LSSU

1. An Initiative Proposed by
Title III
Strengthening Institutions Grant

2. Summative Report
Fall 2014 Pilot Study:
490 students were actively enrolled in
Moodle courses for fall 2014.
10 active faculty-users developed
courses in Moodle. 16 traditional classes
were active, and an additional 20+
tutoring or SI courses.

3. Student Satisfaction Survey Results
(N = 67)
About 80% of survey respondents used Moodle
often during the semester:
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
20.00%
25.00%
30.00%
35.00%
40.00%
45.00%
More than
once a week
About once a
week
About every
2-3 weeks
Less than 5
times
Never used
Used Moodle
Used Blackboard

4. Satisfaction Levels
• 72% were satisfied with Moodle.
• 18% were neutral or were unable to judge.
• 10% reported dissatisfaction.
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00% 40.00% 45.00%
Very Satisfied
Mostly satisfied
Neutral
Somewhat dissatisfied
Dissatisfied
Cannot judge

5. LMS Features They Liked:
[Multiple responses were allowed]
0.00% 5.00% 10.00% 15.00% 20.00% 25.00% 30.00% 35.00%
Ease of Navigation
Organization
Content Access
Assignments
Feedback
Gradebook
Moodle
Blackboard
Responses indicated issues
with Turnitin assignments

6. Text Responses
What students liked best . . .
• Ease of navigation
• Organization and structure made
things easy to find
• Tools like the calendar and
messaging
A complete set of response data can be viewed at
http://www.lssu.edu/title3/

7. Text Responses
What students did not like. . .
31 students skipped this question, but
several mentioned:
 Gradebook
 Login issues
 Allowing login access
through MyLSSU
A complete set of response data can be viewed at
http://www.lssu.edu/title3/

8. Faculty Satisfaction
Faculty responded with almost identical likes and
dislikes as those mentioned by students:
Liked:
Organization, overall ease of navigation, and
ease of adding course content of all types.
Pretty easy to design a course.
Reported concerns about:
Gradebook
 Student login issues
A complete set of response data can be viewed at http://www.lssu.edu/title3/

9. Costs Report

10. Moodle and Blackboard
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
$70,000
$80,000
$90,000
Blackboard Moodle Blackboard Moodle
2014-15 2015-16
Turnitin
Wimba
LMS

11. Moodle: Allocations and Costs
$22,500
$22,500
$27,500
$27,500
$32,500
$19,800
$17,600
$18,000
$18,000
$18,000
$0 $5,000 $10,000 $15,000 $20,000 $25,000 $30,000 $35,000
2014-15
2015-16
2016-17
2017-18
2018-19
Projected Moodle Cost
T-3 Allocation

12. Proposed Transition
and
Support
plan

13. Phase 1

14. Phase 2
[Assumes a decision has been made to transition to Moodle.]

15. Phase 3