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We also use Remote-learner as our host. I agree with Ken for all of the r=
eason's given--use an ASP. I also hosted Blackboard internally prior swi=
tching to Moodle. A few of the teachers were upset with the decision, but=
doing so reduced our costs substantially and also reduced the amount of =
time we spent on maintenance. (This was also part of our strategy to outs=
ource almost everything and just focus on services that must be hosted on=
campus.)
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While I zipped up all BB courses and had them available, all of our teach=
ers elected to just upload everything again, which is the path that I rec=
ommend. Converting courses to make them closely mirror the structure in B=
B when moving them is very expensive (1 to 3 hours per course).=20
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Value from the ASP--troubleshooting, backups, reliability since hosted of=
f campus, no deep voodoo required, etc. You do need to make sure you hav=
e good bandwidth, though.
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Derrel
>>> On 1/15/2009 at 11:51 AM, Karen Douse <douse@harpethhall.org> wrote:
Do any of you contract out Moodle support to a company that you can recom=
mend? We are considering a move from Blackboard to Moodle, but our bigges=
t worry is converting everything so the transition is as easy as possible=
for our teachers. Many have spent
several years populating their Blackboard sites and we don't want them to=
have to do everything manually. Thanks for any recommendations you can m=
ake.=20
Also, do you have any recommendations on companies that host Moodle sites=
and what value they add? We are trying to decide if we should host inter=
nally or externally. The server and expertise are not problems - time is!=
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Thanks for any recommendations you can make.=20
Karen
Karen Douse
Director of Library and Information Services
Ann Scott Carell Library
Harpeth Hall School
615-346-0116
douse@harpethhall.org=20
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