Why is Dickinson moving to Moodle?
Moodle provides all the basic functionality of Blackboard without the annual $15,000 annual license fee. Additionally, we have been able to integrate Moodle into our campus systems such that it can automatically create your courses and load the courses with registered students. There has been a substantial investment of LIS staff time to implement Moodle; however we believe that the ongoing labor requirement to maintain Moodle will be approximately the same as our current labor investment to maintain Blackboard. Our goal is to provide a robust product with contemporary features at a reduced cost to the college. For more details on Dickinson College’s LMS evaluation click here.
