Budget Projection for Learning Management Systems

at Oakland University

 

 

January 16, 2006

Catheryn Cheal

 

AVP e-Learning and Instructional Support


Year  1--2005/2006 Costs and Statistics (current costs in UTS & ELIS)

 

Year 1

WebCT 4 Campus Edition - OU

License maintenance

34,000

WebCT 24x7 support

15,500

OU UTS application support

32,190

OU UTS systems administration

22,645

OU hardware

8,500

ELIS WebCT administration & helpdesk

169,618

1st Year Cost

282,453

 

 

 

-Single server on campus plus test server, not a database, and we currently keep 2 to 3 semesters worth of courses on server

-We create all university courses each semester

-Integration--updated in real-time from Banner with Luminis

-WebCT 4 is the lowest-cost option, but the vendor has planned end-of-product life for June 2007. Blackboard is buying out WebCT and says that a combined product will be created in 3-5 years and that it most likely will have Blackboard  capability on Oracle architecture.

-WebCT and Oracle licenses and fees are estimates, not formal quotes, and need to be reevaluated once a direction is established.

-WebCT licenses and fees are based on 2005 pricing and are valid thru 12/31/05, and are subject to change after that date.

-WebCT licensing is lease or subscription model.

-WebCT license fee is based on the 8000-15000 FTE tier-CE has a 10% annual license increase, except Vista licenses have been fixed for three years and include overlap CE.

-CE has a 10% annual license increase

-Systems administration includes security mitigation, operating system upgrades,  and  backup  costs allocations.

-Application support includes Banner interface,  application patches and upgrades,  and course restores.

-In-house server costs reflect planned cyclical replacement.

-In-house server costs are based on current Dell pricing or IBM pricing, depending on size and scalability.

-Includes half of AVP of ELIS and Application Specialist salary,  and full salary of WebCT Administrator.


Year  2--2006/2007 Costs and Statistics (costs in UTS & ELIS)

 

YEAR 2 2006/2007

1-year overlap

WebCT CE 4

Hosted at OU WebCT CE 6

Hosted at OU

Or

1-year overlap

WebCT CE 4

Hosted at OU and Moodle

License maintenance

37,400

37,400

WebCT clustering license

5000

0

WebCT 24x7 support

17,050

17,050

OU UTS application support

33,156

33,156

OU UTS systems administration

23,324

23,324

Database UTS administration

102,234

0

Oracle license

28,280

0

Oracle support

5320

0

PHP programmer

0

79,640

OU hardware

 

33,472

 

0

 

Implementation Services

30,000

0

ELIS WebCT administration & helpdesk

234,706

 

174,706

2nd Year Cost

549,942

365,276

 

-Moving to WebCT 6 would require one  year overlap with WebCT 4, assume UTS application and systems support is doubled for the two programs and ELIS administration would need additional support of 60,000, salary plus fringe benefits.

-Moving to Moodle would require one  year overlap with WebCT 4. Moodle would require a PHP programmer  on campus to work with the program and support it's operation.

-Oracle licensing is perpetual model.

-Oracle support is calculated at 19% of the license fee.

-Assume 1 full time Oracle DBA for OU solutions where Oracle is required.

-Assume 3% annual systems and database administration increases.

-In-house CE 6 requires 5 servers, other solutions require 4 servers plus storage.

-Assume 3% annual salary increase and composite fringe 44.8%.

-Hosting WebCT off-campus is currently about $50,000 less than hosting on campus.

 


Year  3--2007/2008 Costs and Statistics (costs in UTS & ELIS)

 

YEAR 3 2007/2008

Blackboard/

WebCT CE 6 + one module

Hosted at OU

or Moodle

License maintenance            

66,140

0

WebCT clustering license

5000

0

WebCT 24x7 support

26,318

0

OU UTS application support

34,151

34,151

OU UTS systems administration

28,829

28,829

Database UTS administration

105,301

0

Oracle license

31,108

0

Oracle support

5,320

0

OU hardware

 

3000

3000

PHP programmer

0

82,029

ELIS WebCT administration & helpdesk

179,947

179,947

3nd Year Cost

485,114

327,956

 

-Implementation costs disappear in the third year, both for the application and for hosting.

-License includes the cost of one module, Learning Object Manager,  for shareable content, discounted 20% the first year.

-Other possible modules, which are included in WebCT Vista:

 

 

 

 


Year  4--2008/2009 Costs and Statistics (current costs in UTS & ELIS)

 

YEAR 4 2008/2009

Blackboard/

WebCT CE 6 + four modules (New combined product)

Hosted at OU

or Moodle

License maintenance

133,054

0

WebCT clustering license

5000

0

WebCT 24x7 support

20,631

0

OU UTS application support

35,175

35,175

OU UTS systems administration

29,694

29,694

Database UTS administration

108,460

0

Oracle license

34,219

0

Oracle support

5,320

0

OU hardware

 

19,736

3000

PHP programmer

0

84,489

ELIS WebCT administration & helpdesk

248,999

185,345

4nd Year Cost

640,288

337,703

 

 

-Assumes a move to other modules  or full Vista program or full combined new Blackboard/WebCT  program.  Price is based on current projections for Vista. Assumes that WebCT 6 will be discontinued as soon as the combined product is created in "3 to 5 years".

 

 

 


Year  5--2009/2010 Costs and Statistics (current costs in UTS & ELIS)

 

YEAR 5 2009/2010

Blackboard/

WebCT CE 6 + four modules (Vista or new combined product)

Hosted at OU

or Moodle

License maintenance

146,359

0

WebCT clustering license

5000

0

WebCT 24x7 support

22,694

0

OU UTS application support

36,230

36,230

OU UTS systems administration

30,585

30,585

Database UTS administration

111,714

0

Oracle license

37,641

0

Oracle support

5,320

0

OU hardware

 

3,000

 

3000

PHP programmer

0

87,023

ELIS WebCT administration & helpdesk

256,468

185,345

5th Year Cost

655,011

342,183

Total Five Year Costs

2,612,808

1,655,571

 

-Assumes a 10% increase in license fees.