Subject: Friendly Reminder/Learning Management Systems Presentation/Thur., 10.23.14/ @ 12 Noon/Hotung Faculty Dining Room
From: "Dean William M. Treanor" <[email-masked]>
To: Law Faculty and Visitors <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 22:10:52 +0000

Dear Colleagues,

The Technology Committee invites you to a lunch time presentation of Canvas, a learning management system (LMS),  in the faculty dining room at noon on October 23, 2014.   As you may recall, last year the committee concluded that the Law Center, which has a least four different LMS's in use, should adopt a single system to support.  The recommendation was based on input from various stakeholders, including faculty, students, faculty support, and ITS.   One of the system’s under consideration is Canvas,  which is in use at the majority of our peer schools and is being piloted this term by a number of colleagues at the Law Center,

Thursday’s session will be devoted to a presentation of the features that Canvas offers.  The other LMS under consideration is Blackboard, currently in use on Main Campus.   Historically,  there has been consistent dissatisfaction expressed about that system.  Blackboard has apparently been hard at work revamping its platform and adding features that are similar to those available on Canvas.  Blackboard’s new system, however, will not be available for adoption until Fall 2016.  Over the course of this year, the Technology Committee plans to hold demo sessions so that faculty can become familiar with Blackboard’s new interface and features, and we are in a position to make an informed comparison with Canvas.

Best,

Bill