Table 2 Summaries of OSS-LMSs
From: An evaluation and selection problems of OSS-LMS packages
OSS-LMS | Brief description |
|---|---|
ATutor | ATutor is a web-based OSS-LMS designed with adaptability and accessibility in mind. The administrators can install or update the system in minutes; the system can also customize templates for a new look and easily extend the functionality with feature modules |
Bazaar LMS | Bazaar is a web-based content hosting platform. This LMS is designed with users and administration in mind. The system is available to the education community as an OSS alternative to proprietary and expensive commercial systems |
Bodington | Bodington is a free OSS-LMS used in colleges and universities worldwide. Bodington is used to support teaching, learning, and researching across a range of learning institutes |
http://elearning-india.com/Learning-Management-System/bodington.html | |
Canvas | Canvas is freely available under the AGPLv3 license as OSS. This system allows teachers to collaboratively design and transfer curricula for professional e-learning |
Chamilo | Chamilo is project software created in 2001 as OSS in a radical manner. Chamilo aims to provide users a collaboration platform and the best e-learning in the OSS world |
Claroline | Claroline is a user-friendly OSS that can easily deploy a dedicated learning and online collaboration platform. This system is available in a number of languages |
Dokeos | DOKEOS is a complete OSS-LMS created in 1999 at the University of Louvain. The system creates e-learning solutions and trains providers and multinationals with their online training projects |
eFront | eFront LMS offers the best open source solutions through the best of e-learning. The system is flexible, powerful, effective, and fully functional |
Ganesha LMS | Ganesha is a free OSS-LMS under the GPL published by Anéma. Ganesha is used to handle course administration and e-learning collaboration. The system also supports several languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish |
ILIAS | ILIAS is available as an OSS-LMS under the GNU GPL. This system provides full transparency and no license fees. ILIAS is a powerful system for teaching and learning. This LMS is the first LMS to be SCORM compliant |
KEWL | Knowledge Environment for Web-Based Learning (KEWL) is a free OSS-LMS under the GNU GPL. KEWL provides a comprehensive learning management tool for online learning situations |
http://technologysource.org/article/knowledge_environment_for_webbased_learning_(kewl/) | |
LearnSquare | LearnSquare is a Thai OSS-LMS that supports the e-learning process. This system is compatible with the SCORM standard. The learner can learn at his leisure at any time through the media, papers, pictures, sounds, and videos that can interact with the virtual classroom, which is considered normal for extensive educational opportunities |
.LRN | .LRN (dot learn) is a community of educators, designers, and software developers who partner together to drive innovation in the education field. The organizations can save money to develop people skills and curriculum with this free OSS license |
LogiCampus | LogiCampus is a free OSS-LMS for course management and distance learning. This system provides a single sign-on for students, staff, and faculty and offers additional features, in addition to a distance learning/course management system |
LON-CAPA | LON-CAPA is free a OSS-LMS that supports a full-featured learning content management, course management, and assessment system |
Moodle | One of the most popular open source LMSs is Moodle. Moodle is an LMS designed to provide educators, administrators, and learners with a single strong, secure, and integrated system for learning environments |
Moodle.org | |
OLAT | OLAT is an OSS-LMS tailored to the needs of higher education institutes and universities. OLAT is provided in several languages; the system offers diverse functionality for all the needs in education environments |
OPAL | OPAL is the central learning platform of Saxonian universities. OPAL is technologically based on OLAT. OPAL is OSS-LMS adjusted to the needs of Saxonian universities. |
OpenUSS | OpenUSS is an OSS-LMS based on ASP model, which is used in universities, schools, and companies. This system provides users the flexibility to use their selected applications. |
Sakai Spaghetti learning | Sakai is an OSS-LMS project that provides a flexible and feature-rich environment for teaching, learning, research, and other collaborations. Sakai continually evolves according to the needs of the faculty members, students, and organizations |
Spaghetti learning is an OSS-LMS written in PHP and is used in numerous universities worldwide. The features of the system include a WYSIWYG editor, trendy graphics and layout, chat and emoticons, storage of learning object and file lessons in logical folders, statistics, and session time and total time in course | |
Totara LMS | Totara is an OSS-LMS designed to meet the learning management needs of enterprises. This system supports several languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Portuguese, and Polish |
WeBWorK | WeBWorK is an online homework open source system for science and math courses. WeBWorK is supported by NSF and MAA. This system comes with a national problem library of over 20,000 homework problems. WeBWorK supports the courses in discrete mathematics, probability and statistics, differential equations, single and multivariable calculus, and linear algebra |