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OK, despite having read the article, the thread, and working for a major US university, I still have no clue what this Blackboard thing does, or what LMS stands

by hugh3 16y ago

OK, despite having read the article, the thread, and working for a major US university, I still have no clue what this Blackboard thing does, or what LMS stands for (though I have learned that everybody hates Blackboard). Can someone explain what class of product we're discussing?

mkramlich 16y ago
with all respect, how come you did not think to quickly search with Google or Wikipedia?
dustineichler 16y ago
LMS = Learning Management System Blackboard hurts Universities because it's overly expensive and unintuitive for the price. This new site looks great. I worked on http://moodle.org/ http://moodle.org/ back in the day which is a great opensource alternative. It's now deployed in most if not all California State Universities. This is a great space to work in.
- dustineichler 16y ago
  sick. the lms app is built on rails. https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
- spoondan 16y ago
  It's now deployed in most if not all California State Universities. Most of the CSU campuses are still using Blackboard. MOODLE is used by around 6 of the 23 campuses and is being piloted by a few others.
  - dustineichler 16y ago
    this article says different. http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/11/csu-system-adopts-moodle-lms-services.aspx http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/11/csu-system-adop... although I think http://www.moodlerooms.com/ http://www.moodlerooms.com/ is slightly different.
MetricMike 16y ago
LMS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system Blackboard is an LMS that many major universities use to provide online support for classes. At my university (University of Richmond), I can sign on to blackboard.richmond.edu and for each of my classes that semester, can download assignments/lecture/slides that my teacher has uploaded, upload assignments for my teacher to grade, view a roster of the other kids in my class, participate on a bulletin-board for "class discussions", view my grades, and my teacher can send out emails to the entire class fairly easily (enter text in a box, select which students of that class to send to, hit submit). It's okay, but there are definitely some issues. Like, not being very user-friendly (I constantly help out my instructors with how to use it). Also it doesn't work very well in Chrome =/

by hugh3 16y ago

mkramlich 16y ago

with all respect, how come you did not think to quickly search with Google or Wikipedia?

dustineichler 16y ago

LMS = Learning Management System Blackboard hurts Universities because it's overly expensive and unintuitive for the price. This new site looks great. I worked on http://moodle.org/ http://moodle.org/ back in the day which is a great opensource alternative. It's now deployed in most if not all California State Universities. This is a great space to work in.

dustineichler 16y ago
sick. the lms app is built on rails. https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms
spoondan 16y ago
It's now deployed in most if not all California State Universities. Most of the CSU campuses are still using Blackboard. MOODLE is used by around 6 of the 23 campuses and is being piloted by a few others.
- dustineichler 16y ago
  this article says different. http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/11/csu-system-adopts-moodle-lms-services.aspx http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/11/csu-system-adop... although I think http://www.moodlerooms.com/ http://www.moodlerooms.com/ is slightly different.

MetricMike 16y ago

LMS - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_management_system Blackboard is an LMS that many major universities use to provide online support for classes. At my university (University of Richmond), I can sign on to blackboard.richmond.edu and for each of my classes that semester, can download assignments/lecture/slides that my teacher has uploaded, upload assignments for my teacher to grade, view a roster of the other kids in my class, participate on a bulletin-board for "class discussions", view my grades, and my teacher can send out emails to the entire class fairly easily (enter text in a box, select which students of that class to send to, hit submit). It's okay, but there are definitely some issues. Like, not being very user-friendly (I constantly help out my instructors with how to use it). Also it doesn't work very well in Chrome =/