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I'm surprised there's really much alternative. My schools either used Moodle or Blackboard and Blackboard was absolutely awful since it was a product of just ac

I'm surprised there's really much alternative. My schools either used Moodle or Blackboard and Blackboard was absolutely awful since it was a product of just acquiring and suing companies out of competition.

catlifeonmars 3y ago
Now there’s canvas as another paid alternative to blackboard. I think it’s seeing relatively wide adoption.
- quartzic 3y ago
  My school uses Canvas and I think general sentiment is pretty positive from both students and faculty.
  - professoretc 3y ago
    Canvas suffers from being originally designed for use in elementary (K-12) school, and then kind of wedged into college. On the teaching side it kind of assumes that classes will always be relatively small (running a 100+ student seminar class in Canvas is a nightmare) and that you, the teacher, don't mind performing the same actions over and over and... But, it's one of the few LMSs designed post-Web 2.0 so things that require a refresh or reload in BB, etc., generally happen much more smoothly.
wmoxam 3y ago
IMO all LMS's are complicated with a lot of customization knobs and poor UX/workflows. These days I like Brightspace (aka D2L) the best, but that could be just because the way I interact with it. (I write LMS integrations for a living).