMP (new) + IIS/Coldfusion (legacy)"||"MySQL Cluster|| MS SQL 2003"||"Never"||"More than 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."
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| | [https://moodle.rmc.ca/ Canadian Defence Academy, Royal Military College]
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| | Mathieu Leblond
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| | Moodle
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|"University of Toronto"||"Linda Murphy-Boyer"||"BlackBoard"||7.2||||||Sep-09||"approx 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. "
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| | [https://www.carleton.ca/culearn/‎ Carleton University]
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| | Brightspace
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|"University of Waterloo"||"Jane Holbrook"||"Angel"||7.2||"Windows"||"Oracle"||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."
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| | [http://www.dominicanu.ca/ Dominican University College]
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| | Francois Demers
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| | in house developed
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|"Carleton University"||"Steve Gormley"||"WebCT 8"||"8.0.1"||"Solaris"||"Oracle"||01-May-09||2000||"Satisfied"||"Likely "||"Open source: Moodle|| Sakai|| Desire2Learn|| WebCT NG(?)"||
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| | [https://lakeheadu.desire2learn.com/‎ Lakehead University]
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| | Leslie Malcolm
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| | Brightspace
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|"University of Ottawa"||"Alain Erdmer"||"WebCT Vista"||"Release (4.2.3) [14.0.7.37]"||"Windows"||"SQL"||30-Apr-09||1516||"Satisfied"||"Likely "||"D2L|| Angel|| NG"||
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| | [https://d2l.laurentian.ca/‎ Laurentian University]
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| | Johanne Rioux
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| | Brightspace
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|"Lakehead University"||"Leslie Malcolm"||"WebCT 4"||"CE 4.1"||"Solaris"||"SQL"||31-Aug-09||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."
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| | [https://avenue.mcmaster.ca/‎ McMaster University]
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| | Jon Kruithof
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| | Brightspace
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|"Brock University"||"Matt Clare"||"Sakai|| WebCT 6"||"WebCT CE 6.2|| Sakai 2.5"||"Linux Frontends|| WebCT: MS Database|| Sakai: Linux MySQL"||"WebCT: MS SQL|| Sakai: MySQL"||"WebCT: July 31st 2009"||1600||"Satisfied"||"Likely "||"Sakai - we're running Sakai in parallel this year and will only be running Sakai after WebCT: July 31st 2009 - more info at http://www.brocku.ca/ctlet/sakai"||"Results from our Pilot of Sakai and comparison of Sakai|| Moodle and WebCT:  http://www.brocku.ca/ctlet/sakai/pilot"
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| | [https://learn.nipissingu.ca/ Nipissing University]
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| | Kyle Charron
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| | Blackboard Learn
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|"Queen's University"||"Bobbi A. Kerlin"||"WebCT 4"||"CE 4.1 x"||"Solaris"||"NA"||08-Sep-08||2500||"Dissatisfied"||"Unsure"||||
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| | [https://canvas.ocadu.ca/ OCAD U]
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| | Andrew McAllister
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| | Canvas
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|"Trent University"||"Mary Jane Pilgrim"||"WebCT 8"||||"Linux"||"SQL"||09-Aug||1070||"Very satisfied"||"Unlikely"||||
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| | [http://queensu.ca/onqsupport/ Queen's University]
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| | Brad Murphy
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| | Brightspace
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|"University of Guelph"||"Richard Gorrie"||"Desire2Learn; WebCT 8"||"CE 8.0.1"||"Linux"||"Oracle"||Dec-08||1500||"Dissatisfied"||"Likely "||"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."||
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| | [https://my.torontomu.ca/‎ Toronto Metropolitan University]
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| | Restiani Andriati
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| | Brightspace
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|"UOIT"||"Bill Muirhead"||"WebCT Vista"||||||"Oracle"||2010||"allcourses"||"Dissatisfied"||"Likely "||"Moodle"||
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| | [http://saea.uottawa.ca/site/en/vc-home-page/ Saint Paul University]
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| | [mailto:[email protected] Sebastien Leduc]
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| | Brightspace
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|"University of Waterloo"||"Andrea Chappell"||"Angel"||7.2||"Windows"||"SQL"||May-10||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.
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| | [http://learn.trentu.ca/ Trent University]
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| | [mailto:nickrogoza@trentu.ca Nick Rogoza]
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| | Blackboard Learn
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|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. "
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| | [https://courselink.uoguelph.ca/‎ University of Guelph]
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| | Brightspace
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|"Wilfrid Laurier University"||"Sandy Hughes"||"WebCT 6"||"6.1.2 (moving to 6.2.3)"||"Windows"||"Oracle"||31-Aug-08||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."
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| | [http://saea.uottawa.ca/site/en/vc-home-page/ University of Ottawa]
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| | [mailto:sebastien.leduc@uottawa.ca Sebastien Leduc]
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| | Brightspace
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|"Ryerson University"||"Matt Justice"||"BlackBoard"||7.3||||"Oracle"||||2000||"Undecided"||"Unlikely"||||
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| | [https://q.utoronto.ca/ University of Toronto]
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| | Avi Hyman
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| | Canvas
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|"University of Western Ontario"||"Jeff Longland"||"WebCT Vista"||"4.2.3 but soon 8.0.1"||"Linux application tier|| 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."
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| | [https://uwaterloo.ca/learn-help/ University of Waterloo]
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| | [mailto:andrea.chappell@uwaterloo.ca Andrea Chappell]
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| | Brightspace
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|"University of Windsor"||"Darrel Laurendeau"||"Sakai"||"4.6.2"||"web-based"||"Oracle"||"open source n/a"||2000||"Satisfied"||"Likely "||||
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| | [https://owl.uwo.ca/‎ University of Western Ontario]
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| | Sakai
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|"Laurentian University"||"Johanne Rioux"||"WebCT 4"||4.1||"Windows 2003"||"MSSQL 2005"||30-Apr-09||1400||"Satisfied"||"Unsure"||||"New at the position..."
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| | [https://brightspace.uwindsor.ca/d2l/login University of Windsor]
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| | Lorie Stolarchuk / Nick Baker
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| | Brightspace
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|"Nipissing University"||"Mary Toye"||"WebCT 6"||"6.2.3"||"Windows"||"SQL"||||||"Undecided"||"Unlikely"||||"Just in the process of getting acquainted with this LMS|| and it's too early to say much else."
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| | [https://learn.ontariotechu.ca/ Ontario Tech University]
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| | Canvas
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|"Dominican University College"||"Francois Demers"||"in house developed"||"N/A"||"Windows"||"Cold Fusion"||"N/A since self-built LMS"||35||"Satisfied"||"Unlikely"||||"It's a work in progress|| since we do it ourselves. It gives us a lot of flexibility|| and it's cheaper."
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| | [https://mylearningspace.wlu.ca/ Wilfrid Laurier University]
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| | [mailto:mscott@wlu.ca Mary Scott]
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|"Canadian Defence Academy|| Royal Military College"||"Mathieu Leblond"||"WebCT 4"||4.1||"Solaris"||"Oracle"||"Jan|| 2010"||90||"Satisfied"||"Likely "||"Desire to Learn"||"our corporate headquarters has already adopted Desire to Learn|| and this has influenced our decision to change the LMS."
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|"Algoma University"||"Danny Reid"||"Moodle"||1.9||"Linux"||"SQL"||"Open source|| no license"||200||"Very satisfied"||"Unlikely"||||"We get great support|| even though it's not a commercial product|| but we have lots of community support of educational institutions using Moodle basically for free."
 
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|"McMaster University"||"Leila Bastedo"||"Moodle; First Class|| WebCT 4|| moving to Vista"||"WebCT CE 4.1|| First Class v.9.1 (""Learn Link"" on campus). WebCT Vista 8"||"First Class (Windows) WebCT 4.1 (Linux)|| Blackboard Vista w. Community and Content (Linux|| Windows)"||"Vista w. Community Content (SQL); others are proprietary"||||2000||"Undecided"||"Unsure"||||
 
 
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| | [https://moodle.yorku.ca/‎ York University]
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| | Rob Finlayson
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| | Moodle
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Latest revision as of 11:41, 25 September 2024


A Periodically updated comparison of LMSs across participating Ontario Universities.


Institution Contact Person LMS Product
Algoma University Danny Reid Moodle
Brock University Matt Clare Brightspace
Canadian Defence Academy, Royal Military College Mathieu Leblond Moodle
Carleton University Brightspace
Dominican University College Francois Demers in house developed
Lakehead University Leslie Malcolm Brightspace
Laurentian University Johanne Rioux Brightspace
McMaster University Jon Kruithof Brightspace
Nipissing University Kyle Charron Blackboard Learn
OCAD U Andrew McAllister Canvas
Queen's University Brad Murphy Brightspace
Toronto Metropolitan University Restiani Andriati Brightspace
Saint Paul University Sebastien Leduc Brightspace
Trent University Nick Rogoza Blackboard Learn
University of Guelph Brightspace
University of Ottawa Sebastien Leduc Brightspace
University of Toronto Avi Hyman Canvas
University of Waterloo Andrea Chappell Brightspace
University of Western Ontario Sakai
University of Windsor Lorie Stolarchuk / Nick Baker Brightspace
Ontario Tech University Canvas
Wilfrid Laurier University Mary Scott Brightspace
York University Rob Finlayson Moodle

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