When you use SPIRE to request a Learning Management System (LMS) for your class(es), the list of eligible sections includes only current sections for which you are the Primary Instructor. The list also includes only those sections that are eligible to use the LMS selected. The list does not include non-grade-bearing class sections, past classes, or future classes for which registration has not yet begun.

To request a course:

• You must have the correct role in SPIRE for the class:Contact the Scheduling Representative in your department if you need to change any of your instructor information in SPIRE.
  • For Moodle, you must be listed as a Primary Instructor for the class in SPIRE. 
  • For Blackboard Learn, you must be the Primary Instructor or Section Assistant.
• Moodle is the default LMS for on-campus courses, and Blackboard Learn is the default LMS for Online Education classes, Isenberg School of Management, and the College of Nursing.
  • If your course requires the use of a non-default LMS contact John Wells, Senior Vice Provost, Online Education, at jwells@uww.umass.edu.
• You cannot request an LMS course for a non-grade-bearing class section. For example, for a class with both a lecture and a discussion/lab, the LMS course must include the grade-bearing lecture class section.
• You can request an LMS course only for current or future classes for which registration has begun. Close to the last day of classes, your list of LMS-eligible classes in SPIRE ceases to include that term's classes.

Questions?

For assistance completing an LMS course request in SPIRE:

• For Moodle, contact the Instructional Media Lab: instruct@umass.edu or 413-545-2823.
• For Blackboard, contact Online Education eLearning: facline@uww.umass.edu or 413-577-3434.