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Instructional Technologies is pleased to announce that Â鶹ӰÊÓ has selected Canvas as its learning management system to replace Sakai. Please read on for details about how this decision was reached and plans for making the transition from Sakai to Canvas. Why is Â鶹ӰÊÓ leaving Sakai? Sakai has served Â鶹ӰÊÓ well for 10 years. However, due to the large number of institutions leaving Sakai, we’ve become concerned about its future viability. Also, newer systems offer a more modern

In our very first blog post, Why Â鶹ӰÊÓ is Evaluating Alternatives to Sakai, and What to Expect, we shared that a Learning Management System Evaluation (LMS) Task Force had been formed at Â鶹ӰÊÓ and that its charge is to carefully review Moodle and Canvas to determine which of these two learning management systems will best meet the needs of Â鶹ӰÊÓ’s students and faculty. Over the past few weeks, the LMS Task Force began its work by first deciding upon the evaluation measures it

In our second blog post of Fall 2022, we are working to keep you informed about evaluating possible alternatives to Sakai. In late August, we sent out a survey targeted at employees who teach Â鶹ӰÊÓ courses using Sakai. The purpose of this survey was to get honest and focused feedback from those who serve as instructors. Because moving to a new learning management system can bring up all different types of reactions, we wanted to make sure instructors had an opportunity to voice their

Welcome to the new Instructional Technologies Blog. The Instructional Technologies team created this blog to keep instructors informed about technology tools at Â鶹ӰÊÓ and best practices for using them with students. Enter your email address in the box on the right and click subscribe to be notified each time a new blog article is posted! In the 2022-23 academic year, our blog will focus on an important project that greatly affects faculty and students – specifically, the project to