I'm wasn't too impress by Moodle for having used it. I also used Blackboard at my first Uni and while moodle is a step up, there definitely is some work to do. On the admin side I don't think it's any easier to manage than Blackboard. Also Blackboard integration was much better with other campus services. Single sign on and things like that.
But just to be clear Blackboard is a horrible app. UI wise it's like 1999 all over again and it's dog slow (and not for lack of hardware, I knew some of the sys admins at my Uni personally, I worked in the same place as them, it's a bitch to manage). Anything including pen and paper is better than that thing. Teachers making their own HTML file has higher usability than blackboards interface. And rare are the teachers that use it for more than posting pdfs of slides and announcements. I bet their interface is worse.
But just to be clear Blackboard is a horrible app. UI wise it's like 1999 all over again and it's dog slow (and not for lack of hardware, I knew some of the sys admins at my Uni personally, I worked in the same place as them, it's a bitch to manage). Anything including pen and paper is better than that thing. Teachers making their own HTML file has higher usability than blackboards interface. And rare are the teachers that use it for more than posting pdfs of slides and announcements. I bet their interface is worse.