LMS Comparison across Ontario Universities
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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|| | |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|| | ||
- | | | + | |Link to our About page: [http://vista4.uottawa.ca/webct/about.jsp] |
|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. | |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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Institution | Contact Person | LMS Product | Version Number | Server OS | Database | License Expiry | Active Courses | Satisfaction | Likely to Change | If Change to What | comments | |||||||||||||
OCAD | Andrew McAllister | in house developed | 3 | LAMP (new) + IIS/Coldfusion (legacy) | MySQL Cluster MS SQL | 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. | |||||||||||||
University of Toronto | Linda Murphy-Boyer | BlackBoard | 7.2 | Sep-09 | approx 5000 | Satisfied | Unlikely | After much debate and kerfuffle we have now achieved acceptance 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 | 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. | ||||||||||||||
Carleton University | Steve Gormley | WebCT 8 | 8.0.1 | Solaris | Oracle | 01-May-09 | 2000 | Satisfied | Likely | Open source: Moodle, Sakai, Desire2Learn, WebCT NG(?) | ||||||||||||||
University of Ottawa | Michel Marcheterre | Blackboard Vista | Release (8.0.2) [18.0.2.42] | Windows | SQL | 30-Apr-09 | 1516 | Satisfied | Likely | D2L, | Link to our About page: [1] | 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. | ||
Brock University | Matt Clare | Sakai - WebCT CE 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 | WebCT: Unsatisfied - Sakai: 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 | |||||||||||||
Queen's University | Bobbi A. Kerlin | WebCT 4 | CE 4.1 x | Solaris | NA | 08-Sep-08 | 2500 | Dissatisfied | Unsure | |||||||||||||||
Trent University | Mary Jane Pilgrim | WebCT 8 | Linux | SQL | 09-Aug | 1070 | Very satisfied | Unlikely | ||||||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||
UOIT | Bill Muirhead | WebCT Vista | Oracle | 2010 | allcourses | Dissatisfied | Likely | Moodle | ||||||||||||||||
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. | 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 | 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. | |||||||||||||
Ryerson University | Matt Justice | BlackBoard | 7.3 | Oracle | 2000 | Undecided | Unlikely | |||||||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||||
University of Windsor | Darrel Laurendeau | Sakai | 4.6.2 | web-based | Oracle | open source n/a | 2000 | Satisfied | Likely | |||||||||||||||
Laurentian University | Johanne Rioux | WebCT 4 | 4.1 | Windows 2003 | MSSQL 2005 | 30-Apr-09 | 1400 | Satisfied | Unsure | New at the position... | ||||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||
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. | |||||||||||||
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. | ||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||
Institution | Contact Person | LMS Product | Version Number | Server OS | Database | License Expiry | Active Courses | Satisfaction | Likely to Change | If Change to What | comments |