Ohio State is evaluating the best solution for the university’s online course offering needs. While Carmen is the brand OSU uses to identify its online course site, the LMS (learning management system) behind Carmen is called D2L. D2L was the optimal LMS choice when OSU began its foray into offering courses online but as user and faculty needs change, so must the LMS.

OSU created the LMS Evaluation Committee, charged with “evaluating the functionality of best-in-class learning management systems and providing a recommendation to Liv Gjestvang by June 15, 2015.” The committee was excited by what Canvas LMS had to offer and are currently piloting this tool. At this time, ODEE is only evaluating Canvas; no decision has been made regarding which LMS OSU will ultimately select.

Why should you care? (Or “What does this mean for the College of Public Health?”)

I will be keeping a close eye on the Canvas pilot program (and any other LMS evaluation programs) to determine how this tool can best meet our students’ needs. I will continue to share with you the features the new LMS will offer us and suggestions on how those features can be used. Stayed tuned for more and follow the tag= (what does this mean?) Canvas in this blog.

You can learn more about the OSU evaluation here.

Interested in a Canvas sandbox? (maybe insert a brief explanation of what this is) Learn how to request one here.

To stay connected to the OSU Canvas pilot eval, follow the “Canvas Eval” tag from ODEE (Office of Distance Education and eLearning).