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|OCAD||Andrew McAllister||[http://www.instructure.com/ Instructure Canvas] Community Version||?|| Mac OS X Server, Ruby on Rails, [http://nginx.org/ NginX Server] ||MySQL Cluster ||  [https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki Community-Source] ||More than 1000||TBA|| New for 2011-12 || New for 2011-12 || Just completed a year long e-Learning Strategic Project to evaluate our technologies and overwhelmingly decided on a Canvas pilot. Also implementing [http://corp.kaltura.com/ Kaltura] for video feedback.
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|OCAD||Andrew McAllister||[http://www.instructure.com/ Instructure Canvas] Community Version||?|| Mac OS X Server, Ruby on Rails, [http://nginx.org/ NginX Server] ||MySQL Cluster ||  [https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/wiki Community-Source] ||More than 1000||TBA|| New for 2011-12 || New for 2011-12 ||  
 
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|University of Toronto||Avi Hyman||BlackBoard||9.x||||||?||approx 80,000||Satisfied||Unlikely||||
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|University of Toronto||Avi Hyman||BlackBoard||9.x||||||?||approx 80,000||
 
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|Carleton University||Steve Gormley||D2L||?||?||?||?||?||Satisfied||Likely ||n/a)||
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|Carleton University||Steve Gormley||D2L||?||?||?||?||?||
 
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|University of Ottawa||Michel Marcheterre||Blackboard Vista||Release (8.0.2) [18.0.2.42]||Windows||SQL||30-Apr-09||1516||Satisfied||Likely ||D2L, <s>Angel</s>, NG||
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|University of Ottawa||Michel Marcheterre||Blackboard Vista||Release (8.0.2) [18.0.2.42]||Windows||SQL||?||1516||
 
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|Lakehead University||Leslie Malcolm||D2L||?||?||?||?||500||Satisfied||Unsure||||
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|Lakehead University||Leslie Malcolm||D2L||?||?||?||?||500||
 
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|Brock University||Matt Clare||Sakai||Sakai 2.8||Linux Frontends, Database - Sakai: Linux MySQL||MySQL||Never||13754||Sakai: Satisfied||Not Likely||||Results from our Pilot of Sakai and comparison of Sakai, Moodle and WebCT:  http://kumu.brocku.ca/sakai/Pilot - Numbers/statistics for our current Sakai system are available at http://ctlet.brocku.ca/lms-review/
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|Brock University||Matt Clare||Sakai||Sakai 2.8||Linux Frontends, Database - Sakai: Linux MySQL||MySQL||Never||13754||
 
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|Queen's University||Bobbi A. Kerlin||Moodle||?||?||NA||08-Sep-08||2500||Dissatisfied||Unsure||||
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|Queen's University||Bobbi A. Kerlin||Moodle||?||?||NA||08-Sep-08||2500||
 
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|Trent University||Mary Jane Pilgrim||WebCT 8||||Linux||SQL||09-Aug||1070||Very satisfied||Unlikely||||
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|Trent University||Mary Jane Pilgrim||WebCT 8||||Linux||SQL||09-Aug||1070||
 
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|University of Guelph||Kyle Mackie||Desire2Learn||HOSTED||HOSTED||HOSTED||May-2014||2000+||Satisfied||not likely ||||
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|University of Guelph||Kyle Mackie||Desire2Learn||HOSTED||HOSTED||HOSTED||May-2014||2000+||
 
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|UOIT||Bill Muirhead||Blackboard Learn ||9.1||Hosted||Hosted||||all courses||In Transition|| ||||
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|UOIT||Bill Muirhead||Blackboard Learn ||9.1||Hosted||Hosted||||all courses||In Transition||
 
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|University of Waterloo (updated Apr. 2011)||Andrea Chappell||D2Ll||?||?||?||?||?||?||Yes||
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|University of Waterloo (updated Apr. 2011)||Andrea Chappell||D2Ll||?||?||?||?||?||?||Yes||  
|We were satisified with ANGEL and after a review in 2008/2009 had planned to stay with it. The sale to Blackboard in May 2009 altered plans. RFI April 2010. RFP early August 2010. Selection April 2011. Project page: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/projects/lms_selection
 
 
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|Wilfrid Laurier University||Sandy Hughes||D2L||9.2 migrating to 9.4||HOSTED||HOSTED||Fall 2011||1500||Satisfied||Unlikely||||  
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|Wilfrid Laurier University||Sandy Hughes||D2L||9.2 migrating to 9.4||HOSTED||HOSTED||Fall 2011||1500||
 
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|Ryerson University||Restiani Andriati||Blackboard||9.1 SP 8||Linux 5.4||Oracle||2013||3500+||Undecided||Possible||Don't know yet||W2013: began a consultation process [http://lms.blog.ryerson.ca/ lms.blog.ryerson.ca]||
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|Ryerson University||Restiani Andriati||Blackboard||9.1 SP 8||Linux 5.4||Oracle||2013||3500+||
 
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|University of Western Ontario||Kim Holland||Sakai||2.8||web-based||Oracle||open source n/a||1250||Satisfied||||||
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|University of Western Ontario||Kim Holland||Sakai||2.8||web-based||Oracle||open source n/a||1250||
 
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|University of Windsor||Lorie Stolarchuk||Sakai||2.5.3||web-based||Oracle||open source n/a||1250||Satisfied||Likely||||
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|University of Windsor||Lorie Stolarchuk||Sakai||2.5.3||web-based||Oracle||open source n/a||1250||
 
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|Nipissing University||Kyle Charron||Blackboard Learn||9.1||Windows||SQL||||||Satisfied||Unsure||||Preparing for Bb NG 10
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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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|Dominican University College||Francois Demers||in house developed||N/A||Windows||Cold Fusion||N/A since self-built LMS||35||
 
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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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|Canadian Defence Academy, Royal Military College||Mathieu Leblond||WebCT 4||4.1||Solaris||Oracle||Jan 2010||90||
 
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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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|Algoma University||Danny Reid||Moodle||1.9||Linux||SQL||Open source; no license||200||
 
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|McMaster University||Leila Bastedo||D2L|| ?||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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|McMaster University||Leila Bastedo||D2L|| ?||?||
 
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|York University||Rob Finlayson||Moodle||1.9||Ubuntu Linux||MySQL||Open source; no license||More than 1000||Pretty satisfied||Unlikely||||We are pretty self-sufficient but have had great support from Catalyst, a NZ Moodle consultancy
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|York University||Rob Finlayson||Moodle||1.9||Ubuntu Linux||MySQL||Open source; no license||More than 1000||
 
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If you are aware of an insituations information which needs updating please edit this article or [https://www.brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/about-ctlet/staff contact Matt Clare at Brock University].
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If you are aware of an institution's information which needs updating please edit this article or [https://www.brocku.ca/pedagogical-innovation/about-ctlet/staff contact Matt Clare at Brock University].
 
 
  
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*Waterloo Project Page: Project page: http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/projects/lms_selection
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*Ryerson http://lms.blog.ryerson.ca
  
 
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Revision as of 10:08, 17 June 2013


A Periodically updated comparison of LMSs across participating Ontario Universities.


Institution Contact Person LMS Product Version Number Server OS Database License Expiry Active Courses
OCAD Andrew McAllister Instructure Canvas Community Version ? Mac OS X Server, Ruby on Rails, NginX Server MySQL Cluster Community-Source More than 1000 TBA New for 2011-12 New for 2011-12
University of Toronto Avi Hyman BlackBoard 9.x ? approx 80,000
Carleton University Steve Gormley D2L ? ? ? ? ?
University of Ottawa Michel Marcheterre Blackboard Vista Release (8.0.2) [18.0.2.42] Windows SQL ? 1516
Lakehead University Leslie Malcolm D2L ? ? ? ? 500
Brock University Matt Clare Sakai Sakai 2.8 Linux Frontends, Database - Sakai: Linux MySQL MySQL Never 13754
Queen's University Bobbi A. Kerlin Moodle ? ? NA 08-Sep-08 2500
Trent University Mary Jane Pilgrim WebCT 8 Linux SQL 09-Aug 1070
University of Guelph Kyle Mackie Desire2Learn HOSTED HOSTED HOSTED May-2014 2000+
UOIT Bill Muirhead Blackboard Learn 9.1 Hosted Hosted all courses In Transition
University of Waterloo (updated Apr. 2011) Andrea Chappell D2Ll ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
Wilfrid Laurier University Sandy Hughes D2L 9.2 migrating to 9.4 HOSTED HOSTED Fall 2011 1500
Ryerson University Restiani Andriati Blackboard 9.1 SP 8 Linux 5.4 Oracle 2013 3500+
University of Western Ontario Kim Holland Sakai 2.8 web-based Oracle open source n/a 1250
University of Windsor Lorie Stolarchuk Sakai 2.5.3 web-based Oracle open source n/a 1250
Laurentian University Johanne Rioux D2L 9.0 Hosted Satisfied U
Nipissing University Kyle Charron Blackboard Learn 9.1 Windows SQL
Dominican University College Francois Demers in house developed N/A Windows Cold Fusion N/A since self-built LMS 35
Canadian Defence Academy, Royal Military College Mathieu Leblond WebCT 4 4.1 Solaris Oracle Jan 2010 90
Algoma University Danny Reid Moodle 1.9 Linux SQL Open source; no license 200
McMaster University Leila Bastedo D2L ? ?
York University Rob Finlayson Moodle 1.9 Ubuntu Linux MySQL 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.