Product sheet: Ilias 3.4.3
- 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.de/ios/index-e.html
- Techical sheet: Ilias technical sheet
- Evaluation date: 2005/07/07
| 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, but a few of developers (spread on all over the world) contribute to the project. |
| 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 | 3.4.3 |
| 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 17 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 |
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| 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). Quite interesting is the collaboration born with NOVELL. The full list is on the web site. |
| Installations in Italy |
ITIS Galilei Crema Università di Bergamo |
| 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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2005-09-05 02:17 PM