1. L EARNING M ANAGEMENT S YSTEM E VALUATION Marion Pope EDT5122: u05a1 February 11, 2018

2. SWOT A NALYSIS SWOT Analysis Strengths 1.Interoperability and flexibility 2.Cost Effectiveness 3.Support and training 4.Ease of use 5.Scalability 6.Sustainability Weakness 1.Leadership buy-in 2.Training for faculty 3.Communication 4.Technology integration 5.Accessibility 6.Student Information System integration Opportunities 1.Reporting analytics 2.Portability 3.Customization 4.Communication 5.Third-party plugins Threats 1.Support 2.Professional development & staff support 3.Strategic Planning & decision making 4.Technology 5.Budgetary concerns 6.Security issues

3. S TRENGTHS Interoperability and flexibility - The College uses a plethora of textbooks for instruction. The chosen LMS should have the capability to integrate third- party plugins that the faculty and students can access via the LMS. Cost effectiveness - The LMS should be able to prove it will have consistent fee increases over time concerning license fees, hosting fees, and any other related cost. Support and training - Each of the 58 community colleges has an average of three or less staff members to support their distance learning departments. It is important that the LMS vendor be able to provide consistent support for faculty, staff, and students on a 24-hours basis. Ease of use - After extensive research it was determined that the students found the LMS to be complex or simplistic based on the teachers knowledge of the LMS components. Scalability - The LMS should be able to integrate with our student information system. It should be able to accommodate course sizes. Distance learning is evolving and the LMS should be able to handle the growth. Infrastructure and support - Important factors are, meet the enrollment growth, meet the growing infrastructure needs, address budgetary needs, faculty needs, and future support staff needs in the present, and future.

4. W EAKNESSES Leadership buy-in - The administration would need to be fully onboard with the LMS choice and adoption process. Training for faculty - Faculty buy-in is imperative. If the faculty is not comfortable with the LMS and how it operates the students will have a tendency to be uncomfortable. Communication - Moving from a face-to-face environment can the LMS provide adequate communication portals i.e. email, discussions forums, announcement features for faculty to communicate with the students on a regular basis? Technology integration - Videos and text will take the place of instructor lead instruction. The technology must be stable and consistent. Accessibility - The Americans with Disabilities act of (1990) states that the online content must be accessible for students with disabilities. The evidence of assistive technologies must be present. Student Information System integration - The LMS should easily integrate with the SIS for easy output of student data.

5. O PPORTUNITIES Reporting analytics - The LMS should provide student data in an easy to read format. Portability - The LMS should be responsive, meaning it can scale across all platforms such as Desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Customization - The LMS should easily adapt to an online classroom where information is easily retrievable. Communication - Moving from a face-to-face environment the LMS must provide adequate communication portals i.e. email, discussions, announcement features for faculty to communicate with the students. Third-party plugins - The chosen LMS should have the capability to integrate third-party plugins that the faculty and students can access via the LMS.

6. T HREATS Support - IT and network administrators will need training on the LMS in order to maintain its sustainability. Professional development & staff support - There must be in-house and off campus training opportunities available that remain current and consistent with each LMS upgrade. Strategic planning & decision making - Moving from the face-to-face to an online environment will take time and effort to ensure that quality instructions are being offered to the students. Technology - Is there a stable platform for the system to perform? The system should have a 99.9% run-time rate. Security issues - Moving to an online environment can be a huge risk to student information.

7. E XPLANATION OF S TUDENT N EEDS VIA THE L EARNING M ANAGEMENT S YSTEM There are several variables that makeup a stable learning management system for student use. The attitude of administration is imperative to the success of the system. Administrators must understand that to remain competitive and attract students they must be able to offer instruction across several platforms.

8. SIX CLEAR INSTRUCTIONAL PURPOSES FOR WHICH A STRUCTURED DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT SHOULD INTEGRATE WITH AN LMS 1) To help deliver instruction 2) To diagnose student learning needs 3) To vary the delivery method of instruction 4) To help tailor the learning experience to meet individual needs 5) To support student collaboration and interactivity 6) To foster independent practice of specific skills

9. R EFERENCE Boothe, E. A. (2017). A CASE STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ADOPTION OF A LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS) IN A LARGE URBAN SCHOOL DISTRICT (Master's thesis). May Retrieved from https://uh- ir.tdl.org/uh-ir/handle/10657/1850 Sweetin, J. (2010, August 3). What a Moodle Feasibility Study Revealed About The Coming Disruption Wave in On-Line Learning. Retrieved February 11, 2018, from https://oscmoodlereport.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/moodle_feasibility_moottx_au g_10.pdf Calvin College openURL resolver