The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges is moving from the ANGEL learning management system to Canvas. A committee evaluated options and selected Canvas based on faculty preference, technical quality, and cost effectiveness. The transition will occur over the next two years, with full implementation by June 2014 when the ANGEL contract expires. The Canvas system will provide a single online platform across all colleges at a lower per-student cost than ANGEL. Key benefits include hosting in the cloud, mobile integration, and collaboration tools.

1. LMS Next Steps:
Moving from ANGEL to Canvas
Washington State Board for Community
and Technical Colleges
April 22, 2012

2. The Washington System
Governor
Appointed
4-year Board
Private
Colleges &
Colleges
Universities SBCTC
29 Community &
5 Technical Colleges

3. Enrollment Distribution
10
Basic Skills and Pre-
38 College
Workforce
49 Transfer

4. System Highlights
• 34 community and technical colleges in Washington
• In 2010-11
– 161,000 FTEs
– 330,000 headcount
– 96,600 students who took an online class
– 34,000 students who took a hybrid class
– 37 percent of all graduates earn 15 or more credits online or
hybrid
• Total eLearning FTES increased by 25 percent from
2007-08 to 2008-09.

5. Strategic Technology Plan
Strategy I:
Create a single, system-wide suite of online
teaching and learning tools that provides all
Washington students with easy access to
“anywhere, anytime” learning.
• http://www.sbctc.edu/general/a_strategictechplan.aspx

6. WashingtonOnline (WAOL)

7. WAOL supports
• Single ANGEL license for 22 colleges, plus
pooled enrollment system
• Blackboard Collaborate for all colleges
• Tegrity for all colleges
• NW eTutoring Consortium
• Professional development for all tools
• The Open Course Library
…..saving our system $6 million/year

8. The Search
Committee: SBCTC Staff, eLearning
Directors, LMDC (Librarians), ITC,
Instruction Commission, Student
Services, ADA Council, Faculty
Association, Six Universities

9. The Search
• Timeline:
• Sept, 2011 – Committee Formed
• Oct, 2011 – Faculty Surveyed
• Nov, 2011 – RFP Out
• Jan, 2012 – RFPs scored, Finalists Chosen
• Feb, 2012 – Sandboxes Open to Faculty Testers
• Mar, 26th, 27th – Onsite Demos, Successful Vendor
Chosen

10. Why Canvas?
Why Canvas:
• First choice of faculty testers
• Highest score on technical response
• Highest score on vendor references
• Hosts in the cloud
• Great use of mobile and social media
• Integration and sharing/trust relationships

11. Timeline/What Happens Next
Timeline
• July 2012 – Contract begins
• Summer 2012 – Integration and Set Up
• Fall 2012 – Pilots and Scaled Up Training
• Winter 2013 – Colleges transition on their schedule
• June 2014 – ANGEL contract ends

12. Cost Model (Prospective)
• FTE based rather than active user
• Will cost less than $4 per active user
• Questions:
– Is the learning management system a core
technology?
– If so, should it be centrally funded?

13. http://www.slideshare.net/sbctc98632
Scott Dennis
eLearning Professional Development Manager
(360) 747-7211 / sdennis@sbctc.edu
Connie Broughton
Director, eLearning and Open Resources
360-704-4334 / cbroughton@sbctc.edu