LOOKING FORWARD:OU and the

Learning Management SystemAn Open Discussion

Lessons Learned the Hard Way

OU was using Blackboard and WebCT in the early 2000’s

In Fall 2004, Blackboard had a two week outage leaving OU without access

OU moved to Desire2Learn in Fall 2005

The Rise of MobileOU Digital Initiative Student Survey (Spring 2013) found that:

87% of OU students owned Smart Phones, 41% tablets

80% wanted to access Learning Management System

75% wanted to check grades with Smart Phone

97% reported that the LMS was important to their academic success

Could we find an LMS that could increase Grades usage and provide a Mobile experience for students?

Fall 2013 Faculty Survey

0 1882859 Complete Responses46%

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Professor Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Term Prof. Instructor Adj. Instructor GTA

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22%12%66%

Traditional Blended Online

ResponseRate

Rank

CourseType

•D2L overall and some features are very hard to use•D2L lacks important features such as video/audio integration and Web 2.0 tools•Effective D2L training and support needed

Spring 2014 Pilot

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Professor Assoc. Prof. Asst. Prof. Instructor Adj. Instructor GTA

Pilot included:•D2L+ (additional products), Canvas, and Schoology•40 Instructors, 71 course sections, and 2200 students

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32%68%Canvas D2L

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39%9%52%Traditional Blended Online

Pilot Participantsby Rank

Student Preference

Course Type

Final Decision: Wait & See…

End of Pilot Decision in Summer 2014

• Stay with what we have, for now

• Add 24/7 Top Tier support from D2L

• Re-Evaluate LMS options in 2015-16

Change is ImminentDesire2Learn informed OU they will end-of-upgrades

for on premise instances in Summer 2016

Desire2Learn’s goal for 2016 is to move 75% of the on-premises installations to their cloud hosted service

Anticipated end-of-support for next upgradeSummer 2018

OU runs D2L on our own servers. D2L will support last upgrade, July 4 2016, for 2 years.

Why not D2L in-the-cloud?• Data Access Concerns

Sharing data with strategic partners

Currently, data integrations are on hold• Loss of Control for timing of upgrades• Extra Expense, with no gain in function

D2L in-the-cloud is the same as D2L hosted by OU

LMS EvaluationProvost Advisory Committee for Learning Technologies Criteria

• User Experience• Mobile• Open Data• Reliable & Tested

Desire2Learn (BrightSpace)• User Experience - incremental changes to UI since 2014• Mobile - browser based with limited Mobile app functions• Open Data - access to limited data with REST-like APIs began late 2015• Reliable & Tested - been used at OU since 2005, with minimal down time

Viable OptionsPACLT started evaluating LMS options in the Fall 2015

User Experience, Mobile, Open Data, Reliable & Tested

Legacy SystemSame Concerns

as D2L

No ComparableImplementations

Requires Google Apps for EducationFuture Uncertain

Who is Changing?

32% of U.S. News & World Report Top 25 University have moved to Canvas in the past two years.

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New User Experience and Course Navigation in August 2015

iOS AppBrowserCanvas

SpeedGrader with Annotated Feedback and Rubric

Video Feedback in SpeedGrader

SpeedGrader• Anonymous Grading•Peer Review

Students can choose when and how they received

course notifications

Notifications

For Faculty, a notification is sent when you post an announcement or change a due date

in the calendar

Students have their own calendar and

can enter their own calendar items

Calendar

Faculty can use Scheduler to create time blocks when

Students can schedule their

own appointments

Student EmpowermentNotifications – Students choose the communication method (e-mail, text, Facebook, Twitter) and the frequency (ASAP, daily, weekly) they prefer. Choice improves engagement and responsiveness.

Calendar focused on Students – Students can add entries into their personal calendar, can schedule appointments within Faculty selected time blocks, and can send a iCal feed so they can interact with the calendar app of their choose.

Student Creators – Students have the same Rich Content Editor as Instructors, including video and audio. Student becomes a collaborator in their learning.

Tools to Collaborate – Students have access to tools to enable them to collaborate with other students, such as web conferencing, conversations, chats, collaborations, files, groups, and courses.

“What-If” Scores – Ever wondered what you might need to make on an Exam to make a certain grade in a Course? “What-if” scores allow you to try out different grades to see the impact on your final grade in a course.

What would a LMS change mean?• User-Friendly Design, saves Faculty and Students time

• Fully Mobile Experience

• Full control of our Data

• Instructor-level third-party app integration to empower Faculty choice

Plan for Change• Migrate to Canvas in during 2016-17

• Provide Migration Assistance

• Run Side-by-Side D2L and Canvas Learning Management Systems in 2016-17 to allow Faculty to transition on a schedule that fits their needs

• Commitment to stay with new LMS for 5 years

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Tentative Plan for MigrationBulk Migration -

• Copy courses with content from D2L and transfer to Canvas• Faculty will see their old courses with the content within Canvas

Transformative Teaching Fellows - • Team of Graduate students to assist with migration• Provide one-on-one assistance for Faculty• Graduate Students from a range of disciplines to help provide

contextual assistance to Faculty

Tentative Timeline for MigrationIf accepted• April 2016: Demo Courses for Faculty and Students• May 2016: Access to Canvas and Training for migration teams• Summer 2016: Assist with migration of Online and opt-in Large Enrollment

Courses• Fall-Spring 2016-17:

• Opt-in course migrations, One-on-One assistance with Transformative Teaching Fellows, On-demand Online Training, Workshops for Faculty and Students

• July 2017: Complete transition of all course to Canvas

Learning Management System

change

is an

Opportunity

to improve the Faculty experience

and increase Student Success

Questions?lmsevaluation.teachou.net