My faculty is quote happy with Blackboard. We are lucky we have money to buy the Oracle License to go with it. We have an LVS cluster for Blackboard. We have been using BB for over 5 years. It's a lot easier to learn for users then webct.
Yes you can't do some things, but mostly people are not reaching the boundaries of the system. When this happens frequently, then you need to look at an alternative.
Also keep in mind that BB and WebCT are Uni size systems. Our faculty has 500 people using BB on a daily basis as lecturers, 11000 students...student say it's great, easy to find stuff. Why? Because it's always at the same spot, where with WebCT lectureres can put the menu's all over the place and make their site personal. Student generally don't give a toss, they just want their lecturer notes and other info.
Could we move to another system. Yes, but it takes a lot out of an organization to move...try moving from Word to OpenOffice...most of the people are use to how a menu look in word...when it looks different...they are lost (yes they should read the menu...but they don't)
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My faculty is quote happy with Blackboard. We are lucky we have money to buy the Oracle License to go with it. We have an LVS cluster for Blackboard. We have been using BB for over 5 years. It's a lot easier to learn for users then webct.
Yes you can't do some things, but mostly people are not reaching the boundaries of the system. When this happens frequently, then you need to look at an alternative.
Also keep in mind that BB and WebCT are Uni size systems. Our faculty has 500 people using BB on a daily basis as lecturers, 11000 students...student say it's great, easy to find stuff. Why? Because it's always at the same spot, where with WebCT lectureres can put the menu's all over the place and make their site personal. Student generally don't give a toss, they just want their lecturer notes and other info.
Could we move to another system. Yes, but it takes a lot out of an organization to move...try moving from Word to OpenOffice...most of the people are use to how a menu look in word...when it looks different...they are lost (yes they should read the menu...but they don't)