SO YOU ARE THINKING
ABOUT MOVING YOUR
LMS TO THE CLOUD
Anthony Basham
Educational Technology
Projects Coordinator/Moodle Coordinator
Berea College
CPO LIB
859-985-3630
SESSION OBJECTIVE
Session Objective – Our objective is to share experiences with
lessons and experience learned from migrating Moodle self-served
server to a cloud-based host and the associated benefits to our
faculty and students. We hope that others who might be interested
in moving your LMS to the cloud for their faculty and students might
find value in our shared experiences and examples of faculty and
student use in innovative ways. This session could be valuable for
instructional technologists, IT staff, and faculty.
ABSTRACT – DESCRIPTION
I will briefly share lessons and experience learned from migrating Moodle self-served server to a
cloud-based host. The challenges we faced with working with our own IT structure and providing our
colleagues and students what they needed. Then I will share our process of discovery and upgrade
to our current system, eThink Hosting support and expertise, and the benefits for proven training
resources for faculty, students, and the administration of the system. We will share some examples of
important milestones and major barriers (AD fields and accuracy) that we experienced. Ultimately,
we will share our experiences with our colleagues in hopes that they might benefit from learning
about migrating to hosted services service, know some of the potential pitfalls, and learn the benefits
of incorporating this type of system in a liberal arts environment.
ABOUT BEREA COLLEGE
https://www.berea.edu/lws/
http://libraryguides.berea.edu/aboutEdTech
HISTORICAL-LMSOVERVIEW/
Moodle
Moodle’s meteoric rise has come to a stand still. It looks as if their numbers and
market share have levelled off in the past 4 years. It does seem like Canvas has
taken away a big part of their steam.
Canvas
We all know how fast Canvas is growing but if you look at Moodle, you can see how
similar its growth has been between 2005 and 2010. (first tab) The main difference is
how quickly Canvas exploded. Where it took Moodle 4 years to hit the 100
implementation mark, it only took Canvas 2.5 years. The two lines are strikingly
similar; they have the same vertical slope. Can we assume that since Canvas has
the same growth momentum as what Moodle had, that it will soon occupy a similar
position in terms of market share?
As a side note: We know that Canvas is currently being piloted in 60+ higher
education institutions. Those numbers are not reflected here, but we will be looking
at this in our next post: who are the institutions that are piloting canvas and what
LMS they are currently using.
http://listedtech.com/historical-lms-overview/
LMS PILOTS
http://listedtech.com/
http://listedtech.com/canvas-pilot/
LMS MARKET
Canvas
We all know how fast Canvas is growing but if you look at Moodle, you can see how similar its
growth has been between 2005 and 2010. (first tab) The main difference is how quickly Canvas
exploded. Where it took Moodle 4 years to hit the 100 implementation mark, it only took
Canvas 2.5 years. The two lines are strikingly similar; they have the same vertical slope. Can we
assume that since Canvas has the same growth momentum as what Moodle had, that it will
soon occupy a similar position in terms of market share?
As a side note: We know that Canvas is currently being piloted in 60+ higher education
institutions. Those numbers are not reflected here, but we will be looking at this in our next post:
who are the institutions that are piloting canvas and what LMS they are currently using.
WebCT Blackboard$ Moodle?$
US INSTITUTIONS
Planning for the future.
OVER TIME
Implementations.
OPEN SOURCE
What is the cost of Open Source?
ETHINK.COM
Things we needed,
accreditation needs and
…more space.
ETHINK.COM
The need for turn –around-time
and advanced server
administration …more space.
RD
3
PARTY PLUGINS
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Attendance Modules
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Tutorials and Grading- Moodle 101 and Moodle 201
self-paced Moodle training courses
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Writer's Help 2.0 for Lunsford Handbooks
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Google analytics
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Text Books- McGraw Hill –Book Content
•
Respondus Lockdown Browser –Assessment
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Turnitin.com
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Digital Badges, Lynda.com, Box.com and etc…
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Summer Courses (Logins):
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Max: 459 sessions
on Mondays,
then Wednesdays
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Min: 59 sessions on
Saturdays
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Days- End of Spring
Courses:
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Max: 2200 on
Mondays
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Min:451 on
Saturday
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Sat. – Fri.
Hourly - Spring Average:
•
12 am-student slowing down.
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Slowest at 3am and 4am
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Raises 7am to 12pm
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Drops a little between 12pm and 5pm
•
Raises again peaks between 10pm and
11pm
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Sat. – Fri.
Hourly - Spring Average:
•
12 am-student slowing down.
•
Slowest at 3am and 4am
•
Raises 7am to 12pm
•
Drop a little between 12pm and 5pm
•
Raises again peaks between 10pm and
11pm
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Typical Monday:
•
Max: 134 at
10am
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Average
lowest: 25
after Mid-night
Monday
GOOGLE ANALYTICS
Sleeping Times
A Week/Hourly - Spring Average:
•
Around 100-125 student
sessions
•
Sleep Time – in Yellow
•
Raises 7am to 12pm –
Preparing Time
•
Drops a little between 12pm
and 5pm
•
After 5 pm raises again
peaks between 10pm and
11pm- Mostly Students
accessing resources
Preparing Times
In Red
QUESTIONS?