LMS Consulting Services for California State Universities

Universities need to make sure they understand where and how LMS and academic technologies can fit within the broader context of higher education.  This understanding is especially important in the current Information Technology (IT) climate – needing strategic programs in a time of tight budgets.  Clearly, LMS systems cannot operate in a vacuum, and enterprise programs must involve all of the relevant higher education leadership, and not just in the IT organization.

How do you make effective decisions when you have so many stakeholders directly using in the systems in question?  How do you get into the heads of the users that is centered on the most diverse group in higher education, the learner?  We are used to making administrative decisions within higher education, but these new e-learning decisions are more complex.  Previously, we often made our decisions based on how easy it was to rollout the IT system; now more than ever, we must focus on true academic ‘needs’, and the learner experience.  These learners are typically organized into separate departments, or colleges, or institutions, leading to a complex group of administrative and executive management. 

HBO Systems has the experience and skillsets necessary to help individual CSU Campuses make these complex decisions through the following services.

LMS Strategic Planning Support - Facilitation and Guidance

User Analysis -  What are the Needs of Academic Users?

Workshops - Kickstart Your Efforts

Internal Scan - Is Your Organization Ready for Change?

External Scan - What are the Best Practices Available?

Market Analysis - What are the LMS Solutions Available?

Implementation Planning - How Should My Institution Implement and Host a Solution?