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Converting through the Ages. Scott Reeser [email protected] UW Learning Innovations http://learn.wisconsin.edu. LearningSpace (< ver. 4.0). Management System. Overlap indicates a system dependency. Course Content Quizzes Discussions Assignments. LearningSpace to Blackboard. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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LearningSpace (< ver. 4.0)
ManagementSystem
Course
ContentQuizzes
DiscussionsAssignments
Overlap indicates a system dependency
LearningSpace to Blackboard Versions 2.0 through 3.5 Originating content was in a proprietary
format, all content had to be recreated/cleaned up
No export feature for content (“Save As HTML” only real option)
Content, content structure, quizzes, assignment management, gradebook (i.e. everything) all had to be recreated
No standards used; Blackboard did allow import of some content, but did not take advantage of it since the content had to be created from scratch
LearningSpace
ManualProcess
Blackboard
Blackboard (ver. 5.0)
ManagementSystem
Overlap indicates a system dependency
Content*Quizzes
DiscussionsAssignmentsGradebook
Course
*Hosted externally
Blackboard to Desire2Learn Conversion time reduced (15-20
min/course) Originating content was in an open
format (HTML); styles externally managed
Export feature available Content structure, assignment
management, gradebook all had to be recreated from scratch
IMS Content Packaging (CP) and Quiz and Test Interface (QTI) formats came into play; Content and quiz data did not have to be recreated; additionally some automation was allowed
Blackboard
ManualProcess
Desire2Learn
Automation
Desire2Learn (ver. 7.4)
ManagementSystem
ContentQuizzesGradebook*
DiscussionsAssignments
Course
Overlap indicates a system dependency
*D2L provided feature and is not standards based
General Issues Environment specific language Use of vendor specific features (e.g.
synchronous tools, quicklink) Vendor ability to export
Why should they want to? Course archival is a current issue
