Eastern’s Faculty Senate wanted to know more about what is going on. So, John Henderson, Julie Lockett, Newton Key, and I went to their regular meeting on Tuesday, September 27. Mr. Henderson provided the general update and each of the rest of us assisted in answering questions. Of course, there is a newspaper article about it. Here’s the link.
Here, again, is the list of possible contenders, in alpha order, that I am aware of (if I’ve missed something, please share!):
Agilix BrainHoney: http://blog.brainhoney.com/free-account/
Blackboard Learn 9.1: http://www.coursesites.com/
Desire2Learn: http://www.desire2learn.com/demos/
Edvance360: http://edvance360.com/solutions/colleges/
Epsilen: http://www.epsilen.com/LandingSite/index.aspx
Instructure Canvas: https://canvas.instructure.com/
Jenzabar: https://www.myjenzabar.net/ics
LoudCloud: http://www.loudcloudsystems.com/meet-loudcloud/request-demo.html
Moodle: http://demo.moodle.net/
Pearson learningstudio: http://www.pearsoncustom.com/pearson-learning-studio/requestdemo.php
rSmart Sakai: http://mysakai.rsmart.com/
And here is the link to the RFP:
https://www.procure.stateuniv.state.il.us/dsp_notice.cfm?Uni=EIU&PN=CD2012LMS