Not really done a technical comparison yet as that would require a stable Blackboard server! However at the admin level the two products (in our case anyway) have completely different license conditions and that most definitely needs bearing in mind.

Peter

-----Original Message-----
From: CampusPack UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bruce Jo Mrs (CSED)
Sent: 25 March 2011 16:27
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Hello

Phil,
Us too!  We're in the same position of upgrading to 9.1 from 8 this summer and looking at whether to continue with Campus Pack or not.  I have much the same feelings about it that Neil expresses.

I'd be really interested to hear from other people and am happy to share what we find here from our testing.

Thanks
Jo


Jo Bruce
Learning Technologist



> -----Original Message-----
> From: CampusPack UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of NM McKeown
> Sent: 25 March 2011 14:56
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hello
>
> Phil,
>
> Me too. We (University of Bradford) are in the process of gearing up 
> for our upgrade to 9.1 this summer. There's talk of not renewing our 
> campus pack license - those with the purse strings find the idea of 
> saving ££ and still having a blogs and wikis function very attractive 
> indeed (an apparent win-win).
>
> I'm in the process of gathering a list of staff that use the Campus 
> Pack tool and offering them a chance to compare and contrast. I, like 
> you, suspect that Campus Pack is a considerably better tool but I also 
> suspect that few staff will engage until the day they realise the tool 
> has been discontinued. If anybody has any tales to tell that would 
> strengthen the argument one way or the other we'd love to hear them.
>
> Neil
>
> Learning Technologist
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CampusPack UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Blackboard
> Sent: 25 March 2011 14:19
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Hello
>
> Phil,
>
> I would be interested to know too. We're using Campus Pack 4.3 on our 
> Blackboard 9.1 environment. All seems to work okay. I don't think 
> we've ever used the Blackboard provided blogs and wikis, although I'm 
> not entirely sure why . . . there must be a good reason, though.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jonathan Machell
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CampusPack UK Usergroup [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On 
> Behalf Of Phil Richards
> Sent: 25 March 2011 12:48
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Hello
>
> Aberdeen College has been using Learning Objects LX tools since 
> September
> 2008 because Blackboard offered no similar tools at that time.
>
> We adopted Campus Pack early and, despite some initial teething 
> problems, are finding the tools are becoming increasingly popular and 
> well used.
>
> A pilot of templated wikis for evidencing Curriculum for Excellence 
> has just started, using Personal Learning Space.
>
> We have just upgraded our Blackboard connector to version 4.4 - slight 
> hiccup when the upgrade broke links to course blogs and wikis, 
> attached to menu buttons but this was quickly resolved.
>
> We are in the process of testing Blackboard 9.1 with a view to 
> upgrading our production environment in August. As part of this 
> process the testing plan calls for a comparison of the Blackboard blog 
> and wiki tools with Campus Pack. I suspect that Campus Pack will come 
> out well on top but will it be so much better that the additional 
> lincensing costs are justified?
>
> Has anyone already done such a comparison? If so would you be willing 
> to share your conclusions?
>
>
>
> Phil Richards
>
> VLE Manager
> Aberdeen College
> Gallowgate
> Aberdeen
> AB25 1BN
>
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