LMS Task Force Faculty Survey
The Learning Management System (LMS) Task Force was established in order to determine which
LMS will most effectively and sustainably support all modalities (fact-to-face, hybrid and online) of
teaching and learning at College of the Redwoods. The purpose of this survey is to learn about the
experiences and preferences of faculty at CR. Responses to this survey are anonymous.
Select all that apply
1. Which of the following describes your current use of MyCR/Sakai?
a. I use MyCR/Sakai to supplement my face-to-face course
b. I use MyCR/Sakai to teach a hybrid or partially online course.
c. I use MyCR/Sakai to administer entire online courses
d. I am not currently using MyCR/Sakai
2. How many courses have you taught using MyCR/Sakai?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2-4
d. 5+
3. Which of the following best describes your level of satisfaction with MyCR/Sakai?
a. Very unsatisfied
b. unsatisfied
c. Neither satisfied or unsatisfied
d. Satisfied
e. Very satisfied
Yes or No Questions (please use question logic or branching for yes responses with open ended follow
up)
1. Do you have experience using learning management systems other than MyCR/Sakai?
(yes/no)
a. (if yes open ended follow up) Which system(s) have you used?
b. (if yes open ended follow up) Do you have any feedback on these systems?
2. Do you have a learning management system preference? (yes/no)
a. (if yes open ended follow up) Please state your preferred system
b. (if yes open ended follow up) Why would this be your preferred system?
3. Do you ask your students to access a learning management system other than MyCR/Sakai?
(yes/no)
a. (if yes open ended follow up) Which system do you ask them to use?
b. (if yes open ended follow up) Why do you ask them to use this system?
c. (if yes open ended follow up) What are the costs, if any, associated with this system?
4. Do you have concerns about CR changing to a new LMS (learning management system)?
(yes/no)
a. (if yes open ended follow up) Please share your concerns
Likert scale questions (response options: N/A, Very Unimportant, Unimportant, Neither Important or
Unimportant, Important, Very Important)
1. Rate the importance of each of the following LMS (learning management system) features
for faculty?
a. Intuitive and easy to use
b. Generates student performance reports, graphs and summaries.
c. Fully customizable online grade book
d. Easily updates course calendar, syllabi dates, grade book etc.
e. Sophisticated assessment/grading tools
f. Assignments and activities linked to student learning outcomes.
g. Ability to organize course content
h. Ability to easily import course materials from other institution’s learning
management systems
i. Easily reuse previous course materials
j. Ability to personalize deadlines and testing timeframes for DSPS compliance
k. Compatibility with smartphones and tablets
l. Ability to integrate with external online content such as Turnitin.com, YouTube, and
publisher’s material
m. Quality of communication tools such as email and course announcements
2. Rate the importance of each of the following LMS (learning management system) features
for students
a. Intuitive and easy to use
b. Students can track and monitor course events and progress
c. Collaborative tools for working in groups or pairs
d. Compatibility with smartphones and tablets
e. Students can work offline in their online course and their work will be synchronized
in the course at next log-in
Check all that apply
1. Which of the following assessment features do you think you would use?
a. Customizable rubrics
b. Comments and track changes within student documents
c. Video and audio feedback that can be attached to assignments
d. Customizable tests/quizzes allowing for multiple attempts with random allocation
of test questions from larger pool
e. Data visualization that let you see detailed an at-a-glance reports, graphs, charts and
summaries
2. Which of the following multi-media tools do you think you would use?
a. A video creation tool that lets you create videos within the LMS
b. Image and video repository within the LMS
c. Text and audio tools that allow you to narrate or provide commentary
d. Online whiteboard tool
e. Group work space
3. Which of the following discussion tools would you use?
a. Built-in scoring rubric for student feedback
b. Auto sorting of posts by student name
c. Scores automatically loaded into grade book
d. Unlimited space for instructor-posed discussion questions/topics
e. Word count option
f. Spell check option
4. Would you be interested in having a “sandbox” where you can play with building a course
in an LMS?
a. I am very interested
b. I would consider using a sandbox
c. I probably wouldn’t use a sandbox
d. I am not interested in using a sandbox
5. Would you be interested in trying out a new LMS with your classes Fall 2014?
a. I would like to pilot a new system
b. I am interested in learning more about this
c. I would do it, but reluctantly
d. I am not interested