Notes from LMS II Meeting

January 13, 2005

· Hire vendors for installation and deployment (Bill P)

• April first, purchase hardware and sign contracts (Bill P)

Bill E. presented timeline, rubric criteria, vendor format and “Solutions Objective”

Goal is to find the solution “match” for Chico environment

Scenario-based solutions discussed

Remember that Blackboard has its own portal

· PeopleSoft is a must!

· U Portal is a must (?)

Looking for simple – bullet point recommendations (Bill P)

Committee needs to fully understand our solution objectives from which to evaluate.

How deep of a rubric? How many criteria are required?

· Learning outcomes (students)

· Manage classes (save time for faculty)

· SCORM compliant

· Reporting capabilities

· Runs reliably every day

· Grading integration with campus

Gartner analysis at a committee meeting is possible.

Open source (is that for the future?)

CIOs have to take a lead in the LMS decisions (Bill P)

CSU are not close to choosing a single source contract yet

Cal Poly Sakai and uPortal (working on it)

Remember vendors can disappear in a couple years.

Timeline reviewed

· Announce to campus (TLP flyer next week)

· January 28^th first committee meeting

· Kim will help support Bill and Laura with meetings/schedules/email

uPortal will be up and running by March 15^th

Evaluation Process

(Macro Level)

· Campus involvement/engagement

· Establish strategic objectives

• Identify and analyze strategic options

· Develop scenario for each option

· Develop rubric to analyze scenarios against strategic objectives

· Recommend best scenario for Chico (most likely to succeed)

Summary

We want our next LMS to improve learning outcomes; provide better class management tools for faculty; improve assessment tools for campus; be reliable and sustainable.

Rubric

1. Learning outcomes -  teaching and managing courses

2. Program management and support (training, app. Support, etc)

3. Enterprise support

4. Institutional and programmatic assessment

Information Gathering

· Research

· Vendor visits

· Input from campus (individual experience and pilots)

Survey – feedback for our committee to review. Create survey questions for folks to fill out when vendors are here, for our collection only (not for vendors).