“Creating A More Educated Georgia” USG Learning Management System Transition Task Force Project Update

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” Task Force Charge This group is charged with recommending a learning management system to replace the current system (Vista 8) which will no longer be supported by Blackboard effective January 2013

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” Task Force Website URL

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” Task Force Members Donna Llewellyn Tracy Adkins Donald (Will) Allison Jill Brady Christina Clayton Sherry Clouser Gabby Grant Charles Hodges Robert Keown Betty LaDuke Barry Monk Darryn Ostrander Chris Randall Kimberly Tanner Curt Carver Doug Hyche Virginia Michelich Linda Noble Barry Robinson Mike Rogers

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” High Level Timeline August 2010: Initial Charge to Task Force September 2010: Initial request for requirements from USG community October 2010: Additional forums (meetings and surveys) to gather input from USG stakeholders November 2010: Narrow down 3-5 LMS semifinalists December 2010: February 2011: Provide USG community access to LMS sandboxes of the semifinalist platforms and receive feedback March 2011: Provide recommendation to Chancellor

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” “Non-Negotiable Features” of the next LMS (A-D) 508 Compliance - accessible by a range of users including those with disabilities Ability to bring in guests to the system (i.e. collaboration) Back up and restore capability (minimum 1 year – nice to go back farther)/archiving/back-up without significant downtime Cross-platform and cross-browser support Don’t go backwards (features and functionality meet or exceed current functionality)

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” “Non-Negotiable Features” of the next LMS (E-T) Ease of use and good user interface ((student, instructor, administrator) Good communication regarding downtime Integrate-able with enterprise systems (i.e. Banner) Scalable Security Timely support and response

“Creating A More Educated Georgia” Next Steps for Input Questions/Discussion now Next session (GA Summit) Rock Eagle (October 20 th – 22 nd ) Look for input requests from LMS Task Force Contact Dr. Donna Llewellyn Provide input at website: