Created by: Stephan Ryan Dorey, Sarah Fitzpatrick, Bryn Hammett, Chava Kassierer, Cristina Leo, and Scott

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STUDENTS Student Is only suitable for a Is suitable for a larger range of Suitable for all ages in both English
Demographics small age range and is students but one subset may and Spanish
only available in English. experience more difficulties. Can
easily be translated from English
to Spanish.

Access and Only available on one Students and parents can Students and parents are able to
Equity device and not accessible access content at home but may access the content conveniently from
off school grounds. experience delays in the content multiple devices. Options available for
Parents aren’t granted loading. Parents are not able to parent commenting. Equitable access
access. comment just view. Limited to all students.
features accessible to learners.

Differentiation Limited options on how Has 2-3 different options on how Has multiple features attractive to
students post content and students can post content and different learning styles that promote
receive feedback. Not receive feedback. Limited critical thinking and problem-solving
able to differentiate how options on how to present skills. Students receive feedback in
content is presented. content. multiple ways. Content can be
differentiated.

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EASE OF USE Computer and Difficult to understand Some time will be lost from Easy to understand and will require
Information and will take multiple learning and teaching while limited tech support. Orientation and
Literacy / training sessions for students and teachers learn how navigation for students and teachers
Orientation students and teachers. to use the LMS. will be quick.
Technical support will be
needed.
 Interface Design Not user-friendly or User-friendly and intuitive for Extremely user-friendly and intuitive for
intuitive. users. Works on most platforms all users on numerous platforms and
Restricted to specific and devices. devices.
devices.

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COSTS Overhead License costs are License cost is expensive (5- License cost is within 5% of the
prohibitive (>15% above 15% above budget) budget.
budget)

Training LMS is unintuitive; <50% LMS is fairly intuitive; ~50% of LMS is intuitive; ~75% of teachers are
of teachers are able to teachers are able to adopt LMS able to adopt LMS having attended 6
adopt LMS having having attended 6 hrs or less of hrs or less of professional training.
attended 6 hrs or less of professional training.
professional training.

Application LMS does not support Pre-existing courseware exists Courseware can be created
collaboration between but cannot be modified collaboratively.
teachers on courseware. Pre-existing courseware exists and
There is no pre-existing can be modified.
courseware.

Technical support LMS requires LMS requires some time to set LMS requires minimal time to set up
considerable time to set up and activate and requires and activate.
and up activate and some additional technical LMS requires limited to no additional
requires regular technical support (e.g. to create student technical support.
support. accounts, manage file sharing,
etc.)

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 TEACHING Coherence LMS is illogical and LMS is fairly logical and LMS serves as a centralized hub and
FUNCTIONS AND inconsistent with teaching consistent with teaching and is fully logical and consistent. Teachers
MEDIA SELECTION and learning needs. learning needs. Teachers can can fully import and integrate
Teachers cannot sometimes integrate resources resources, productivity tools, and
integrate resources easily from external apps but with complies with IMS Global Standards if
and/or efficiently. difficulty. integrating third tools. District LMS has
Single Sign-on, linking all members
together.

Curriculum LMS does not allow for LMS offers some collaborative
Integration & curriculum integration planning tools, but is not
Consistency regarding planning tools. accessible by all teaching staff
and administrators. Access does
not link to all grade levels.
Limited access and integration
from external platforms.
LMS offers collaborative planning tools
accessible to all teaching staff and
administrators in real time, across
grade levels. Seamless integration with
existing materials created on third-
party platforms. Materials can be
shared easily between platforms.

Texas Essential LMS does not support LMS includes limited TEKS skills LMS has pre-loaded Essential
Knowledge and TEKS integration of and does not contain information Knowledge and Skills, concepts,
Skills (TEKS) curriculum. for all grades ranging from pre-K aligned for all Grades ranging from
Integration to 12 and is only offered in pre-Kindergarten to 12th Grade that
English. can be used to plan, design, and
instruct unit and lesson planning.
TEKS contains both English and
Spanish links.

e-Portfolio LMS does not offer an e- LMS e-portfolio tools are limited.
portfolio tool option. Teachers are responsible for
uploading content. Does not
track student progress of skill
development or knowledge.
Access to a portfolio is not
available once archived.
LMS e-portfolio allows teachers and
students access to build coursework
aligned with learning goals and state-
specific skills. E-portfolio has built-in
analytics to track progress and
development. Capable of hosting
multimedia.
 Assessment & LMS does not provide LMS provides administrators LMS provides educators with an easy
Reporting teachers and only with access to assessment to navigate, customizable platform to
administrators with an and reporting features. Teachers input feedback, gradebook, and
option to input are unable to customize platform assessment notes. LMS has an
assessment. No reporting based on individual needs. excellent layout for communicating
feature available. reporting to parents.

Data & Analytics LMS does not collect LMS provides limited data
data in a useful way. No collection, partially related to
analytics potential. TEKS learning objectives.
Analytic options not accessible
for individual schools.
LMS provides in-depth data gathering
and reporting on TEKS learning
outcomes district wide.
Long-term data collection provides
tools for analytics and problem-solving
solutions.

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INTERACTION Learning Tools Does not provide Includes asynchronous Enables synchronous and
pedagogical diversity. online courses. asynchronous online courses.
Includes only Contains basic tools for Contains a set of tools for creating
asynchronous online creating content. media-rich content. Allows users to
courses. Allows users to check if content easily check if content is aligned with
Does not enable is aligned with standards. standards.
uploading external Enables uploading some Enables uploading external content
content. external content. including books, podcasts, and video
clips.
Allows for adaptive learning.

Assessment Contains a very basic test Contains a more elaborate test Comprises adaptive learning with a
Tools generator with the ability generator, with integration of rich test generator containing tools for
to add multiple choice or images or other attached files creating assessments with multimedia
true/false questions. into assessments. Some including quiz/activity over video.
Provides instant activities allow for instant Includes games that help develop
automatic assessment automatic assessment, while problem-solving skills. Activities can
and feedback. Requires assessments of higher order
 minimal teacher
intervention.
Collaboration Limited interaction –
And asynchronous discussion
Communication forums using text only.
Contains some tools for
asynchronous
collaboration.
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ORGANIZATIONAL Institutional Difficult to integrate the
ISSUES Readiness LMS into the District
ecosystem and will
require training for the
technology department.
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SECURITY AND Privacy and Data LMS collects
PRIVACY Collection personal information to
market paid services.
Cloud-Based Cloud based data storage
Services is outside the country.
thinking skills require more
teacher intervention.
Allows for asynchronous online
discussion forums and
collaboration with option to
attach images, audio and video.
Meets Some Of Our Needs (2)
Can be integrated into the
workflow of the District
technology department with
some training and support.
Meets Some Of Our Needs (2)
Personal information used to
identify ways to lower the cost
for the district.
Cloud based data storage is
always located within the U.S.
provide automatic, immediate and
corrective feedback.
Allows for asynchronous and
synchronous online discussion forums
and collaboration including instant
messaging, chat, and web
conferencing.
Includes option to gamify interaction
through use of virtual world, avatars
and rewards.
Meets All Of Our Needs (3)
LMS can be easily integrated into the
workflow of the District technology
department with minimal training and
tech support.
Meets All Of Our Needs (3)
Students’ personal information and
learning analytics are used strictly to
support and enrich the education of
students.
All data is located on a local secure
and encrypted server rigorously
protected against misappropriation. A
Data Breach Response plan is in
place.
Copyright The LMS owns the rights The district maintains control and Teachers and students have full and
to all the learning material ownership of the content and open access to all teaching materials
created within the LMS. data generated by learning created by teachers within the LMS, as
materials within the LMS. well as the data generated.

Password LMS does not require a LMS requires all User sign-in is age or level appropriate
Protection password students/teachers and parents to and mandatory each time.
use a password that may be
stored.