ILIAS ILIAS
is an Open Source Learning Management System, offered free of charge,
for developing and realising web-based e-learning. The software was
developed to reduce the costs of using new media in education and
further training and to ensure the maximum level of customer influence
in the implementation of the software. Course ManagementILIAS
allows efficient creation of courses and course materials. It offers
standardized tools and templates for the learning and working process
including integrated navigation and administration.
GroupsGroups
in ILIAS allow cooperative learning and working on the platform without
additional tools. Learning groups, working groups or groups for certain
fields of interest could be contructed. Groups can use all ILIAS tools
like forums or file sharing. Users can create groups that are open for
everyone or have specially defined access restrictions, e.g. access
with a password. more
Learning ContentILIAS
offers multiple ways to deliver learning content. All types of document
files can be uploaded, SCORM 1.2 and AICC are supported. ILIAS includes
an internal authoring environment to create XML-based learning modules,
that can include images, flash, applets and other web media files. It
is possible to create glossaries and reuse term definitions within
other learning modules. more
CommunicationILIAS
supports standard ways of communication as chats, forums and mails. The
personal desktop includes an awareness function, that shows users, that
are currently online. ILIAS also sends information via RSS to the user
and displays external RSS feeds in the system. more
WebcastingBeside
RSS support, ILIAS offers the ability to manage podcasts. To create a
podcast is as easy as uploading a audio file to the web. The author
decides whether items are available throuh the web, or within the LMS
only.
Online SurveysIn
ILIAS you can use surveys to easily collect information from a large
number of users, for example to evaluate courses or other events. ILIAS
surveys are easy to create and administer, even for non-experienced
users. With a sufficient basis of survey questions, teachers could
create their own evaluations fast and efficient.
Google MapsA
learning management system is a virtual meeting place for your teachers
and learners. But in ILIAS users may also share their real locations to
meet each other. ILIAS supports Google Maps for user profiles and adds
maps of all members to groups and courses. | | Personal DesktopEvery
user in ILIAS has his or her own Personal Desktop. It collects all
resources, that are needed by the learning to fulfill the daily
learning tasks. The personal desktop features News, Personal Messages,
Learning Resources, Personal Notes, Bookmarks, External Web Feeds and
other information. The learner can re-arrange these blocks of
information according to his needs.
Test & AssessmentILIAS
offers an integrated enviroment for the creation and enforcement of
tests & assessments. This can be used for the monitoring of
learning progress by the users as well as the tutors and examiners.
ILIAS Test & Assessment supports multiple choice, single choice,
allocation questions, cloze questions (free text, select box),
ordering, matching, hot spot and more question types.
Standard ComplianceILIAS
accomplishs the e-learning-standard SCORM 1.2 and first of all
open-source-LMS, it achieves the maximum conformance level LMS-RTE3. It
also supports LOM metadata standard, AICC and IMS-QTI. more
AuthenticationILIAS
supports a lot of different authentication methods: Standard
Login/Password Authentication (Database), LDAP, Shibboleth, CAS, Radius
and SOAP based Authentication.
SOAP InterfaceToday
learning management systems are integrated into a larger environment of
institutional administrative systems. To enable information exchange
with these systems, ILIAS offers a SOAP interface, that allows to
control almost everything in ILIAS with an external application.
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