Thanks Roger - I have a feeling that the majority of active 'courses' are used for 'reading material' rather than making use of the additional functionality that Blackboard offers. One or two may use the assessment features but I'm afraid the communication tools are used very rarely. I think if we move from Blackboard it will be easier to have someone manually import the documentation into a new 'course' in the new environment rather than looking at migrating the course across. You're right - we need to re-evaluate our delivery and wants/needs and this is the perfect time!
Donna
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From: Virtual Learning Environments [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf
Of Roger Emery
Sent: 17 February 2006 15:24
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Subject: Re: [VLES] Transition from Blackboard to Moodle
If it is possible to export Bb as a SCORM course then Moodle will import
SCORM courses. I have sucessfully tried exporting from a course as SCORM
from Learnwise and it imported fine into Moodle as SCORM...except this is
only the content and not all the forums, or collaboration data or quizzess
or anything bespoke to the system not SCORM compliant. It will also leave
you with a course that is kind of stand alone object in that you won't be
able to insert moodle activities into it.
What may also be worth considering is what are you actually trying to
migrate? and why are you trying to migrate it?
Isn't this an opportunity to take a look at what you have and how you may
be constrained by your current system and how the IT may have dictated
what you have done? Then look at how you want to deliver the
course/unit/module to fit your teaching and learning requirement and see
if the system can help to enable your *online learning*?
If it is just a case of moving what I would call *online reading* (ppts,
docs etc) from one content delivery system to another then what is the
point? (other than the cost saving of the licence fee)
I would see the inability to move courses en-mass from one system to
another as an opportunity for padagogic improvement, not a technical
headache.
Roger
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