Choosing a new LMS

Today in class, we talked about a variety of learning management system options. UGA is just beginning the process of evaluating our options for our next centrally-supported system. How will we choose? It is a lengthy process, so we are starting now. The first step is to assess how the current system is used and the needs of the user community. This involves doing as much as we can to get feedback from faculty, staff, and student users. Want to contribute? Go to the LMS Executive Committee Web site and click Participate! Community feedback, along with technical requirements from the system side, goes into a "requirements document." We will then compare the requirements to the systems available, and narrow the field of possibilities. From there, we will invite the user community do some testing and provide feedback about those tests. Using that information, along with cost information, we can write a recommendation to the administration. Stay tuned!