Learning Management System Strategic Planning Tools

Below are a range of documents and tools to assist campuses in their own strategic planning efforts around learning management system (LMS) support.

Strategic Planning and LMS Overview

Strategic Planning Framework
This helps set the scene for strategic planning (.ppt) and lays out some of the important concepts and processes.

Best Practices for Learning Management Systems
This identifies some best practices (.ppt) related to change in LMSs.

Planning Tools

Plan for Consulting with Stakeholders
This tool helps you work out a strategy for collecting input and feedback from key stakeholders in the LMS process. (.doc | .pdf)

Environmental Scan Template
This tool will help you develop an outline and methodology for conducting your own environmental scan. (.doc | .pdf)

LMS Strategic Planning Checklist
This high-level checklist helps you identify the steps you need to take to achive an enterprise-level LMS strategy. (.doc | .pdf)

LMS Budget Template
This budget template (.xls) helps you identify the total costs of ownership (TCO) of your LMS.

Questions to Guide LMS Strategic Planning
This question set can be used to guide the steps that you need to take through your LMS strategic planning project. (.doc | .pdf)

Strategic Planning Project Template
This project template can be used to help you manage your LMS strategic planning project. (.pdf | .ppt)

CSU Chico: A Case Study in LMS Strategic Planning

CSU Chico Strategic Planning Overview (.ppt, 4.1MB)

CSU Chico Rubrics
Chico Pass-fail Rubric (.pdf)
Chico Best Fit Rubric (.pdf)