We went through and evaluated about 8 systems last year. It all depends on what you are doing, how much money you have and how flexible you need it to be.
We looked at: The big boys are: Blackboard and WebCT. The upcoming systems include: Desire2Learn Open Source systems include: Moodle, Sakai, Manhattan Virtual Classroom ASP services include: eCollege Our own home grown system. We ended up choosing Desire2Learn for our consortium. Here is a good article that you should read: http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm05/erm0533.asp?bhcp=1 http://www.e-learningcentre.co.uk/eclipse/vendors/opensource.htm http://www.clomedia.com/content/templates/clo_feature.asp?articleid=91&zonei d=29 Sam Young Director of IT La Sierra University -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Mondesire Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:21 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discussion group Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [DDN] Content Management systems... I got the following question from one of folks on a local edcuation list/serve and figured I'd post to you wonderfully resourceful here. I have cc'd my compatriot and if you'd like to respond to hime directly as opposed to the group if the details are too specific for the whole group, please do. Thanks! Paul Mondesire _________________________________________________________________ Does anyone have any tips for using a Content Management System (CMS) for a school website? PS166 currently has a website at ps166.org as do many of the other schools in the district. I think that use of a CMS such as Mambo might provide incredible power to designated parents and teachers to put up their own content and take the load of a central web admin. Web hosting plans with free CMSs are now commonly available for as little as $5/month. --------------------------------- Yahoo! Sports Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. _______________________________________________ DIGITALDIVIDE mailing list DIGITALDIVIDE@mailman.edc.org http://mailman.edc.org/mailman/listinfo/digitaldivide To unsubscribe, send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message.
