LunchByte recap: Moving to Moodle (May 4)
Tuesday, May 04, 2010
Thanks to all of you who attended the LunchByte today. We’re excited to see so many of you willing to “make the move” in Fall 2010. For those of you who are still contemplating when to make the transition from KV to Moodle, please let us know if you have any questions.
The next Moodle LunchByte will be Tuesday, May 25 from 12:10-12:50 p.m. in the Meeter Center Lecture Hall. Light refreshments will be served.
Posted in: MOODLE: Workshops & Lunchbytes
Selecting a new Learning Management System (LMS)
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Do you use KnightVision?
Jan 2010 Update: Only IDIS 110 courses will be in the new Moodle system for spring semester 2010. We hope to have many fall 2010 course moved to Moodle but we won’t have all courses moved until fall 2011. That means during that for several semesters students and faculty may have to look in 2 different locations for your coursework
Students
You may need to access your courses differently when you return to campus in January. Calvin is planning a move from KnightVision (Blackboard) to a new learning management system (LMS). Although the conversion won’t be complete until fall semester 2010, you may see some interim, spring and summer 2010 courses in the new LMS as some faculty will be testing the new system. That means during interim, spring and summer semesters 2010 you may have to look in 2 different locations for your coursework
Faculty
Calvin is planning a move from KnightVision (Blackboard) to an open source learning management system (LMS) by fall semester 2010. In September 2009, a letter was sent to all Calvin teaching faculty explaining that Calvin was planning a move from KnightVision (Blackboard) to an open source learning management system (LMS) by fall semester 2010. The letter was followed-up by a survey asking faculty to rank the importance of a group of questions based on twelve tools or features that are currently available in KnightVision today. Here are the responses.
Do you use the My Resources tab in KnightVision?
During 2010, CIT will be working on moving the information found on the My Resources tab in KnightVision. For now, all the information found on the My Resources tab in KnightVision will continue to be there. We’ll let you know when we are ready to move those resources to another location.
Concerns or Questions?
If you have specific concerns or questions about the move from KnightVision (Blackboard) to another LMS please complete the following form.
Posted in: MOODLE
LunchByte: Our Next Learning Management System (KV Replacement)
Monday, November 16, 2009
As many of you have heard, Calvin is planning a move from KnightVision (Blackboard) to a new learning management system (LMS) by fall semester 2010. CIT has been working with the Information Services Committee to prepare for the move. To find out more about this transition we invite you to attend Tuesday’s LunchByte. The following questions will be addressed:
- Where have we been?
- Where are we now?
- What are we considering?
- Where are we going?
- What are the results of the survey we filled out a couple weeks ago?
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
SC 203
12:00-12:50 p.m.
***Bring a sandwich or a salad, pop and chips will be provided.
Posted in: MOODLE: Workshops & Lunchbytes
Welcome Survey Takers
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Many thanks to those who have just completed the survey on Learning Management System (LMS) functionality. We hope that this survey will give some clarity to the LMS project team on the features you use in KnightVision (Blackboard) and how you use them. We will be analyzing the data, reviewing your comments, and posting these results here on The Hoot.
Your feedback is vitally important as we work toward migrating from Blackboard to an open source alternative. Please contact us or leave comments for us on The Hoot.
-Matt Jeltema, on behalf of the LMS replacement project team
*** While you are here, make sure to subscribe to The Hoot to receive updates regarding the LMS transition, as well as other Teaching & Learning announcements, technology tips and faculty highlights.
Posted in: MOODLE
