Title :
Blackboard vs. Desire2Learn: A system administrator´s perspective on usability
Author :
Lalande, Nicholas ; Grewal, Ratvinder
Author_Institution :
Human-Comput. Interaction Res. Group, Laurentian Univ., Sudbury, ON, Canada
Abstract :
Ease of use and navigation are important features when selecting a Content Management System (CMS). In this paper we compare two Learning Management Systems (LMS): Blackboard and Desire2Learn. For select administrative tasks we track the number of mouse clicks necessary, number of pages traversed, and data fields inputted. This comparison highlights some of the benefits and limitations between the two systems.
Keywords :
educational technology; CMS; Desire2Learn; LMS; administrative tasks; blackboard; content management system; learning management systems; mouse clicks; system administrator usability perspective; Educational institutions; Electronic learning; Human computer interaction; Learning systems; Least squares approximation; Standards; blackboard; desire2learn; human-computer interaction; learning management system; usability; webct;
Conference_Titel :
Education and e-Learning Innovations (ICEELI), 2012 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2226-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICEELI.2012.6360587
