1. “Replace UW-ACE” Project Andrea Chappell, IST

2. What’s Happening? How to go about finding a replacement What we’re looking for Other universities’ choices and changes in the LMS market Understanding options The time line 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

3. The Core Team IST –Jan Willwerth –Sean Warren –Lorne Connell –Sorena Tiba CEL –David Bean –Aldo Caputo Library: Sandra Keys OPD: Susan Shifflett CTE –Jane Holbrook –Mary Power Faculty –Peter Carr –James Skidmore Students –Nick Soave (VP Ed.) –STAC updates Consultant: Liwana Bringelson 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

4. The Resource Team Shawn Gilbertson, Bookstore (publishers, e- books) Trevor Holmes, CTE (outcomes-based assessment) Katherine Lithgow, CTE (e-portfolio) Mark Morton, CTE (web 2.0, new learning tech applications) 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

5. Purchase process: RFI, RFP Request for Information (May 2010) –informal estimates on prices or specifications for products we have not yet decided to buy –“beat the bushes”, test our specifications Request for Proposal (August 2010) –complex requirements including special capabilities, supplier record, strategies –Information to project members only! 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

6. What we are looking for What it can do (functionality) Producer and product stability and promise Supportability –Includes support from producer Scalability Extensibility (to do more things) 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

7. Basic Functionality Features we assume the modern LMS has Creating and organizing content Activities (quizzes, assignment upload, discussions, surveys, blog, wiki, RSS) Communications (announcement, email, chat) Course management (grades, tracking) 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

8. Specialized Functionality Things we do not assume every LMS has –Rich team builder and team tools –Tiered admin and roles (shared support) –Repositories (shared materials and activities) –Algorithmic quizzes –Automation (e.g., identifying at risk students) –Course templates –Secure exam environment 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

9. New/improved functionality Math notation; integration of computational and symbolic (e.g., MapleTA) Audio/video capabilities Presence detection and communications Mobile support Outcomes-based assessment ePortfolio 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

10. Integrations – data/software Local data (course, rosters, students) 3 rd party software (Turnitin, Wimba Voice, eReserves, iClicker) –Adding other 3 rd party software Customizing processes (e.g., combining courses, creating archives) Reports from data in the LMS 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

11. Other major factors Accessibility Standards (various IMS, SCORM) for data exchange and integration Migration of existing courses Support and service Pricing 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

12. Other universities’ choices (Not comprehensive, just examples) WLU, Guelph, McMaster – Desire2Learn Brock, Windsor – Sakai Queen’s, UVic – Moodle Many with Blackboard/WebCT 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

13. Changes in LMS market Blackboard biggest, with WebCT and Angel acquired, but decreasing Moodle and Sakai (open source) and D2L increasing Blackboard bought two e-learning tools, Wimba and Elluminate New LMSs, many based on social tools 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

14. Understanding options LMS selection itself, plus … How to extend functionality – when to buy, whether to build Who to host? Us? Others? Pros and cons How to incorporate cloud tools (Google Apps, Live@Edu, twitter, Facebook, etc.)? 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

15. Final words Coming from “good place”, hard to replace Want the LMS to be easy and intuitive Also allow power users to expand Adopt new tools for learning, integrated to the LMS Options on how to grow (buy, build, rent from cloud) 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

16. The time line Wrap up RFP soon More open communications once RFP is closed Recommendation to sponsor (UCIST) late February Spring pilot Migrations (how much?) for fall 2010 | The Sky’s the Limit

17. Questions or comments? Thank you! http://av.uwaterloo.ca/uwace/lms_review/