Reasons for dropping Blackboard:
  • Smith, Hampshire, UMass have already either moved or are in the process of moving to Moodle. MHC is also seriously considering moving to Moodle. If all 5C schools were on Moodle, we could collaborate on development and possibly share resources between systems.
  • Blackboard has been diminishing support for smaller institutions and increasing licensing costs. As a result, liberal arts colleges have been dropping Blackboard at an increasing rate and moving to Moodle. 
  • Intellectual property of faculty used in courses can only be extracted from Blackboard with great difficulty. 
  • Blackboard can not be modified to integrate more effectively with other institutional resources and repositories.
Discuss strategy for how to begin the discussion of transitioning from Blackboard to Moodle with faculty

 

Virtual Computing Lab project
Shibboleth project
Opening access to course e-reserves during add/drop.
  • request access without data input into datatel
  • instructor approval required for students to access course materials during add/drop
Video tool for Film courses
iPad application for interactive presentation and group annotation