Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities
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Re: Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities
#2Every single student at my university would cheer for joy upon hearing this news. Blackboard is as stunted a piece of development as they come and additionally is an incredibly expensive piece of software, especially considering the quality.
The user experience is so bad that many course lecturers make their own site or just avoid using websites at all. The only question I have though is how do you pitch it to universities when the people who suffer under the product usually aren't the ones making the purchasing decision?
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#3The flame thrower is his, but how about the operator? Double hit points if she is also the M-18 operator...
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#4I though Moodle was already doing that? http://moodle.org/ Although, they probably don't have a Tank Destroyer, or even one flamethrower :-)
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#5It'll be welcome. It's a long time since Blackboard was the thing that actually saved us from Lotus LearningSpace.
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#6I though Moodle was already doing that? http://moodle.org/ Although, they probably don't have a Tank Destroyer, or even one flamethrower :-)
We should buy them one and send them to Blackboard HQ.
edit: I should probably disclose that my employer uses Blackboard and my brother-in-law sells moodle services.
Re: Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities
#7Best of luck to them. It's quite difficult to convince faculty to switch over from tools they are comfortable using -- especially porting over their existing lessons and modules. Focusing on the UI is definitely the right approach as Bb is clearly lacking in this space. Regardless, the LMS market is long overdue for a shake up.
On another note, many universities already run and contribute to the open source Sakai LMS. It's a Java-based LMS developed and maintained by a consortium of universities. A small to mid-size university can get it running very quickly as a pilot on 1 or 2 servers using Tomcat and MySQL. It's easy to customize and it integrates seamlessly with existing university portals via CAS. Throw in a SAN for user files and it's a very powerful, scalable and low-cost LMS option that is much more usable than Bb.
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#8My college uses Blackboard. Well, "uses" is a strong word... We have Blackboard installed on the intranet, students generally avoid using it.
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#9Any bets on how long before they are sued by Blackboard?
Re: Instructure Launches To Root Blackboard Out Of Universities
#10Best of luck to them. It's quite difficult to convince faculty to switch over from tools they are comfortable using -- especially porting over their existing lessons and modules. Focusing on the UI is definitely the right approach as Bb is clearly lacking in this space. Regardless, the LMS market is long overdue for a shake up. On another note, many universities already run and contribute to the open source Sakai LMS…
> It's quite difficult to convince faculty to switch over from tools they are comfortable using
This statement assumes faculty are comfortable using Blackboard... I have yet to meet one who is. I've had to use it for my TA duties and the expression about running nails across a chalkboard is ripe for a pun.