Western University’s Flight to Open Source

Deanna Grogan

•26 758 FTE (2010-2011)•1 372 Full-Time Faculty (2010-2011)•12 Faculties,3 Affiliate Colleges and a Continuing Studies Department•1998 WebCT .. 2007 Vista .. 2012 Sakai•Deanna – part of the Instructional Support team, working with the Instructional Technology Resource Centre within ITS at Western

Background Information

Agenda• WebCT OWL• OWL Flight Plan is born

• The plan• The reality

• Decision• Reasoning• Lessons Learned• Questions

WebCT OWL• 2011

o 5,865 active sectionso 2,910 instructorso 51,548 studentso 300,927 enrolments

• October 13, 2011 at 10pmo 4,427 concurrent users

• October 2009o 1,707,260 logins

WebCT OWL – Many WingsClass Photos

ScanExam Results

Final Grade Export

Wiki

Wimba Tools

one45

PeopleSoft HE

Integration

Turnitin.com

Publisher ePacks

Registrar Exam

ScheduleCertificates of Achievement

Library Off-Campus Access

OWL Flight Plan – The Plan

Decision

Reasons

Lessons Learned• Don’t expect LMS features to dictate the

selection.• Consider whether you need an RFP

before beginning an RFP• Open-source is a different culture

(otherwise known as we are not open-source natives!!!!)

Seed Questions• How is the migration going?• What about Sakai OAE?• Just because you can customize the LMS –

should you?• What are the community’s expectations about

open-source? • Any additional lessons learned from your

experiences?