We were forced to 'upgrade' years ago from WebCt to BlackBoard. The worst part was not the feature set, but re-learning all of the things you already knew how to do.
So when the administration decided to hold focus group sessions on whether to purchase a new system (because the prices were suddenly raised, IIRC), a few of us got Moodle included among the choices, and then managed to convince our colleagues and the institution to accept it with the most convincing rationale: the price would never change and since open source software tends to be evolutionary for the most part, we probably would not face having to re-learn how to use the system again.
I don't think you would be surprised to learn just how easy it was to convince users to accept a system that's unlikely to experience massive change.
In any case, we've been using Moodle for years now. It's basically the same as when they set it up, and all my labour-saving import-export tricks have remained consistent over the years.
So when the administration decided to hold focus group sessions on whether to purchase a new system (because the prices were suddenly raised, IIRC), a few of us got Moodle included among the choices, and then managed to convince our colleagues and the institution to accept it with the most convincing rationale: the price would never change and since open source software tends to be evolutionary for the most part, we probably would not face having to re-learn how to use the system again.
I don't think you would be surprised to learn just how easy it was to convince users to accept a system that's unlikely to experience massive change.
In any case, we've been using Moodle for years now. It's basically the same as when they set it up, and all my labour-saving import-export tricks have remained consistent over the years.