FAST FIVE for week of May 6, 2012

McGill Moves to Desire2Learn: McGill University has migrated from Blackboard's WebCT Vista to Desire2Learn for their institutional learning management system. The system is called myCourses and went live on March 19 with an extensive range of training and support to manage the transition process. myCourses @ McGill

Access @ York: York University has implemented a new single sign-on facility called PASSPORT YORK to simplify access for students, faculty, and staff to their online resources. With a single username and password users will be able to gain access to a growing number of services. PASSPORT YORK

Ryerson Goes Google: Ryerson University is planning to make Google Apps for Education available to all faculty, staff, and students. The transition to Google is tentatively scheduled for the fall. Ryerson is using a third party integrator, SADA Systems, to help with the implementation. Ryerson Google

TRU Active Directory Transition: Thompson Rivers University is migrating from Novell to Microsoft for their directory services. They are expecting the project will provide their users with more flexible and expandable storage, and improved integration with Microsoft and 3rd party products. TRU Directory

CIO Search: Douglas College in Vancouver is looking for a transformational CIO. The newly created role is strategic to the future of of the College. Douglas CIO