LMS II Committee Meeting Notes

March 21, 2005

Attending: Steve Adams, Lorraine Gardiner, Cindy Jorth, Michael Spiess, Brian Oppy, Bev Thornton, Jean Irving, Phyllis Weddington, Laura Sederberg.

We reviewed the results of Bill and Laura filling out the Pass/Fail Rubric. Answers to questions during the Gartner Group phone call, Desire2Learn presentation and further research contributed to our ratings. We have narrowed the field down to Blackboard and WebCT. We’d still like to call campuses using the products for testimony.

Today we reviewed the Best Fit Rubric for categories, and broke into groups to look at our special areas. We have the rest of the week to complete this task, then will use our next meeting, Tues., March 29^th – 12:00 – 2:00 pm in Studio A to complete filling out the evaluation rubric.

We talked at length about the Gartner Group phone call and the learning that has taken place over all we are doing. We reviewed the LMS II  WebCT  course to see what is there, what’s new and how to access information, including the Rubrics there.

Tues., March 29^th we will have two computers, two projectors and screens to demonstrate side-by-side the migration of a Chico course to both Blackboard 6 and Vista 3. We will have a chance to try things, ask questions, and see the ease (or not) of a migration. There will be opportunity for hands on by those who want it. Let me know, by email. (Laura)

We decided NOT to meet this Friday, as many cannot attend due to other campus commitments, the CATS Conference, and due to Good Friday. We hope to hold a meeting on April 1^st to decide on who to recommend to Bill Post. Depending on the depth of the scenario we need to develop for Bill, we may extend our deadline one more week.

Submitted by Laura Sederberg