1. Beth Shepherd, beth_shepherd@ncsu.edu

2. Today’s Agenda
Why we searched
Creating a search plan
Conducting the evaluation
Recommending a product

3. History Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Why conduct an
SLMS search?

4. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
What is an SLMS?

5. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation

6. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS
Search Plan
http://go.ncsu.edu/
slms-search-plan

7. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Spring/Summer 2013-2014
Fall 2011 Spring 2012 Fall 2012
2012 Academic Year
• Initial market • Narrow semi-finalists • Large committee • Pilot • Adopt
evaluation • Moderator survey evaluate finalists recommendation recommendation
• Report findings
• Recommend new
SLMS system

8. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Campus IT
Directors
SLMS
Search
Plan
College
Needs and
LMS Steering Policy
Recommend
-ations

9. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Conducting the
Evaluation

10. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS Search Initial Committee
Andy Click Dede Nelson Greg Kraus Beth Shepherd

11. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation

12. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
http://go.ncsu.edu/slms-rubric

13. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation

14. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Blackboard Collaborate
Merit WebConnect
Adobe Connect
Big Blue Button
Skype
GoToMeeting
WebEx Meeting Center
Saba Centra WebEx Training Center
Microsoft LYNC
Polycom CMA-D Google+
omNovia iLinc Talking Communities
LiveOn FastViewer
CCC Confer

15. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Blackboard Collaborate
Adobe Connect
Big Blue Button
GoToMeeting
WebEx Meeting Center
Saba Centra WebEx TrainingCenter
iLinc

16. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Blackboard Collaborate
Adobe Connect
Saba Centra WebEx TrainingCenter
iLinc

17. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Elluminate
Moderator
Survey

18. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Blackboard Collaborate
Adobe Connect
Meeting Center
Saba Centra WebEx Training Center
iLinc

19. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS Campus
Committee
Accessibility SLMS Licensing &
Study Selection Implementation
Benchmarking

20. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
CHASS
ARE
Libraries
CALS CFFACE
OIT
CED
CNR LPAHE
4-H
SLMS Campus ITRE
DELTA
COE
BTEC
Committee

21. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS Committee – Google Doc

22. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Saba Centra
Blackboard Committee
Collaborate
Evaluation
WebEx
Meeting
Center

23. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Office
Hours/Exa
m Reviews
Webinars/T Class
raining Lecture/Dis
Events Use cussion
Cases
Student
Group
Meetings
Presentatio
ns

24. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
• Use Case Evaluation
• Product Evaluation
• Final Product Comparison Evaluation

25. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Recommending a
Product

26. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Our recommendation:

27. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
Why?

28. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS Campus
Committee
Accessibility SLMS Licensing &
Study Selection Implementation
Benchmarking

29. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
* Most accessible
* Significantly more
thought given to
Accessibility accessibility
Study * Other products have
significant issues
* NOTE: No product
perfect

30. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS Campus
Committee
* Feature set
* Ease of use
* Documentation &
support
* High cost of
change

31. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
* Best pricing based on
our current models
* Unlimited, concurrent
usage
* Unlimited moderators Licensing &
* Likely restrictions with Implementation
other products’ pricing
models
* Extremely easy
upgrade for our systems

32. Why Plan Evaluation Recommendation
SLMS LMS
Recommendation
Steering
Report available at
https://wolfware.ncsu.edu/sops/slms_search/SLMSRecommendationReport.pdf

33. Beth Shepherd, beth_shepherd@ncsu.edu