Ithaca College

Greetings Campus Community,  

Based on your feedback, the LMS Selection Advisory Committee has identified two products for further review: Canvas (Instructure) and Brightspace (Desire 2 Learn [D2L]).  

Thank you for your participation in the D2L presentations on Monday, November 9th.  For those of you that missed the D2L demo, you will still be able to what the recording and provided feedback. As soon as the recordings are available they will be posted to the project website.  We will be holding Instructure demonstrations of Canvas on Thursday, November 12th.  

Thursday, November 12th Instructure Demonstration of Canvas 

Faculty/Staff:  12pm to 2pm – General vendor demonstration, Ithaca College developed scenarios, Opportunity for Faculty and Staff to ask questions. Recorded by Ithaca College.   https://ithaca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_h9cpC_H6Rbu6SY_OWy4Bgg  

Student: 5pm to 7pm – General vendor demonstration, Ithaca College developed scenarios, opportunity to ask questions. Recorded by Ithaca College.   https://ithaca.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oMMzVwsBT8mQMuOH56_jYw 

Following the sessions there will be an opportunity to provide feedback via survey which the advisory committee will use to help formulate its final recommendation.  Our goal remains to select the new LMS in December, with a cutover date during the summer 2021 (Sakai will continue to be used during the spring 2021 semester). 

Thank you for your continued engagement and support throughout this process.  

LMS Advisory Committee Co-Chairs  

• Matt Clauhs, Assistant Professor of Music Education 

• Casey Kendall, Executive Director, IT - Applications & Infrastructure