Yes. A comparison between blackboard 6 and moodle1.1 is available. The link is
http://www.edutools.info/course/compare/compare.jsp?product=182,144
Prof.V.Nagarajan.
Cheers for that.If anyone knows of any others could you please let me know.Thanks
Not very high brow, nor even an "essay" but..
http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=3017&parent=13256
There is a comparison between Moodle and WebCT however - check the buzz or search for thesis.
I must say that I get a little tired of these sorts of comparisons <sigh>. Given that the functionality between Moodle and WebCT/Blackboard etc etc is pretty well comparable (educators and designers get a little too precious at times), then consider the first line of any comparison. Cost of Moodle = $0 Licence fee of the other major LMSs = $astronomical. Tell that to your CEO and you're going to have to come up with some pretty impressive features!! ...or if he/she still believes that proprietory systems are the way to go, then they're a poor e-education leader, wouldn't you say.
Functions are quite similar. But what about differences in ease of use? I used WebCT a year ago. My university required that I first take a mini-course before giving me space on their server. Even with that introduction, I found WebCT cumbersome and often counter-intuitive to use. Version 3.8 does not seem much better. Moodle, on the other hand, is so easy to use, yet without giving up important features. I even managed to install and get it running myself. Designing the courses website after that was a breeze. Open source is great as well to customize your site.
Preaching to the choir here, I'm sure. But going back to peek at WebCT again really made me realize how intuitive it is to Moodle.
Steven
Preaching to the choir here, I'm sure. But going back to peek at WebCT again really made me realize how intuitive it is to Moodle.
Steven