Re:Moodle: Open-Source LMS
by delfinom on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:42AM
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I'm surprised there's really much alternative. My schools either used Moodle or Blackboard and Blackboard was absolutely awful since it was a product of just acquiring and suing companies out of competition.
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Re:Moodle: Open-Source LMS
by catlifeonmars on Monday July 17, 2023 @08:52AM
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Now there’s canvas as another paid alternative to blackboard. I think it’s seeing relatively wide adoption.
My school uses Canvas and I think general sentiment is pretty positive from both students and faculty.
Re:Moodle: Open-Source LMS
by professoretc on Monday July 17, 2023 @11:46AM
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Canvas suffers from being originally designed for use in elementary (K-12) school, and then kind of wedged into college. On the teaching side it kind of assumes that classes will always be relatively small (running a 100+ student seminar class in Canvas is a nightmare) and that you, the teacher, don't mind performing the same actions over and over and...
But, it's one of the few LMSs designed post-Web 2.0 so things that require a refresh or reload in BB, etc., generally happen much more smoothly.
IMO all LMS's are complicated with a lot of customization knobs and poor UX/workflows.
These days I like Brightspace (aka D2L) the best, but that could be just because the way I interact with it.
(I write LMS integrations for a living).