Overall Satisfaction with Desire2Learn
Pros
- Migration of content from ANGEL worked fairly well.
- Grade book provides many options for faculty needs.
- The ability to customize the various widgets and changing the layout of the home pages was a feature our faculty appreciated.
- Collection and prioritization of new ideas from the user community is appreciated.
Cons
- D2L needs to review their community of ideas and move forward with prioritized postings.
- Additional cost for features not included is frustrating when they should be part of the product.
- The Discussion tool is very difficult to navigate and the user community is asking for a revision that needs to be recognized.
- There needs to be a greater working relationship with third party solutions (Turnitin, Ellucian, ...).
- Migration of content from ANGEL helped with the overall conversion time to a new LMS
- Blackboard,Canvas,Moodle
Using Desire2Learn
- Teaching Online Courses for Credit Students
- Supporting Face-to-Face Courses for Credit Students
- Supporting both Continuing Education Courses and internal Professional Development for staff and faculty.
- We use D2L for compliance training for faculty and staff
- We provide student orientations for new students.
- Use the system for additional Continuing Education courses
- Use the system for free courses or MOOCS
- Use for Clubs and Organizations at the college
Evaluating Desire2Learn and Competitors
- Price
- Product Features
- Product Usability
- Product Reputation
- Third-party Reviews
Desire2Learn Implementation
- Vendor implemented
- Implemented in-house
- Correct installation on our servers (self hosted is not common today)
- Migration of ANGEL data in to D2L is not perfect (systems do not always match content)
- Integration with our SIS system BANNER is still ongoing (Final Grades to SIS)
Desire2Learn Support
Pros | Cons |
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Quick Resolution Good followup Problems get solved Kept well informed Immediate help available Support cares about my success Quick Initial Response | Less knowledgeable |
Using Desire2Learn
Pros | Cons |
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Like to use Technical support not required Quick to learn Familiar | Unnecessarily complex Inconsistent |
- I liked the Grade book Wizard to help with setup
- The student and faculty tutorials are all Closed Captioned and helped with the training process
- The administrative interface (DOME) is very robust and provides administrators with tools to help with managing the LMS system.
- The Discussions in 10.3 are very difficult to follow and grade from instructor perspective
- The customization of home pages and themes is difficult to manage for a typical instructor
- The Grade book is robust but very difficult to find all the settings in one location for typical instructor
- The built-in D2L email tool is very old and does not provide abilities found in new systems like Google.
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