Usability measurement of learning management systems: a response to educational technology influx

Learning Management Systems are prevalent in the academic community nowadays. These developments deliver educators innovative means to provide class-related resources and activities. These technologies also unfastened a new door for educators to reach their students through its social network capability. With technology influx, users should consider what is preeminent and what conforms to the usability standards. These necessitate usability measurement. Usability is one of the most important features of software systems. Research shows that lacking to achieve user-specified goals and satisfaction would entail system failurethis was the reason for conducting the study. This research determined the usability of the three LMS used by the College of Information Technology (CIT) of the University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos. The respondents were CIT students exposed to the three LMS namely Moodle, Edmodo and Schoology. The data-gathering tool used was Software Usability Measurement Inventory (SUMI) and Human Factors Research Group (HFRG) processed the collected data using the SUMISCO software. The results revealed that Edmodo was the most usable LMSthere was a significant difference in the usability of the 3 LM