Learning Management Systems (LMS) provide virtual environments for the teaching and learning process. They support critical functions of online instruction and course administration, and have assumed an important role in higher education. CSUCI began using Blackboard in Fall, 2002. In the Fall of 2009, the system was branded to CI Learn to allow us to change the underlying application without changing the branding.
Over 80 percent of all instructors use CI Learn in varying degrees. Students consider CI Learn an essential tool for accessing information provided to them from their instructors. In short, CI Learn has become an enterprise application on our campus.
The time has come for the campus community to collaboratively evaluate and decide whether we should remain with Blackboard or switch to Moodle, an open source Learning Management System. Faculty and student input is critical to this process. The process will be facilitated by Judy Swanson, the Director of Academic Technology and the staff Academic Technology Services.
