Posts Tagged ‘blackboard’
#Angel to Moodle course converter (ConversionThingy 2) released #lms #Blackboard
This resource was recently submitted to Moodlenews and is worthy of a share. Please note that we have not tested this (but if someone does have access to Angel and wants to let us know the process, perhaps with a video, it would be welcome). Angel Learning Management System was acquired by Blackboard in May 2009 for approximately 95 million [...]
3 Resources to help manage your #Blackboard to Moodle Migration
It's certainly a hot topic, so if you're looking for some resources to move from BB to Moodle you're not alone. Here are three of the best resources available that might help ease your transition. If you're contracting with a Moodle Partner or skilled consultant, you may also be able to outsource complete course conversion to your new Moodle [...]
OSC Report II Tidbits: Moving from #blackboard to Moodle? Prep for a temporary cost increase
The OSC Report published online by NCCCS recently is full of great information about Moodle and Blackboard (and LMS use in general). Over the next few weeks we'll be posting interesting quotes, facts and figures from their benchmark report, http://goo.gl/XNbU. OSC Moodle Assessment Report revealed that total cost including migration and [...]
Opinion – Just Thinking… (what if Moodle bought #Blackboard?)
This is a guest post that originally was posted as a comment to MoodleNews' coverage of the Motley Fool article concerning Blackboard and it's acquisitions history/future (http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/blackboard-and-moodle-acquisition/). The following is cross-posted at http://pmasson.wordpress.com and is written by Patrick Masson. [...]
Opinion – #Blackboard’s Moodle acquisition hopes?
have to wonder if the company isn't getting ready for some grand, expensive gesture. Main rival Moodle would be too expensive and might raise eyebrows in the government's antitrust offices, but privately held Desire2Learn or Pearson division eCollege could be tasty tack-on targets. That's all grand but Blackboard's stock fell because of a [...]
#mootustx10 @jsweetin Open Source Collab. Moodle Assessment recap
Jonathon Sweetin of the North Carolina Community College System Office and co-author of the Open Source Collaborative: Moodle Assessment Report (August 2009) presented the NCCC's most recent research and follow-up report at the Moot Monday in Austin. The presentation focused on recapping the original findings and what their continued research [...]
Opinion: the #Blackboard Mobile App and why it matters for Moodle
I use Blackboard for my day job at StraighterLine.com. It's the system that I inherited. Truth be told, it works well for our needs, there's great and responsive technical service and the learning curve was small (I'm convinced that any LMS user could easily jump between the various systems available, with just a little time and [...]
Update on the #Blackboard Acquisition and Moodle
Read our previous post on the Blackboard acquisition, including the invaluable comments, here: http://www.moodlenews.com/2010/what-the-blackboard-acquisition-means-for-moodle/ There's an update from Blackboard on the public response to the Blackboard acquisition of Wimba and Elluminate from Ray Henderson, President of Blackboard Learn, I love [...]
What the #Blackboard Acquisition means for Moodle
Wimba and Elluminate, both synchronous learning tools, have been purchased by the leading proprietary learning management company, Blackboard and have been re-branded already as Blackboard Collaborate. The news comes as a surprise to many (considering the similar market of both companies). Implications for Moodle users are not yet known, but [...]
Another Easy Quiz Creation tool (Examview) tutorial by @mguhlin
Examview is a really handy quiz creation tool that's often included with text books that provide their own test banks for your courses. I bet you didn't know that you could use those questions in your Moodle though. Miguel (@mguhlin) has outlined a handy hack that allows users to export questions from Examview into Blackboard format, then [...]
