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Learning Management Systems

Learning Management Systems are software systems that enable institutions to serve learners courses and training programs. Beyond delivery, they often provide tools for documentation, tracking, reporting, and automation. Some can even serve each student a specialized learning path, or make a training course available in various countries, in their respective languages and time zones.  

Learning Management Systems Assessment

About This Project

Learning management systems are an indispensable tool for the delivery of online content. It is important to have an LMS that is easy-to-use and matches the needs of your institution. A good assessment starts with a thorough front-end analysis, requires identification of your stakeholders and their needs, and involves research. 

 

This assessment was conducted for a graduate course. The team included Kayla Burns, Irielle Davis, Ashlie Seibles, and me. Our client was Dr. Kimarie Whetstone, the Director of Winthrop's Office of Online Learning. We compared three learning management systems for Winthrop University: Blackboard, Brightspace D2L, and Canvas. Our analysis concluded that Blackboard met our client's needs best.

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Comparing LMS Features

Our team created a document comparing features of the three learning management systems under consideration for our client.

Needs Analysis Plan

We identified our stakeholders and planned a needs analysis to capture the full picture of what they needed the LMS to do.

LMS Training Plan

We devised a training sequence to get administrators, faculty, and students comfortable with the new learning management system.

Comparing LMS Features Matrix

This spreadsheet is the visual accompaniment to the Features Comparison document. The link will open in Google Sheets.

Stakeholder Survey

Our team crafted survey questions with Google Forms and sent the survey to stakeholders.

Summary Presentation Script

I wrote a script that summarized our findings for our client. It was presented by the other members of the team.

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