LMS Review for Students
The purpose of this survey is to obtain your input on an important decision facing the College in terms of upgrading the learning management systems (LMS). With your input, future learning management systems will meet our teaching and student learning needs, and it is the College’s intention to ensure that we are finding and using the ‘right tools’ for our various stakeholders. It should be noted that the ‘right tools’ are not limited to a single-vendor solution. This survey is a
component of the Learning Management System Project sponsored by the Academic Information Technology Advisory Committee (AITAC ). AITAC's LMS Review Working Group is asking for your cooperation in completing this survey. Your responses will shape and inform final recommendations and thus, it is important that you take 15 minutes to provide your
opinion. Even if you are not currently an LMS user, we value your input and ask you to participate. In this survey, we are using the term LMS as a broad term to describe all varieties of
on-line ‘distributed learning’ systems, including course management systems (e.g. WebCT), portal applications ( e.g. MoCoMotion Course Tools, Ozone/Edison), collaborative communication systems (e.g. FirstClass/FRED), and websites (public sites or those requiring authentication). If you have any questions or technical difficulties with this survey, please send a
message to [email protected].
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Statement of Purpose
a: The purpose of this survey is to obtain your input on an important decision facing the College in terms of upgrading the learning management systems (LMS). With your input, future learning management systems will meet our teaching and student learning needs, and it is the College’s intention to ensure that we are finding and using the ‘right tools’ for our various stakeholders. It should be noted that the ‘right tools’ are not limited to a single-vendor solution.
This survey is a component of the Learning Management System Project sponsored by the Academic Information Technology Advisory Committee (AITAC). AITAC's LMS Review Working Group is asking for your cooperation in completing this survey. Your responses will shape and inform final recommendations and thus, it is important that you take 15 minutes to provide your opinion. Even if you are not currently an LMS user, we value your input and ask you to participate.
In this survey, we are using the term LMS as a broad term to describe all varieties of on-line ‘distributed learning’ systems, including course management systems (e.g. WebCT), portal applications ( e.g. MoCoMotion Course Tools, Ozone/Edison), collaborative communication systems (e.g. FirstClass/FRED), and websites (public sites or those requiring authentication).
If you have any questions or technical difficulties with this survey, please send a message to
Part A: Identification 1: What is your student number? (optional)
your student number here if you are entering the draw
for the iPods.
* 2: What is your School/department?
Please choose *only one* of the following: School of Arts, Science and Communications School of Business
School of Health Sciences School of Human Services
School of Engineering Technology Apprenticeship Programs
Continuing Education
Corporate and Community Training Other
* 3: How important is the use of an LMS for your learning? Please choose *only one* of the following:
Very Important Somewhat Important Unimportant
Not applicable
* 4: How important is the use of an LMS in your program/School? Please choose *only one* of the following:
Very Important Somewhat Important Unimportant
* 5: Identify all the LMSs you have used in the past.
This includes systems at Mohawk or other institutions.
Please choose *all* that apply: WebCT
FRED/FirstClass
MoCoMotion Course Tools Ozone/Edison
Faculty-developed/maintained website(s) Don't use one
Other:
[Only answer this question if you answered 'Faculty-developed/maintained website(s)' or 'MoCoMotion Course Tools' or 'Ozone/Edison' or 'WebCT' or 'FRED/FirstClass' to question '5 '] * 6: What is your preferred LMS?
Please choose *only one* of the following: WebCT
FRED/FirstClass
MoCoMotion Course Tools Ozone/Edison
Faculty-developed/maintained website(s) Other
[Only answer this question if you answered 'WebCT' or 'FRED/FirstClass' or 'MoCoMotion Course Tools' or 'Ozone/Edison' or 'Faculty-developed/maintained website(s)' to question '5 ']
7: Why do you like that LMS?
Please write your answer here:
8: Identify one feature or quality that you wish your preferred LMS offered.
Please write your answer here:
Part B: LMS Tools
13a: Question: In your learning now and in the future, rate the following tools, features, and characteristics of an LMS using the scale provided. Even if you are not currently a user of an LMS, please respond.
14: Communication Tools and Features
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
have useful in the future
need feature/question
Course email
Announcement feature
Discussion boards- entire class Discussion boards- select students/groups
Student home/web pages Real time text/chat/live messaging communication Real time audio communication Real time video communication Podcasting
Surveying
Simultaneous voice/video/file transfers/feeds (e.g. “screen sharing”)
Support for multimedia integration (text, audio, video) into content
Post content including websites on the ‘public’ web (to addresses not requiring a user login) Send and receive email external to your class or the LMS (e.g. between the LMS and Hotmail) Users can search, sort, download and manage messages in
discussion areas
15: Group and Collaborative Tools and Features
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Must have May be useful in the future Don't need Don’t understand feature/question Shared Calendars Shared whiteboard(s) Wikis Blogging
Share select content with other students
Collaborative areas for online group work
Offer group/peer feedback for group assignments
16: Assessment and Assignment Tools and Features
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Must have May be useful in the future Don't need Don’t understand feature/question
Online testing with automatic grading
Secure online assignment submission drop boxes Grade book
Student self-test feature
17: Control and Management Tools and Features
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Must have May be useful in the future Don't need Don’t understand feature/question
Assume moderator role for various functions/tools Integration of student information system
(registration, grades, etc.) with LMS
Track history of messages Use a single username and password for the LMS and the College portal
18: Additional Tools, Features and Functions
Please choose the appropriate response for each item:
Must have May be useful in the future Don't need Don’t understand feature/question
Access the LMS from hand-held devices (e.g. Blackberry,
smartphone)
Develop content within the LMS (documents, presentations, etc.) Allow all students in the Program or School a common point of entry and areas to group message, share files, access courses, etc.
e-Portfolios
Content/file downloads Equation editor
Accommodate WYSIWYG input Move multiple files easily and quickly into and out of the LMS Offer large file storage limit for your files/content
19: Do you have any other comments that you would be willing to share?
Please write your answer here:
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