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Product sheet: Ilias

  • LMS name: ILIAS
  • Brief description: a tool that offers a lot of functionalities for all the levels of actors involved in. With Ilias it's possible to set up different scenarios and even complex environments for all the users.
  • Official project page: http://www.ilias.uni-koeln.de/ios/index-e.html
  • Techical sheet: Ilias technical sheet
  • Evaluation date: 2004/10/30

Product sheet
LMS name Ilias
Development team A team of developers belonging to the Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne
Support team It's possible to get in touch with the development and support team writing to ILIAS open source team.
Version number of the release evaluated 3.2.0
Technology used PHP, Apache, MySQL
Operating Systems supported All OSs on which it's possible to install PHP, Apache and MySQL (e.g. Windows, Linux, Unix, etc)
Database/Software requirements Apache 1.3.29, MySQL 4.0.18, PHP 4.3.6, and a few libraries: libgd, libz, libpng, libjpeg, ... (the full list is on the web site)
License type GPL
E-Learning standards supported SCORM 1.2
Languages At the moment 12 languages are supported: Czech, German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Lithuanian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Ukrainian, Simplified Chinese.
Main features Ilias is one of most complete and powerful LMSs available in the Open Source World. At the first look it may appear a bit complicated (it's quite different from its competitors), but once we get used we can found a lot of tools that we can use and integrate in the way we want.
Is a course content management included? Yes, course management it's possible, but moreover multiple clients that allow to administrate multiple databases within the same platform are supported. Contents can be also created within the Ilias platform.
Pros
  • Integrated authoring environment to create courses
  • Support of metadata for all levels of learning objects
  • Multiple clients are supported in the same installation
  • Wide features for users ad administration interface
  • Role Based Access Control functionalities
  • SCORM/AICC/HTML modules import facilities
  • Test and Assessment Tools are available
Cons
  • Some features are not easy to understand
  • The installation is a bit complex (there are a few extra packages needed if we want all the features available)
  • More synchronous tools should be done
  • Documentation is missing
Main installations in the world There are al lot of installations all over the world, but most of them refer to the former versions (2.4.3 and 2.4.4). The full list is on the web site.
Installations in Italy ITIS Galilei Crema
Notes Ilias is a valid system to implement LMS environments, in small situations but even in large and complex enterprises.
Link to demo version To view the Official Demo version needs to subscribe.



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