The inclusion or transition to a new course management platform from the blackboard to the more current whiteboard can be as exciting as it is frustrating for students and faculty alike.
Adding, uploading and tweaking weekly course modules on a learning management system(LMS) is a process that is slowly "perfected" in retrospect as the semester concludes. However, importing those diligently organized weekly activities and materials into a new course at the beginning of a subsequent academic semester do not always transfer as smoothly as one would hope.
In an effort to uphold some level of environmentally-friendly ideals, for instance, printing less, LMSs do offer that possibility. Printing hundreds of syllabi for students, who, as often happens, lose a copy and may need another, is not productive, and is time-consuming. What better option than to post in a place where students will always have access?
Angel, Blackboard, Cardean Learning Group's designs, Ecollege and Moodle are just a few examples of learning platforms at the disposal of educators and academic institutions. LMS (or however else these instructional environments may be called now or in the near future) are not just for distance edcuation any more.
...for the moment...
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