Course+Management+System+Evaluation+Tool

Hello committee members,

1. Instrument 2. Criteria descriptions 3. Additional sites on evaluation

1. The instrument below will aid in the selection of a Learning/Course Management system.



The form is designed to be used with 4 different products at once, aiding in the comparison of the products to each other. This evaluation form will be of help during the NVRHS selection process.

Each section should be rated from 1 to 5:


 * Numerical || Verbiage ||
 * 1 || Very Poor ||
 * 2 || Poor ||
 * 3 || Average ||
 * 4 || Good ||
 * 5 || Excellent ||


 * ** Criteria ** || ** Product 1 ** || ** Product 2 ** || ** Product 3 ** || ** Product 4 ** ||
 * Schedule building/Integration with Registrar system ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Course templates ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Course development/structuring ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ADA compliance ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Customizable look and feel ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Navigability ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Platform ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Multilingual capable ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * STEM capable ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Multimedia integration ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * File uploading ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Internal Links ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Course usage tracking ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Test design function ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Ease of Test administration ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Automated Scoring functions ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Reporting ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Collaborative tools ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Email ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Discussion Forum ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Orientation/Help ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Overall ease of use ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Overall ease of use ||  ||   ||   ||   ||

2. When rating each category, consider the following:

__ Schedule building/Integration with grading system __ : how easily can students be moved into/out of the course? Can you automatically export grades? __ Course templates __ : Do course templates exist? Are the templates useful for K12? __ Course development/structuring __ : Is it easy to build a course? Can you copy the course shell/modules from one course instance to another? __ ADA compliance __ : How well does the product address Accessibility issues? __ Customizable look and feel __ : Can the system easily adapt to your needs? Can you remove/freeze modules? __ Navigability __ : How easy is it to move from one area of the course to another? (e.g. from discussion areas to course materials or assessments?) __ Platforms __ : Can the product be used on the platforms used by students/teachers? (Netscape, Chrome, IE, Safari, Mac/PC, smartphones, tablets) __ Multilingual capable __ : How well will the product support ESL/foreign language classes? __ STEM capable __ : How well will the product support Science and Mathematics courses? (Does it have math/science symbols?) __ Multimedia integration __ : How easily can videos, links, etc be added? Can they be embedded? __ File uploading __ : How easily can files be uploaded? Is there a size limit? __ Internal Links __ : How easily can you create a link from one area of the course to another (e.g. a link to a test from the Discussion area) __ Course usage tracking __ : How easily can you tell if students have completed modules/tests? __ Test design function __ : How easily can you create assessments? Can you import from other products (Word)? __ Ease of Test administration __ : How easy is it to launch a test? Can you tell when everyone is done? __ Automated Scoring functions __ : Will the product score the test for you? Will it provide weighted scores? Integrate with grading center? __ Grading Center/Reporting __ : What types of reporting functions does the product have? Are the reports customizable? __ Collaborative tools __ : Are there group work areas? What other tools support collaborative projects? __ Email __ : Can you easily send email to the whole class? Single students? Can they email each other? __ Discussion Forum __ : How easily can you create discussion? __ Orientation/Help __ : How easy is the system to learn? Are there orientation tutorials? Is the Help system easy to use? __ Overall ease of use __ : What your overall impression of the product?

3. Additional sites: