Specifications include, but are not limited to: 1.1 Must include a common, industry-wide, base, LMS toolset such as a course news area, calendar, content repository, assignment-submission tool, quiz tool, discussion tool, and gradebook. 1.2 Must have three (3) years proven experience in the provision of similar products and services to institutions of higher education 1.3 Must provide a project plan used to engage and support the University with a successful implementation and effective management of the solution. Provide details noting the timelines, roles, responsibilities, and communication channels. 1.4 Must integrate with the University’s Student Information System (SIS): Ellucian Banner. Must provide real-time provisioning and deprovisioning of instructor and student accounts as well as course enrollment information via Ellucian Banner. 1.5 Must provide customization for University Administration and institution-level branding/theming 1.6 Must comply with the U.S. Federal Rehabilitation Act, Section 508 (36 CFR Part 1194, http://www.section508.gov). Please provide a Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT). 1.7 Must comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) to support web content accessibility 1.8 Must be able to provide the University with a copy of its learning environment data within 30 days of a request. The data must be in a usable format to be determined by the University at the time of the request. 1.9 Must provide data migration capabilities and support for migrating from Moodle LMS. List any data elements that cannot be migrated. 1.10 Must be compatible with standard security assertion identity solutions such as SAML 2 or another Single Sign-On integration solution 1.11 Must provide granular security where each important function and object can be explicitly restricted to authorized users. Access control must support role-based security. 1.12 Must provide the ability to group important functions and objects into roles for assignment to users to include pre-defined roles such as Administrator, Instructor, etc. 1.13 Must support the University’s compliance with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 1.14 Must provide Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance when HIPAA data is stored within the learning environment 1.15 Must support encrypted communications between client end points and the LMS server 1.16 Must have procedures for security incident monitoring, mitigation, and notification 1.17 Must keep solution components to include operating system, server software, and thirdparty products patched for known security issues within 30 days of patch release 1.18 Must have an auto-log-off capability after a configurable predetermined period of inactivity 1.19 Must support current standard browsers on Windows, Mac, and mobile devices. 1.20 Must support the most common Internet browsers and mobile devices 1.21 Must provide web access for all standard user and administrative functions 1.22 Data, backups, and archives must be restricted to only users authorized by Southeast Missouri State University. Describe the granularity of restoring LMS data (e.g., by date, by student, by course).
