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"The university even hosts D2L training for instructors. There is no excuse for not knowing how to use D2L. Students who want to check their grades are instantly at a disadvantage. It also puts visually impaired students at a severe disadvantage."

Student newspaper article about forcing faculty to use the LMS.

As virtually every form of media from newspapers to television shows becomes more socially aware, the book remains stubbornly anti-social. Despite the rapid growth in e-books and the launch of a number of services designed to add social features to books, the act of reading is still a fairly solitary thing.

"More than 30 professors and 1,200 students are test-driving an alternative to Sakai, called Canvas, this semester, according to Internet Technology project leader Mathieu Plourde. The university has used Sakai for more than four years, but Plourde said he thinks the program shows its age. "