Here's some information on the course management software selection process at St. Thomas.

• The report of the ACIT recommending WebCT as a course management system
• A report of our survey of faculty at STU regarding what they'd like to see in a CMS
• An in-process statement of our needs, as identified near the beginning of the process.
• The results of a survey of the STLHE-L and POD list membership on existing Course Management Software alternatives.
• A report on the status of WebCT implementation at Mount Allison, by David Frances, from the 2003 NAWeb conference (in *pdf format)

• The home page for WebCT.
• The home page for the new Stanford open-source, free CMS, Coursework.
• The home page for Blackboard.
• The home page for CyberLearning Labs ("Angel," developed at Indiana University)
• The Edutools project site (for comparisons of CMS products, among other things)
• Parke, H., & Ehrmann, S. "Institutional studies of the educational uses of web course management systems" ("The Flashlight Network is collecting studies by institutions of their uses of Web Course Management Systems (e.g., WebCT, Blackboard, Lotus, FirstClass, Prometheus, and others) as part of our effort to develop a study package that technology support, faculty development, teaching-learning centers and other units can use to improve the educational benefits stemming from the use of such systems.")
• A page for Web Courseware Comparisons and Studies at Maricopa College.
• A link to an extensive and useful report on the CMS choice issue from Brandeis
• A link to articles from the Learning Resources Unit of the British Columbia Institute of Technology on evaluating options around "Learning Management Systems"
• Foreman, Joel. "Trading Mules for Tractors:The Pros and Cons of Adopting a Course Management System"  (Technology Source, January/February 2001). "Based on my four-semester experience as a WebCT user, I provide a reality check for this trend, highlighting some of the benefits and shortcomings of WebCT and speculating about the advances required to make the CMS a standard in every class."
• And here's a link to the wiki I've installed on the STU Moodle ("Stoodle") site I've set up as of June of 2008.