From Tami Martyn at OU regarding the market shift and need for online lab-friendly features:
Currently our biggest challenge is getting students to interact in small groups online. Every system seems to have a way, but they are clunky to navigate, setup and figure out. AND we want to do this with large class sizes, not the 10-20 of a typical online course. However, a solution for the 24-30 of a lab section would be good enough. It would help office hours as well as class meetings.